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The article contains the research results of the Central Scientific Library of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CSL UB RAS) to determine the publication activity of chemical profile institutions of UB RAS based on information retrieval system SciFinder of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). The indicators take into account publications number, their citation rates and impact factors of journals (from the database Journal Citation Reports). The authors reveal basic research topics, scientific journals, which published the research results of scholars working at the chemical profile institutions of UB RAS more often. The article presents the results of studying citation of inventions of UB RAS’ scientific organizations in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) (Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.RU) and SciFinder (CAS). The obtained indicators allow authors to evaluate the dynamics of scientific productivity of UB RAS’ institutions.

Chemistry databases of the largest international scientific and technical information network, STN International, are characterized in detail. The searching and analytical facilities of STN International and their use in chemical research are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the early days of the development of CAS (Chemical Abstract System) ONLINE which was released in December 1980. The structure searching principle was first introduced in the 1960s but was developed in the 1970s. CAS ONLINE was only searchable through screen numbers in its inception in the 1980s, then gained drawing query structure in 1981 through HP2647 terminal. It notes that in 1983, abstracts-containing bibliographic file were added in the structure.