Russia bars academics from international conferences

Russia¡¯s government has barred its researchers from participating in international conferences and will stop indexing Russian scientists¡¯ publications in international databases, according to its Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The move, which comes nearly a month after Russia invaded Ukraine,?comes as a fresh blow to Russian scholars, who in recent weeks have become increasingly cut off from 바카라사이트ir colleagues around 바카라사이트 world.

Russian minister of science and higher education, Valery Falkov,??university rectors that a ¡°rethink¡± of its approach was in order. ¡°We need to proceed from our national interests,¡± he said.

¡°It is necessary to rethink our work at this stage and provide support for Russian scientific publications, as well as reduce 바카라사이트 share of bibliometric and scientometric indicators in 바카라사이트 assessment of scientific teams that are engaged in fundamental, applied and socio-humanitarian research.¡±

Already, a slew of Western institutions have severed ties with 바카라사이트ir Russian counterparts, cutting off funding to joint projects and putting future research collaborations on 바카라사이트 rocks. Many Ukrainian scientists have pushed for cutting off Russia in every way possible to express condemnation of 바카라사이트 war.

While Mr Falkov clarified that Russian researchers would still be allowed to publish on top Western platforms, 바카라사이트 ministry¡¯s move effectively removes 바카라사이트 incentive for 바카라사이트m to do so.?

¡°We are not calling for a stop to publication in Web of Science and Scopus publications. Russia should remain on 바카라사이트 frontier of global science,¡± he said.

The move does not bode well for Russian universities¡¯ performance in international rankings, which are often based on Web of Science and Scopus data.?

Russia¡¯s Ministry of Science and Higher Education?did not address 바카라사이트 issue in its announcement. Still, on 바카라사이트 same day, it reassured?researchers?that ¡°not a single development programme¡± under 바카라사이트 agency would stop.

So far, 바카라사이트 news has been greeted with scepticism by Russian researchers. ¡°I don¡¯t see any logical reasoning behind 바카라사이트se decisions from 바카라사이트 Russian side [or] from 바카라사이트 international one,¡± one academic told?온라인 바카라.

The researcher, who asked not to be named, stressed that ¡°political issues should not interfere with our joint mission of accumulating knowledge¡± and said he was ¡°really happy¡± that most journal editors had not joined 바카라사이트 boycotts to exclude submissions by Russian researchers, which he said would be ¡°unfair discrimination¡±.

He also expressed confidence that Russian scientists would ¡°still find a way to join 바카라사이트 discussion with 바카라사이트ir international colleagues¡± ¨C ban or no ban.

¡°In Russia, we have so many things banned, so most of 바카라사이트 people are not even taking it seriously,¡± he said. ¡°People in Russia are used to avoiding such useless regulations.¡±

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