Vol. 8, No. 3-4, 2022

The article presents the results of the analysis of Russian scientific journals indexed in the international databases Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus, as well as in the List of the Higher Attestation Commission. The purpose of the work is to analyze the publication policy and experience of the development of national scientific platforms of the countries within the EAEU, SCO and BRICS, the analysis of journals indexed in the international scientometric databases and in the List of Higher Attestation Commission by the fields of science. In the study were used methods of analysis, generalization and grouping. Through an analysis, it was determined that the journal list of the Higher Attestation Commission contains mostly scientific periodicals publishing research on economic sciences, clinical medicine and jurisprudence. The relevant publications are of primary interest for evaluating scientific publications in case of forming a list of authoritative journals.

The possibilities of solving a key problem that hinders the development of multifaceted and long-term cooperation between universities and research institutes with industrial partners are considered in connection with the prospects for the development of technology transfer centers that received grants from the Ministry of Education of Russia in 2021. The main contradictions, systemic problems and mechanisms for building interaction between the academic and industrial sectors of the economy are highlighted. Foreign and Russian practices of building cooperation, issues of trust and mutual understanding, the possibility of removing barriers to marketing and quality, creating a network structure for transfer management are analyzed. A fundamentally new perspective of state support for the transfer of research and development results is shown, which is opened by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 17, 2022 № 392. For the first time, a model of interaction between corporations and technology companies implementing projects with the participation of universities and research institutes aimed at finalizing and creating products has been created under the guarantees of large customers.

The convergence of the scientific, educational and business sectors requires the search for new models and tools for the transfer of technology from the university environment to the work of enterprises in the real sector of the economy. On the example of the Catholic University of Leuven, approaches to the commercialization of the results of the intellectual activity of universities abroad are considered. It is shown that the active development of its own technology transfer center, which implements, among other things, initiatives in the field of mergers and acquisitions, has allowed KU Leuven to achieve outstanding results in creating its own innovation environment and take leading positions in the global rankings of world universities. The results obtained can be successfully transferred to the practice of Russian universities.

The article substantiates the relevance of assessing the quality of professional activity of the teaching staff of higher educational institutions in the context of the transformation of the educational process. A study of theoretical and methodological aspects of assessing the quality of work of teaching staff has been conducted. The key components of the category “quality of professional activity of the teaching staff” are identified and a definition based on the essential aspects of the selected components is formulated. The main trends characterizing the modern system of higher education (elements of the transformation of the higher education system) are also highlighted, their impact on the activities of teaching staff of higher educational institutions is analyzed and the emerging demands of the external environment for the qualification of teaching staff are highlighted. As a result of the study, the authors identified inconsistencies in the theoretical and methodological provisions of the assessment of the quality of teaching staff, in particular, inconsistencies between the normative and actual qualification and competence requirements for teaching staff in the conditions of transformation of the educational system.

The article considers issues of researchers’ work assessment of sectoral research institutes in the Russian Federation. The authors investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the existing system of scientometric indicators with relation to the researchers’ publication activity increase. Practical solutions are proposed to harmonize the internal and external motivation of the researchers’ work of the sectoral research institute in order to ensure the effectiveness of their scientific activities, the implementation of key indicators of the effectiveness of scientific work and to promote the economic and innovative effect of the institute activities. The authors proposed a conceptual system for stimulating the work of researchers through authorship in scientific publications and evaluated its effectiveness. The scientific novelty lies in the development of a system of incentives for authorship in scientific publications to employees of the Railway Research Institute. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the incentive system in many sectors of the modern economy.

This study is devoted to identifying typical problems in the field of scientific equipment procurement in the interests of core shared research facilities and large-scale research facilities and developing approaches to their solution. The paper provides an analysis on the practice of purchasing scientific equipment, conducted on the basis of statistical data obtained from representatives of core shared research facilities and large-scale research facilities that received governmental support in 2019–2021, as well as on the data of a sociological survey. As a result, the hypotheses put forward by the authors about the predominance of foreign-made scientific equipment in the procurement structure, about the decrease in the average cost of purchased equipment in 2019–2021, about the presence of significant unevenness of scientific equipment by subclasses in the procurement structure of scientific equipment, about the presence of similar organizational problems in the field of procurement of scientific equipment. The article suggests a number of approaches to solving the identified problems arising from the formulations of 4 proven hypotheses.

An assessment was made of the current level of development of the thematic area of «regenerative medicine» in Russia and in the world based on an analysis of the list of methods of cell, gene therapy and tissue engineering officially approved by the regulatory authorities of the world as of November 2022, as well as an analysis of the global publication and patent portfolio.

It is shown that the practical result of the 20-year development of regenerative medicine was the creation and approval of 70 products and technologies, of which 12 are methods (products) of cellular immunotherapy, 11 are gene therapy products, 17 are cell therapy products, 8 are cord blood therapy methods, 22 – products of tissue engineering. The United States is the leader in terms of the number of regenerative medicine technologies and products approved by regulatory authorities for the use of technologies and products in healthcare practice – 32 methods and products, the second position is occupied by the EU (21), followed by the Republic of Korea (16), Japan (10), Canada (7). 3 technologies and products were approved in India, China and Australia, 2 in Singapore, 1 in New Zealand. During the observation period, only one gene therapy product was recalled (ZYNTEGLO in the EU in 2021). The country that makes the most significant contribution to research and development in the field of regenerative medicine is the United States, which has a national publication portfolio that is at least three times larger than the top 5 countries in this topic area (China, Japan, UK and Italy). The Russian Federation ranks 17th with the total number of publications in the national portfolio. The performed scientometric analysis made it possible to identify the most developed scientific areas in the Russian Federation related to the field of regenerative medicine.

The article describes the framework TPRA for a comprehensive assessment of scientific and technological projects. Its comparison with other methods of evaluation of technologies is given. The Framework TPRA allows to evaluate some of possible risks to the institution of innovative development within the processes of R&D-supporting. The practical application of the approaches described in the article demonstrates the results of using the framework TPRA in the practical activities of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund in the field of creating a technological enterprise of the digital economy in the region Yugra.

The purpose of the article is the investigation of proving grounds and testing centers role in proactive technological development of the country. The object of the study is the Experimental Loop of Railway Research Institute, which have a unique, almost century-long history of testing activities. The article investigates features of reactive and proactive science and technology policy. It is proven that currently science and technology policy should have strongly marked nature. Existing methods and ways of evaluation, including Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale may be implemented. The main development stages of the Experimental Loop internal structure and functions are analysed. The perspective ways of its development are proposed, which imply the transition from reactive to proactive technological policy in order to develop a certain branch.