Joint research of Russia and Belarus in the field of biotechnology

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the current state of Russian-Belarusian cooperation in the field of biotechnology for 2011-2021 according to the databases Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. The dynamics of the publication flow, the most active foreign partners and organizations have been determined, priority areas for cooperation have been identified. As a result of the bibliometric analysis, it was found that the most fruitful in joint research are: Ecology, Agriculture, Experimental Medicine, Scientific Technology, Mycology. The directions with highly cited publications were: Nanotechnology, Medical Chemistry, Cytology, Medical Technologies. The most relevant research, which was already cited in the year of publication, dealt with the development of nanocrystals and nanoplates, the study of programmable materials, the genetics of agricultural plants. As a result of the analysis of the keywords of highly cited and rapidly cited articles, it was concluded that the scientific community is interested in works that have a practical orientation. Based on the ratio of the volume of publications and citations in different scientific fields, the authors proposed topics for further cooperation, priority publications for the publication of articles. The results of the work may be of interest from the point of view of administrative policy, further financing of promising areas, organizing joint research, and establishing scientific ties.