Russian Index of Science Citation: Overview and Review

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Abstract:In early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platformRussian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation index -Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the English-language audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes. Powered by Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation AbstractIn early 2016 a new database was launched on the Web of Science platform-Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). The database is free to all Web of Science subscribers except those from the post-Soviet states. This database includes papers from 652 selected Russian journals and is based on the data from national citation indexRussian Index of Science Citation (RISC). RISC was launched in 2005 but it is scarcely known to the Englishlanguage audience. The paper describes the history, current structure and user possibilities of RISC. We focus on the novel features of RISC which are crucial to bibliometrics and are unavailable in the international citation indexes.

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