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THE PUBLICATION ACTIVITY OF SCIENTISTS FROM PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES OF UKRAINE (2010–2020) THROUGH THE PRISM OF SCOPUS AND WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASES

K.S. AKBASH1
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-4574

N.O. PASICHNYK1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0923-9486

R.Ya. RIZHNIAK1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-9048
1 Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine

Nauka naukozn. 2021, 1(111): 63-80
https://doi.org/10.15407/sofs2021.01.063

Section: Scientometrics
Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: The aim of the article is to determine the features and dynamics of the publication activity of scientists of pedagogical universities in Ukraine using indicators of scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science over the second decade of the 21th century.

For this purpose, a general population of Ukrainian pedagogical universities was formed, which profiles were presented in at least one of the databases, Scopus and Web of Science, and the total number of indexed publications, the total number of citations, h-index and the structure of the main research areas of scientists from pedagogical universities was analyzed by mathematical and statistical methods as of the end of September 2020. In addition, the above mentioned characteristics were analyzed by Web of Science in form of time series of the publication activity over the last 10 years for each pedagogical university on the basis of Web of Science.

As a result, a significant correlation was found between the main general indicators of pedagogical universities in these scientometric databases, both between the indicators within the databases and between them. The analysis of indexing the research conducted by pedagogical university scientists by each of the databases showed different approaches by the service provides’ management to the expansion for the publication coverage. An analysis of the time series on publication activity of the scientists from pedagogical universities over 2010—2020 showed that since 2015 the number of indexed publications and indicators of indexing links measured by Web of Science have grown in most part of pedagogical universities because of the enforced requirement for the existence of indexed works of scientists as a mandatory license condition, and because Web of Science database started indexing a number of new Ukrainian scientific editions on humanitarian, pedagogical and interdisciplinary issues. Also, it was revealed that the articles of scientists from pedagogical universities, which have been published during the period under study, had university-specific impact on the formation of the nucleus of the h-index.

Keywords: pedagogical university, scientometric databases, Web of Science database, SCOPUS database, publication activity of scientists, indexation of works, citations, h-index.

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