| Abstract: |
Rapidly increasing interest of Russian academic community in bibliometric
systems makes it more and more important for researchers to understand
properly their advantages and drawbacks. In this study we explore capabilities
of popular international electronic library of research materials in economics
RePEc and issues of its rankings’ construction. We also analyze positions of
Russian authors, institutions, journals and working paper series in various
international and regional RePEc rankings during a period since 2010. Ways of
improving rankings of Russian authors and series in RePEc are reported. We
then discuss major instances of manipulation of bibliometric indicators, and
give suggestions on eliminating distorting influence of some of them on
rankings. Our analysis shows that RePEc, which earlier covered only a small
part of Russian authors, who published in foreign journals, now embraces all
segments of Russian economists’ community. Having unique functional
capabilities, RePEc system is likely to become the leading integrator of
information on economic research in Russia in the nearest future. This, in
turn, would allow giving objective estimates of the role of the Russian
economic science at the international level. |