... () relied on this logic. Among other things, the Decree set the task of ensuring the achievement of the following indicators: education – at least five Russian universities should make it in the top one hundred world’s leading universities ... ... an increase in the proportion of publications by Russian researchers in the total number of publications in the international scientific journals indexed in the
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Full professors are not obliged to continue publishing
Foreign opinion
Mark N. Katz has just begun his 25th year of teaching at George Mason University. He was promoted to full professor in his 10th year there.
The common view of the pressures that professors face in American academia is embodied in the alliterative phrase, “publish or perish.” The truth, though, is more complicated—and less draconian—than this phrase suggests.
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... universities and institutes in Russia, and consequently the high place of Russia in the "world ranking". However, getting rid of this illusion is not enough. The situation is very, very complex: we are hindered by the inertia (the nature of our education and the rejection of Western standards), while simultaneously new times present new challenges. “An impalpable presence” of Russian scientists in the Western scientific journals is, of course, part of a much broader problem with Russia's competitiveness in the world today. And in order to bring about a fundamental change in this situation, if we are unhappy with it, nothing but rejection of the myths and the ...
