Research processes at “Priority–2030” universities: The systems of control and monitoring

Abstract

   Performance of organization’s scientific activities is assessed based on the analysis of research findings reflected in the employers’ publications. The author examines the prospects for Current Research Information Systems (CRIS).   The purpose is to analyze acquisition and structure of the research activities data for Russian universities and to reveal the trends in CRIS evolution.   The manage­ ment system for the universities participating in the “Priority-2030” Program is reviewed along with the results of theory scientific processes monitoring. The current problems of representing information on university’s scientific activi­ties are defined; CRIS information components are characterized in brief, e. g. information on research projects and research areas; researcher account; infor­mation on research units; research publications. A number of positive examples of acquiring research data is provided; important aspects of pages of university’s websites comprising data on intellectual activities are discussed. The analysis of the “Priority-2030” university websites demonstrates that in spite of many diffi­culties of arranging information on research activities, the universities have been gradually implementing CRIS into scientific and educational processes to provide efficient data management.