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Influence of the program “5–top 100” on the publication activity of Russian universities

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This article is focused on the government program for increasing competitiveness of Russian universities “5–top 100” started in 2013. The main aim of the program is creating necessary conditions for Russian universities for being ranked in the top-quality world rankings. Fifteen universities were carefully selected among many other institutions. The university funding amount for the next year directly depends on the current year results. We analyzed the results of universities participating and not participating in the program “5–top 100” for the years 2008–2014 within the university groups and with reference group as well as with world and country average values. Based on the analysis we can state that the program “5–top 100” enables not only participating universities to improve their current result. The program helps universities in prioritizing their aims and enhancing their competitiveness at the world level that is supported by positions in world university rankings.

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This research was carried out in Scientific Research Institute—Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Consulting and financed with the support of the Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation according to the State Task No. 2015/N7 project No. 3253 “Organization and monitoring of innovative activity the subjects of the Russian Federation”.

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  1. Scientific Research Institute – Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Consulting Services, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Tamara Turko & Gennady Bakhturin

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russian Federation

    Vitaly Bagan, Stanislav Poloskov & Dmitry Gudym

  3. All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies (Federal Centre of Science and High Technologies) - FC VNII GOChS Emercom of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Stanislav Poloskov

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Turko, T., Bakhturin, G., Bagan, V. et al. Influence of the program “5–top 100” on the publication activity of Russian universities. Scientometrics 109, 769–782 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2060-9

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