The selection of basic research priorities plays an important role in efficient science policy. After the economic crisis in 2008 many countries turned its attention to R&D of energy resources. Effective development of R&D could contribute to efficiency of oil and gas processing and improve Russian prosperity. The goal of our study is to examine trends in Russian research performance (RP) and compare them with other leading industrialized countries. More detailed analysis was focused on tracing evolution in the research area (by WoS classification) as Energy&Fuel ( E&F ), which is invaluable for the Russian economy. Sources of data were Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) that is the part of Web of Science (WoS), analytical tool InCites and the national database Russian Science Citation Index—Clarivate. World dataset demonstrated the growth rate in total research performance (RP) by 140% (2,006,082 records) in 2017 compared to 2008 (1,416,233 records). Russian RP growth rate was the same as in world dataset in 2008–2017. Our analysis revealed that two of each RA Science Technology and Other Topics, and Energy & Fuels ( E&F ) demonstrated striking growth rate (in three-fold) comparing with growth rate 140% in the world dataset during 2008–2017. Total amount of Russian RP on E&F consisted of 4237 records indexed in SCI-E and 6300 records indexed in RSCI-C for 10 years. During the last 10 years, Russia significantly improved various citations indicators of RP on E&F . The share of publications in top 1% and top 10% journals increased. Russian RP growth rate on E&F was about 200%. Despite the growth its impact is low compared to leading industrial countries. A significant disparity was revealed in RP distribution by leading organizations in SCI-E and RSCI-C. Powerful Russian oil and gas companies are practically absent among organizations indexed in SCI-E. Contrarily, the national Russian database RSCI-C revealed a network of regional branches of the famous private oil company named “Lukoil”. Russian international collaboration (IC) on E&F is significantly less (about 8–10%) than in total Russian RP. The negative factor is low number of IC on E&F with each of traditional Russian partners as Germany and USA. Value of Jaccard index of almost all countries collaborating with Russia (besides Kazakhstan’s 0.46) is no higher than 0.2. This indicates significant difference in direction of research. Our data could be useful as a source for effective decision-making.

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俄罗斯和工业化国家在能源和燃料方面的表现比较分析，WoS，2008-2017

基础研究重点的选择在有效的科学政策中起着重要作用。2008年经济危机后，许多国家将注意力转向能源资源的研发。研发的有效发展有助于提高石油和天然气加工的效率并促进俄罗斯的繁荣。我们研究的目标是检查俄罗斯研究绩效 (RP) 的趋势，并将其与其他领先的工业化国家进行比较。更详细的分析侧重于追踪研究领域（按 WoS 分类）作为能源与燃料 (E&F) 的演变，这对俄罗斯经济来说是无价的。数据来源是科学引文索引扩展 (SCI-E)，它是科学网 (WoS) 的一部分，分析工具 InCites 和国家数据库俄罗斯科学引文索引 - Clarivate。世界数据集显示，与 2008 年（1,416,233 条记录）相比，2017 年总研究绩效 (RP) 的增长率为 140%（2,006,082 条记录）。俄罗斯 RP 增长率与 2008-2017 年世界数据集相同。我们的分析显示，与 2008 年至 2017 年世界数据集中的 140% 的增长率相比，RA 科学技术和其他主题以及能源与燃料 (E&F) 各有两个表现出惊人的增长率（三倍）。俄罗斯在 E&F 上的 RP 总量包括 4237 条在 SCI-E 中索引的记录和 6300 条在 RSCI-C 中索引的 10 年记录。在过去的10年里，俄罗斯在E&F上显着提高了RP的各项引用指标。在前 1% 和前 10% 期刊中的出版物份额有所增加。俄罗斯 E&F 的 RP 增长率约为 200%。尽管增长，但与领先的工业国家相比，其影响仍然较低。SCI-E 和 RSCI-C 中的领先组织在 RP 分布方面显示出显着差异。在 SCI-E 索引的组织中，几乎没有强大的俄罗斯石油和天然气公司。相反，俄罗斯国家数据库 RSCI-C 显示了名为“Lukoil”的著名私营石油公司的区域分支机构网络。俄罗斯在 E&F 方面的国际合作 (IC) 明显少于俄罗斯总投资额（约 8-10%）。不利因素是 E&F 上的 IC 数量很少，而每个传统的俄罗斯合作伙伴如德国和美国。几乎所有与俄罗斯合作的国家的Jaccard指数值（哈萨克斯坦除外）为0.46，均不高于0.2。这表明研究方向存在显着差异。