Marginalizing Russian science. What to expect for Russian publishers and authors

Abstract

No country in the world has yet surpassed Russia by imposed sanctions volume and their severity. One of the of the sanctions goals is the marginalization of Russian science. The joint international statement of organizations such as Clarivate and Harvard Kennedy School states that the exclusion of Russia will have little effect on global science, especially on the leading countries of the West, since “Russia’s science system is weak, deteriorating and increasingly marginalised.” How true this is, what risks it carries and how to level them off is demonstrated by dozens of examples in Russian authors and journals in terms of Academic SEO, internationalization and other indicators.