EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF SCIENCE
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https://doi.org/10.26906/SUNZ.2020.1.063Keywords:
evaluation of scientific activity, Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, Google Scholar, bibliometrics, redatory publications, publication quality, originalityAbstract
The subject of the article is the analysis of approaches to the evaluation of the quality of scientific activity based on the analysis of scientific publications and their impact on the academic environment. Results. Scientometric systems have also been considered and compared as tools for measuring the quality of scientific activity. It has been researched that approaches to the evaluation of scientific activity influence the behavior of participants in the scientific process (authors, publishers, others) and cause the appearance of such negative phenomena as academic fraud, manipulation of scientific metrics, the appearance of predatory publishers and garbage publications. The concept of quality of scientific publication and its key characteristics which were analyzed. Conclusion. Scientific quality is one of the main determinants of scientific activity evaluation. The quality of the scientific activity is reflected in the publications of the research results. Improper use of approaches to measuring the quality of scientific activity leads to dishonest practices, does not provide adequate evaluation, and also does not contribute to improving the quality of the scientific process. It is necessary to make it impossible to manipulate the indicators, to ensure the quality of scientific publications, to study the best world practices in the evaluation of scientific activity and to adapt them to their own scientific processDownloads
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