Searching for a Scholarly Visibility: The Case of Ukraine

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to position the place of economics in Ukraine and its scholarly visibility at the international level. Using the EconLit database, the analysis covers the affiliation of contributing authors, the gender composition, the patterns of collaboration between Ukrainian and foreign economists and a review of the different thematic treated in the articles. Results show that Ukrainian authors have a general profile of co-authorship similar to western practices, a significant proportion of publications from governmental circles, a low female representation and a small number of Ukrainian authors having published in journals also included in the S.S.C.I. database.

Stratification of Iranian LIS academics in terms of visibility, effectiveness and scientific and professional performance: Research report Part 1

“…A review of definitions and concepts in the field of the theory of social stratification in science shows that the scientific community is not a homogenous and uniform community including members with equal circumstances. In fact, there is always dissimilarity and difference between the position, condition and respect of the scientific community members; as a result, the scientific community can be stratified (Jichang, 2006;Mirucki, 2007;Mohseni, 1993). After explaining the theory of social stratification in science, related records to the present paper are reviewed with a critical approach.…”