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2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the first issue of the journal Chemistry of Plant Raw Materials. This message is devoted to summarizing the activities of the editorial board of the journal in recent years. The journal is included in the information databases and citation indices: Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Dimensions, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), RJ "Chemistry" (VINITI), Scopus. From the best articles of the previous year of the journal Chemistry of Plant Raw Materials, a specialized issue (No. 7) of the Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry is annually formed, which is published by Pleiades Publishing. Acceptance of articles, primary processing, peer review, literary editing and publication is carried out using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Articles submitted to the editors of the journal are checked for plagiarism and self-plagiarism using the Antiplagiarism platform. Over the past five years, five members of the editorial board of the journal have passed away: Professor L.S. Galbraikh, A.I. Mikhailov, A.S. Smolin, R.A. Degree, G.M. Telyshev. The journal is developing, has a large "portfolio" of articles for publication., В 2022 г. исполняется 25 лет дня выхода первого номера журнала «Химия растительного сырья». Данное сообщение посвящено подведению кратких итогов деятельности редколлегии журнала за последние годы. Журнал входит в информационные базы данных и индексы цитирования: Российский индекс научного цитирования (РИНЦ), Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Dimensions, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), РЖ «Химия» (ВИНИТИ), Scopus. Из лучших статей предыдущего года журнала «Химия растительного сырья» ежегодно формируется специализированный номер (№7) Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, который издается издательством Pleiades Publishing. Прием статей, первичная обработка, рецензирование, литературное редактирование и публикация осуществляется с использованием платформы Open Journal Systems (OJS). Статьи, поступающие в редакцию журнала, проходят проверку на плагиат и самоплагиат с использованием платформы «Антиплагиат». За последние пять лет ушли из жизни пять членов редакционной коллегии журнала: профессоры Л.С. Гальбрайх, А.И. Михайлов, А.С. Смолин, Р.А. Степень, Г.М. Телышева. Журнал развивается, имеет большой «портфель» статей для публикации.

Background: Despite exponential growth in Indian research, Indian journals have low impact factors. A previous study by one of the authors (CA) of this paper showed that articles published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP) under-referenced previously published relevant papers in the same journal. Based on this, we decided to investigate the citation characteristics of contemporary scientific articles published in the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (IJPM). Methods: The citation characteristics of scientific articles published in 2018 (Vol 40, issues 1–6) in the IJPM were examined to determine how well the authors cited relevant articles published during the past ten years in the IJPM and the IJP. Results: There were 145 and 142 citation-worthy articles in the IJPM and the IJP, respectively; of these, 85.5% and 65.5%, respectively, had not been cited. Conclusions: Authors publishing in the IJPM under-reference previous relevant research published in the IJPM and IJP. This suggests unawareness of, deliberate disregard of, or even disdain for prior Indian research in the field. Additionally, if Indian researchers do not cite previous Indian research in the field published in Indian journals, the citation metrics of Indian journals will not grow.

Background: In regard to scientific information, are we effectively reaching the universe of physicians in the 21st century, all of whom have different backgrounds, practice environments, educational experiences, and varying degrees of research knowledge? Methods: A comparison of the top nine neurosurgery journals based on various popular citation indices and also on the digital metric, Readers (Users)/month, was compiled from available metrics and from internet sources. Results: Major differences in the ranking of the Readers (Users)/month metrics compared to ranking of the various citation indices were found. It is obvious that the citation indices do not measure the number of readers of a publication. Which metric should be used in judging the value of a scientific paper? The answer to that question relates to what the interest of the reader has in the scientific information. It appears that the academic scientist may have a different reason for reading a scientific publication than a physician caring for a patient. Conclusions: There needs to be more than one type of metric that measures the value and “Impact” of a scientific paper based on how physicians learn.

This lecture will be divided into two parts. The first part will address the formative issues of the use of quotations and indexation in reports and files for the evaluation of students (both bachelor's and master's or doctoral students). We will try to show how training in writing and the use of quotations enables students to be guided towards greater rigour and mastery of content, while encouraging certain vocations for the research professions. This focus on quotation also transforms the way in which teaching and evaluation are carried out. In the second part, we will focus more specifically on the analysis of the practice of citation in research publications, among researchers and in scientific institutions. It will be based on critical work on bibliometric indices (impact factor, h-index). The aim of this text is to describe the importance of the dual definition of the concept of citation: "to cite sources in a professional manner", in order to correctly master the writing of the state of the art of a research topic, on the one hand, and "to be cited and benefit from it in one's career", on the other hand. A characterisation of the profession of researcher in the human sciences will be proposed in addition., Ce cours magistral sera articulé autour de deux parties. La première abordera les enjeux formatifs de l’usage des citations et des indexations dans les comptes rendus et dossiers permettant l’évaluation des étudiants (tant de licence que de master ou de doctorat). On essaiera de montrer comment la formation à l’écrit et à l’usage de la citation permet d’orienter les étudiants vers plus de rigueur, de maîtrise des contenus tout en favorisant certaines vocations pour les métiers de la recherche. Cette centration sur la citation transforme aussi la manière d’enseigner et d’évaluer. Dans la seconde partie, on se centrera plus spécifiquement sur l’analyse de la pratique de la citation dans les publications de recherche, chez les chercheurs et dans les institutions scientifiques. On s’appuiera sur des travaux critiques des indices de bibliométrie (facteur d’impact, h-index). Le but de ce texte est de décrire l’importance de la double définition de la notion de citation : « citer de façon professionnelle les sources », afin de maîtriser correctement la rédaction de l’état de l’art d’un thème de recherche, d’une part, et « être cité et en bénéficier dans sa carrière », de l’autre. Une caractérisation du métier de chercheur en sciences humaines sera complémentairement proposée.

Предложен набор показателей для решения задачи типизации ученых по библиометрическим данным методами кластерного анализа. Алгоритм иерархической кластеризации Уорда применен к множествам математиков, физиков и психологов с высокими показателями цитируемости. Анализ полученных результатов позволяет не только выделить устойчивые типы ученых, но и исследовать отличия разбиений ученых на группы в различных научных дисциплинах., In this paper, we propose a set of indicators for solving the problem of differentiation and stratification of scientists on the basis of bibliometric data using cluster analysis. The indicators include three standard citation indexes and five structural indexes characterizing the citation curve of a researcher. The latter indicators are defined in terms of increments of the annual citation rate, which characterize the time convexity of the total number of references. Ward's hierarchical clustering algorithm is applied to some sets of mathematicians, physicists, and psychologists with high citation rates. The analysis of the obtained results allows one not only to describe several stable types of scientists, but also to study the differences between distinct groups of scientists in various scientific disciplines. For mathematicians and physicists, three groups, “youth”, “luminaries”, and “inertial”, can be clearly distinguished, regardless of the way of clustering. The proportions of the corresponding groups are relatively stable and similar. In addition, among the mathematicians, a group “precocious” manifests itself, while among physicists, we observe a group of scholars who “caught the wave”. For psychologists, the clusters are essentially different. In many cases, the cluster structures revealed with and without standard citation indexes turn out to be similar., №72 (2018)

Bibliographic databases lack uniformity and accuracy due to duplications, misspellings, name variants, etc.Dataset pre-processing is very important to obtain more accurate, realistic and valid bibliometric analysis.STICCI.eu is a software tool for improving and converting citation indices - enhancing uniformity.STICCI.eu is able to convert bibliographical citation formats (WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar, CSV, BibTex, RIS).It corrects mistakes in databases, detecting duplications, misspellings, name variants, toponymical names, etc. Bibliometrics and citation analysis have become important sets of methods for library and information science, as well as exceptional sources of information and knowledge for many other areas. Their main sources are citation indices, which are bibliographic databases like Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. However, bibliographical databases lack perfection and standardization. There are several software tools that perform useful information management and bibliometric analysis importing data from them. A comparison has been carried out to identify which of them perform certain pre-processing tasks. Usually, they are not strong enough to detect all the duplications, mistakes, misspellings and variant names, leaving to the user the tedious and time-consuming task of correcting the data. Furthermore, some of them do not import datasets from different citation indices, but mainly from Web of Science (WoS).A new software tool, called STICCI.eu (Software Tool for Improving and Converting Citation Indices - enhancing uniformity), which is freely available online, has been created to solve these problems. STICCI.eu is able to do conversions between bibliographical citation formats (WoS, Scopus, CSV, BibTex, RIS), correct the usual mistakes appearing in those databases, detect duplications, misspellings, etc., identify and transform the full or abbreviated titles of the journals, homogenize toponymical names of countries and relevant cities or regions and list the processed data in terms of the most cited authors, journals, references, etc.

Por iniciativa de la Revista chilena de literatura, de la Universidad de Chile, los editores de algunas revistas latinoamericanas nos reunimos el 29 de septiembre del 2014 en Santiago de Chile para discutir políticas comunes y formas de apoyo en nuestra actividad. Los asistentes coincidimos en expresar nuestra inconformidad frente a las formas predominantes de medición de la calidad académica de las publicaciones que, en primer lugar, privilegian criterios administrativos y cuantitativos sobre los contenidos y, en segundo lugar, tienden a ignorar las prácticas académicas propias de las humanidades, que son diferentes a las de las ciencias exactas y aplicadas. Por eso, hemos decidido firmar la siguiente declaración pública, en cuya redacción hemos trabajado durante el primer semestre del 2015. At the initiative of the Chilean Magazine of Literature, University of Chile, publishers of some Latin American magazines we meet the September 29, 2014 in Santiago de Chile to discuss common policies and ways to support our business. Attendees agree to express our disagreement with the prevailing ways of measuring academic quality of publications, first, privileged administrative and quantitative criteria on the content and, secondly, they tend to ignore their own academic practices humanities, which are different from those of the exact and applied sciences. Therefore, we have decided to sign the following public statement, in whose writing we have worked during the first half of 2015. A l'initiative de la revue chilienne de la Littérature, Université du Chili, les éditeurs de certains magazines d'Amérique latine, nous rencontrons le Septembre 29, 2014 Santiago du Chili pour discuter des politiques et des moyens de soutenir nos activités communes. Les participants sont d'accord pour exprimer notre désaccord avec les moyens en vigueur de la mesure de la qualité académique de publications, d'abord, des critères administratifs et quantitatifs privilégiés sur le contenu et, d'autre part, ils ont tendance à ignorer leurs propres pratiques académiques sciences humaines, qui sont différentes de celles des sciences exactes et appliquées. Par conséquent, nous avons décidé de signer la déclaration publique suivante, dont l'écriture, nous avons travaillé au cours de la première moitié de 2015.

© 2014 The Authors. The question of how to assess research outputs published in journals is now a global concern for academics. Numerous journal ratings and rankings exist, some featuring perceptual and peer-review-based journal ranks, some focusing on objective information related to citations, some using a combination of the two. This research consolidates existing journal rankings into an up-to-date and comprehensive list. Existing approaches to determining journal rankings are significantly advanced with the application of a new classification approach, 'random forests', and data envelopment analysis. As a result, a fresh look at a publication's place in the global research community is offered. While our approach is applicable to all management and business journals, we specifically exemplify the relative position of 'operations research, management science, production and operations management' journals within the broader management field, as well as within their own subject domain.

Citation indices are regularly used to inform critical decisions about promotion, tenure, and the allocation of billions of research dollars. Nevertheless, most indices (e.g., the h-index) are motivated by intuition and rules of thumb, resulting in undesirable conclusions. In contrast, five natural properties lead us to a unique new index, the Euclidean index, that avoids several shortcomings of the h-index and its successors. The Euclidean index is simply the Euclidean length of an individual’s citation list. Two empirical tests suggest that the Euclidean index outperforms the h-index in practice.

The question of how to assess research outputs published in journals is now a global concern for academics. Numerous journal ratings and rankings exist, some featuring perceptual and peer-review-based journal ranks, some focusing on objective information related to citations, some using a combination of the two. This research consolidates existing journal rankings into an up-to-date and comprehensive list. Existing approaches to determining journal rankings are significantly advanced with the application of a new classification approach, ‘random forests’, and data envelopment analysis. As a result, a fresh look at a publication’s place in the global research community is offered. While our approach is applicable to all management and business journals, we specifically exemplify the relative position of ‘operations research, management science, production and operations management’ journals within the broader management field, as well as within their own subject domain.

(in English) The master thesis is focused on the scientometric methods of research and development evaluation and their use in particular system applied in the Czech Republic. Its introductory part presents the field of scientometrics, scientometric and bibliometric indicators and citation indices. Chapter 7 deals with research and development evaluation in Czech Republic, especially with Research Evaluation Guidelines and describes its assesment rules, results and changes due to its annual actualization. A battle of wills between the Guidelines supporters and opponents is the topic of chapter 8, in particular in the context of reallocation of institutional funding according to the Guidelines. Ideas and opinions of prominent scientists and policymakers are being presented followed by brief treatise on Czech system of research and development evaluation audit carried out by the company Technopolis Limited. In the conclusion the author summarizes and debates positives and negatives of the Czech system of science evaluation.

The allocation of resources for research is increasingly based on so-called 'bibliometrics'. Scientists are now deemed to be successful on the sole condition that their work be abundantly cited. This world-wide trend appears to enjoy support not only by granting agencies (whose task is obviously simplified by extensive recourse to bibliometrics), but also by the scientists themselves (who seem to enjoy their status of celebrities). This trend appears to be fraught with dangers, particularly in the area of social sciences, where bibliometrics are less developed, and where monographs (which are not taken into account in citation indexes) are often more important than articles published in journals. We argue in favour of a return to the values of 'real science', in analogy to the much-promised return to a 'real economy'. While economists may strive towards a more objective evaluation of the prospects of a company, a market, or an industrial sector, we scientists can only base our appraisal on a responsible practice of peer review. Since we fear that decision-takers of granting agencies such as the FNRS, CTI, EPFL, ETHZ, ANR, CNRS, NIH, NSF, DOE,[1] etc. will be too busy to read our humble paper in Chimia, we appeal to scientists of all countries and disciplines to unite against the tyranny of bibliometrics.