Russian Publications in Web of Science: A Bibliometric Study

COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management. 2023. Vol. 17. No. 2. P. 217–245.

Fiala D., Maltseva D.

This article presents a bibliometric study of 1.38 million Russian publications indexed in Web of Science as of May 2022 without any restrictions as to document types, time periods, scientific disciplines, etc. From this perspective, the present analysis reflects Russian research’s true presence and visibility in the most prestigious scientific literature database. The main results obtained are: a) There was a rapid increase in research production in the 2010s, but the share of the Russian output in the global research production is still below 3%. b) International collaborative publications account for about 30% of Russian papers but around 70% of Russian citations. c) Physics, chemistry, and engineering are the most productive Russian research areas, but their citation impact is below the world average in those respective fields. d) The most frequently collaborating countries are the United States, Germany, and France, but Canada and Switzerland consistently contribute to the greatest relative citation impact of collaborative papers in the top ten research areas.

Keywords: Russia, references, sources, web of science

Publication based on the results of: Theoretical and methodological innovations in network analysis: new tools for management decision-making (2023)