- •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?
11. Explain by what criteria it is possible to estimate the magazine, using Journal Citation Report?
The index of citing scientific publications is a group of indices of abstract databases of scientific publications indexing the references indicated in the lists of these publications and providing quantitative indicators of these references (such as cumulative citation volume, Hirsch index, etc.). In 1960, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), founded by Eugene Garfield, introduced the first citation index for articles published in scientific journals, initiating an IC such as the "Science Citation Index (SCI)", and then including public citation indexes Science ("Social Sciences Citation Index", SSCI) and arts ("Arts and Humanities Citation Index", AHCI). Now this index is fully represented in the Web of Science database and is one of the many resources of the Web of Knowledge platform, supported by Thomson Reuters. "Scopus" (a recent version of the official name: SciVerse Scopus) is a bibliographic and abstract database and a tool for tracking the citation of articles published in scientific publications. As of mid-2009, Scopus includes 38 million records of scientific publications, including 19 million resource records published after 1996, with lists of pre-requisite bibliographies. Impact factor (IF, impact factor, IF) is a numerical indicator of the importance of a scientific journal, which is annually calculated by Thomson Reuters and published in the Journal Citation Report database, which operates on the Web of Knowledge platform. For example, the impact factor of the magazine in 2011 will be: IF 2011 = A / B, where: A - the number of citations during 2011 in the journal of articles published in this journal in 2009-2010; B - number of articles published in this journal in 2009-2010.
The citation index is the total number of links to publications. The citation index can be calculated both for a particular publication, and for the author, organization, region, etc. Calculation of citation indexes in each specific resource is carried out on the basis of information (sources) contained precisely in this resource, therefore citation indexes of the same author (publications, organizations, etc.) in different resources may differ. The citation index is one of the most widely used scientometric indicators and is used (for a formal assessment) in the scientific and bureaucratic circles of many countries.
12) Explain the meaning of ethical standards of scientific research, give examples.
Scientific ethics - in modern science this is a set of officially published rules, the violation of which leads to administrative proceedings.
The scientist must follow the principles of scientific ethics in order to successfully engage in scientific research. In science, as an ideal, the principle is proclaimed that in the face of truth all researchers are equal, that no past merits are taken into account when it comes to scientific evidence. An equally important principle of scientific ethos is the requirement of scientific honesty when presenting the results of the research. The scientist may be wrong, but he has no right to manipulate the results, he can repeat the discovery already made, but he has no right to engage in plagiarism. Links as a prerequisite for the design of a scientific monograph and article are designed to document the authorship of certain ideas and scientific texts, and to ensure a clear selection of already known in science and new results. There are detailed rules on what conditions the co-authors of a scientific article should answer. Below is an excerpt from the rules developed at Harvard University [1]:
Everyone who is listed as an author should make a substantial direct intellectual contribution to the work. For example, it should contribute to the concept, design and / or interpretation of the results. "Honorary" co-authorship is prohibited. Providing funding, technical support, patients or materials, no matter how important it is for the work, is not in itself a sufficient contribution to the work, in order to become a co-author. Everyone who has made a significant contribution to the work must be a co-author. Anyone who has made a less significant contribution to the work should be listed on the list of people who are thanked at the end of the article.
These moral principles are often violated in reality. In different scientific communities, different rigidity of sanctions may be imposed for violating the ethical principles of science. The reduction of the "quality of knowledge" in violation of the ethics of science leads to junk science, the ideology of science and the commercialization of science (when the main objective is the race for financing). One of the levers for monitoring the implementation of scientific ethics is the anonymous review of scientific articles, projects and reports.
Scientific ethics are not only administrative rules, but also the totality of moral principles that scientists adhere to in scientific activity and which ensure the functioning of science.
Modern scientific ethics
Modern scientific ethics is characterized by the following:
the universal goal is to obtain and expand the sphere of objective knowledge;
corresponds to the norms of tolerance.
The ethical code of the scientist emphasizes not utilitarian, but higher intellectual values. A special role is also given to issues of scientific honesty, the preservation of a "good name", and not just fame, popularity in the general public. In the 20th century, the situation changed somewhat: the requirements became less stringent, science became more "rich".