Scientific Journal of KubSAU

The purpose of the research is the development of new methods of the estimation of the importance of scientific journals. It is known that for assessing the significance of scientific journals it is used a universally recognized impact factor, which reflects the average number of citations to the articles published in the magazine for a certain period of time. For a more objective assessment of the significance of the journal in the scientific community we use such indicator as the index of efficiency, which reflects how quickly the articles in the scientific community published in the journal become known and recognized. At the same time, the impact factor as one of the scientometric indices has inherent definite disadvantages, the main of which - the stimulation scientific edition to the artificial reduction of the number of published articles, instead of increasing demands to improve their scientific level. It is necessary to develop a method of assessing the significance of the journal for the scientific community, preserving the dignity of the impact factor and reduce its disadvantages. Application of extra scientometric indicators, in addition to the impact factor and the index of efficiency, will allow assessing the importance of the journal for the scientific community more objectively. Methodological bases of the research are: a systematic approach (considering science as a social institution in close connection with the society as a whole), metasystem approach (considering the scientific community as a metasystem, i.e. a system with a relatively independent components), qualimetric approach (considering the importance of the scientific journal as a latent variables that reflect a variety of criteria), sociological approach (considering the scientific publication as a social system, the intensity of interaction with other society)

The purpose of the research is development of the new methods of diagnostic the research activities productivity. It is known, that for the evaluation the productivity of a scientist we usually use a well-known index of Hirsch, the introduction of which in 2005 was a significant step forward compared with application of this index as the ratio of the number of references to works of scientist and publications themselves. At the same time even h-index as an indicator is not flawless, the main flaw is weak differential ability: a number of links to the most cited publications of the scientific worker does not matter after reaching a certain threshold. It is necessary to develop a method of estimating the productivity of scientific worker, which preserves dignities of h-index and removes its shortcomings. This will allow evaluating the productivity of research activities more objectively. Methodological bases of the research: a systematic approach (considering the science as a social institution in close connection with the society as a whole), a metasystem approach (considering the results of the scientific activities as a metasystem, i.e. the system with relatively independent components), probabilistic and statistical approach (considering the research activities as the random process), a synergistic approach (considering science like a self-organized system) qualimetric approach (considering the productivity of scientific activity as latent variables that reflect a variety of criteria)