Analysis of publication activity and priority subject areas of research in medicine in the Russian Federation

Introduction. Scientometric analysis is one of the progressive methods and key tools for quantitative and qualitative study of science, identification of priorities and trends of its development.

The purpose of the study is a scientometric study of Russia’s report activity in the field of medicine and determination of the priority subject issues of research in this area.

Material and methods. The study was conducted using SciVal, according to scientometric indicators characterizing the number of publications in various categories and their citation for a three-year period (2019–2021) for the Russian Federation with the reference values for the world.

Results. The main scientometric indicators (in number and share) characterizing the dynamics in Russia’s publication activity in medical sciences in 2019–2021 are considered and analyzed. A comparative analysis of the TOP five subject areas for 4 scientometric indicators for the world and the Russian Federation is carried out.

Limitations. The research materials are limited to the results of the data uploading as of a specific date, as well as the selected time period.

Conclusion. In the field of medicine, Russia is characterized by a steady growth and positive trend in the majority of the selected scientometric indicators. The leading subject areas of the Russian research are general medicine, public health, surgery, oncology, cardiology, immunology and allergology, clinical neurology. The scientometric analysis fully confirms the subject areas of the Russian scientific medical research to fully correspond to both domestic priority areas of medical science development specified in various regulatory documents and the world trends.

Compliance with ethical standards. The study does not require the submission of a biomedical ethics committee opinion or other documents.

Contribution of the authors:
Aksenova E.I. — concept and design of the study, editing;
Tarkhov K.Yu. — concept and design of the study, collection and statistical processing of material, generalization, systematization of material, writing the text.
All co-authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Acknowledgement. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Received: June 22, 2023
Accepted: August 23, 2023
Published: November 3, 2023