The relationship between scientometrics and science management

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the role of scientometrics in the management of scientific activity at various levels of the social hierarchy. The most important task of the research is to identify the functions of scientometrics as a symbiosis of the sociology of science and infometrics. The relevance of this article is due to the need to reveal the potential of scientometrics in the management of science, especially at the level of scientific organizations (including universities).

The authors of the article highlighted the functions of scientometrics, presented the directions of application of scientometrics, reflected the relationship between measurements in social systems and measures aimed at increasing the success of scientific activity. It is substantiated that the expansion of the functions of scientometrics is primarily associated with the expansion of the range of measured indicators; the measurement data is based on the processing of primary information about subjects and the results of research activities.

Research methods: analysis of scientific literature and best practices in the management of scientific activities at universities (benchmarking), methods of set theory, methods of qualimetry and expert assessments, methods of mathematical statistics. Methodological foundations of the research: systematic, sociological, informational-cognitive, qualimetric and probabilistic-statistical approaches.