- •What is research? Name different kinds of research. Explain your answer.
- •2. Explain structure of science system in Kazakhstan since the period of its independence (1991) as it changed and transformed.
- •3. Specify distinctions in system of science funding in Kazakhstan before and after 2011 year
- •4) Explain the basic and main requirements to publication in scientific magazines.
- •5. Explain the meaning of an impact-factor, give an example of its calculation.
- •6.Explain the meaning of Hirsh index, give an example.
- •7 Explain classification of patents. Estimate and explain patenting conditions. Give an example.
- •8) The concept of "patent", the receipt of a patent for an invention, utility model, industrial design, the terms of patenting
- •9. Explain how to work with references, using End Note Web?
- •10. Explain what kind of rights for the invention will give patent to you from position of the law on patenting in rk
- •11. Explain by what criteria it is possible to estimate the magazine, using Journal Citation Report?
- •12) Explain the meaning of ethical standards of scientific research, give examples.
- •13. Explain which kind of activity National scientific council provides in rk?
- •14. Explain how to carry out searching of any field of scientific research, using Thomson Reuters. What type of the information can be received?.
- •15 What is iaea (International Atomic Energy Agency)?
- •16. Explain an education system in Kazakhstan, provide the historical review of its development. Compare features of the western and Kazakhstan education.
- •17. Give an assessment to activity of the international funds for science funding.
- •20)Give an assessment to grant system of science funding in Great Britain.
- •21. Compare activity of the international funds Soros and crdf what is the difference between them?
- •22.How to prepare paper for publication in journal with if?
- •23 Give an assessment to work of the international organization intas.
- •24. Explain distinction between the manuscript and the review article. Show the basic structure of research article.
- •25. Give an assessment to work of the International scientific and technological center in rk.
- •26. Give critical evaluation to the Law of rk science.
- •27. Explain distinction in activity of the organizations at mes rk leading scientific activity in Kazakhstan.
- •28)Compare systems of scientists' accreditation in Kazakhstan (before and after 2010) and abroad.
- •29. How it is possible to carry out information search including Hirsh's index by using Thomson Reuters?
- •30. Explain distinctions in process of publication of article in the magazine with an impact-factor and the republican magazine.
- •31 Estimate a concept of scientific research from the point of view of Thomson Reuters.
- •33. Estimate an index of the scientist's publication citing from Scopus position.
- •34. Explain what is Bologna Process. Critically estimate its influence on an education system in rk.
- •35. Give an assessment from the point of view of advantages and shortcomings of reforming of an education system of Kazakhstan during independence.
- •36. Estimate the author's responsibility for the publication and his right.
- •37. Give an assessment to the European framework programme (fp) of researches and technologies development.
- •38.Estimate research activity of the scientist using Scopus.What information can be obtained, give an example.
- •39 Estimate research activity of the scientist, using Web of Science. What information can be obtained, give an example.
- •40. Estimate the system of scientific research financing in rk, being guided by the new Law about rk science.
- •42 Develop searching for the patent investigation.
- •44. Formulate the cover letter for a grant. What are the features of it?
- •45) Create the application for a grant of the international fund. What are the features of it?
29. How it is possible to carry out information search including Hirsh's index by using Thomson Reuters?
To determine the rating of a scientific institution and the rating of scientists, bibliometric indicators are used: citation index, Hirsch index, impact factor, self-citation index, efficiency index, aging indicators of articles.
Currently, this citation base is owned by Thomson Reuters. The Russian-language website of Thomson Reuters http://wokinfo.com/russian/ gives recommendations for working with "Web of Sciences." (Maps).
The citation system "Scopus" is the world's largest single multidisciplinary reference database (since 1995), which is updated daily. Scopus is the most extensive database of scientific publications without full texts. Scopus covers more than 15 thousand scientific journals from 4 thousand scientific publishing houses of the world, including about 200 Russian magazines, 13 million US patents, Europe and Japan, materials of scientific conferences. Scopus in contrast to the Web of Science in percentage terms is much more reflective of natural science and technology - 83%.
The Hirsch index was proposed in 2005 by the American physicist Jorge Hirsch of the University of San Diego, California.
Hirsch characterized his index as follows: the scientist has an index h if h from his Np articles are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (Np-h) articles are cited no more than h times each. In other words, the scientist with the index h published h articles, each of which was referred to at least h times.
For example,
The scientist published 8 articles, including:
1 article is cited 5 times,
1 article is cited 6 times,
1 of the article is cited 3 times,
1 article is cited 1 time,
1 article is cited 4 times,
1 article is cited 6 times,
1 article is cited 4 times,
1 of the article is cited 2 times.
What is the Hirsch index?
We see that:
2 articles are cited 6 times,
3 articles are cited 5 times or more,
5 articles are quoted 4 times or more,
6 articles are cited 3 times and more and so on.
Thus, the h-index is 4, since 4 articles are quoted at least 4 times.
For example, an h-index of 8 means that scientists have published at least 8 papers, each of which has been cited 8 or more times. At the same time, the number of papers cited fewer times can be arbitrary. Similarly, the h-index for a scientific journal, organization or country can be calculated.
The Hirsch index is a quantitative characteristic of the scientist's productivity for the entire period of scientific activity; it is presented in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The h-index can also be calculated using free public databases on the Internet - for example, using Google Scholar (it's convenient to use the free program Publish or Perish). It should be borne in mind that the data of free services can be incomplete; In addition, for Russian researchers due to the peculiarities of transcription of the names and titles of Russian journals, the value of the h-index is usually understated. The value of the h-index according to Scopus data is often lower than in the Web of Science. Scopus takes citations into account since 1995.
Like any formal indicator, the h-index has its advantages and disadvantages. The merits of the index include the fact that it will be equally low for both the author of one superpopular article, and for the author of a set of works cited no more than once.