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Thursday 8 September 2022

Orientalists of the Russian Academy of Sciences Occupy the Highest Places in the Rating "Comprehensive Score of Publication Performance"

 
In mid-summer, colleagues from the popular Telegram channel “Narodniy Research” suggested comparing the results of publication activity evaluation that produce universities and research organizations belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences.

For us, the Orientalists, it was, of course, more interesting to look at the successes of our community. We hasten to please you that in the fields of "social sciences" and "humanities" the Orientalists confidently occupy the highest places among the Russian Academy of Sciences institutions with the highest indicators within the "Comprehensive Score of Publication Efficiency".

The Institute of Oriental Studies occupied the highest place in the rating among the institutes specializing in Oriental studies. In the humanities sphere this organization was in 4th place, although its publications results in the social sciences field were in 12th place.

The Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology of the Siberian Branch (the Russian Academy of Sciences) and the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (the Russian Academy of Sciences) had a similar situation. Publications in the humanities brought them much more points. This data pattern was expected, since these three institutions belong to the Historical and Philological Sciences Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 

In conclusion, I would like to thank the authors of the “Narodniy Research” Telegram channel for allowing us to use the data they have collected. Also we want to congratulate our fellow orientalists on their outstanding results and wish them more new highly acclaimed publications.