MISSHER2019: 1st Moscow International Symposium in Scientometrics and Higher Education Research RUDN University (Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) Moscow, Russia, November 20, 2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=missher2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | October 15, 2019 |
Submission deadline | November 15, 2019 |
We heartily invite scholars from all disciplines and all over the world to participate in the 1st Moscow International Symposium in Scientometrics and Higher Education Research.
The Key Topic is:
Scholarly Communication: Building Bridges Between East and West
Recently, countries with emerging and transitional higher-education systems have been actively promoting the excellence of their universities in the international arena. Governments use university rankings for the specification of objectives. Such a purely quantitative approach leads to imbalances in the development of higher education and science. Are these imbalances due to the ranking methodology itself, or are the problems caused by the use of these indicators in public policies? The use of rankings and other scientometric indicators needs to be further discussed. Scientometric tools are the basis for rational strategic development, but they require responsible use. The exchange of views between experts from different countries and hemispheres is extremely important. The dialogue will help develop common approaches to the further development of the “science of science.”
Submission Guidelines
If you are interested in providing an oral presentation, please submit an abstract (max 300 words) here before October 15. Registration will open on October 20.
List of Topics
- Usage of scientometric (bibliometric) tools: cases
- Metric-based management and governance
- University rankings: pros and cons
- Excellence initiatives in higher education (national and supranational)
- Science in the socio-economic context
- Open science: revolution or evolution?
Committees
Head of the Organizing Committee
Dmitry Kochetkov, RUDN University, Head of the Centre for Scientometrics and Development of the Scientific Journals
E-mail: Kochetkov-dm@rudn.ru
Invited Speakers
Measuring Triple-Helix Synergy in the Russian Innovation Systems at Regional, Provincial, and National Levels
Prof. dr. Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam
Abstract
We measure synergy for the Russian national, provincial, and regional innovation systems as reduction of uncertainty using mutual information among the 3 distributions of firm sizes, technological knowledge bases of firms, and geographical locations. Half a million units of data at firm level in 2011 were obtained from the Orbis™ database of Bureau Van Dijk. The firm level data were aggregated at the levels of 8 Federal Districts, the regional level of 83 Federal Subjects, and the single level of the Russian Federation. Not surprisingly, the knowledge base of the economy is concentrated in the Moscow region (22.8%) and Saint Petersburg (4.0%). Except in Moscow itself, high-tech manufacturing does not add synergy to any other unit at any of the various levels of geographical granularity; instead it disturbs regional coordination. Knowledge-intensive services (KIS; including laboratories) contribute to the synergy in all Federal Districts (except the North-Caucasian Federal District), but only in 30 of the 83 Federal Subjects. The synergy in KIS is concentrated in centers of administration. The knowledge-intensive services (which are often state affiliated) provide backbone to an emerging knowledge-based economy at the level of Federal Districts, but the economy is otherwise not knowledge based (except for the Moscow region).
Short Bio
Loet Leydesdorff (Ph.D. Sociology, M.A. Philosophy, and M.Sc. Biochemistry) is Professor emeritus at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) of the University of Amsterdam. He is Associate Faculty at the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, Visiting Professor of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) in Beijing, Guest Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and Visiting Fellow at the School of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. He has published extensively in systems theory, social network analysis, scientometrics, and the sociology of innovation.
Ranking universities responsibly
Prof. Dr. Ludo Waltman, Leiden University
Abstract
University rankings are highly influential in many countries, but most of these rankings suffer from major methodological problems. I will discuss the most important problems. To show how my center, the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, deals with these problems, I will focus on the Leiden Ranking, a university ranking produced annually at CWTS (www.leidenranking.com). I will discuss responsible and irresponsible ways of producing and using university rankings, and I will suggest some ways in which different stakeholders are able to contribute to more responsible ranking practices.
Short Bio
Ludo Waltman is Professor of Quantitative Science Studies and deputy director at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. Ludo leads the Quantitative Science Studies (QSS) research group at CWTS. The QSS group does research in the fields of bibliometrics and scientometrics, with a special emphasis on applications in research management and science policy. Together with his colleague Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo has developed two software tools for the analysis and visualization of bibliometric networks: VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer. Ludo is coordinator of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, a bibliometric ranking of major universities worldwide. In addition, Ludo serves as Editor-in-Chief of Quantitative Science Studies.
Promoting Open Science
Dr. Marat Fatkhullin, Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Open Science describes a way of working which makes research more inclusive, more collaborative, more transparent and more effective. Elsevier partners with the research community to empower open science. We truly believe open science can benefit research and society and drive research performance.
Short Bio
Marat Fatkhullin works in Russia, Europe, Japan & Taiwan establishing international collaborations in science and health. He works with government ministers, regional governments, universities and funding agencies. Marat has worked with Elsevier since 2011 and is now Vice President of Global Strategic Networks. Marat has worked on many successful collaborative projects including: developing regional economies through evidence-based partnerships between industry and universities, advises universities transformation into the entrepreneurial mode and facilitating the adoption of successful programs to focus and improve research output quality.
Venue
The event will take place on November 20 at the RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia) in Moscow.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dmitry Kochetkov, e-mail kochetkov-dm@rudn.ru