RATING OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ACADEMIC STAFF AS A TOOL FOR ENSURING THE TRANSPARENCY OF RESEARCH RESULTS

A key aspect of increasing the level of competitiveness of a higher education institution is participation in international and domestic ratings, therefore it is important to ensure quality and open, transparent presentation of the results of all types of educational activities of a higher education institution, especially research. The development and implementation of internal ratings, the methodology of which reflects the methodology of key educational ratings, is important for the analysis of the dynamics of indicators of a higher education institution. The article analyzes the most common scientometric databases used to evaluate the results of scientific research – Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Dimensions. The experience of Ukrainian universities in building ratings of scientists based on indicators of the effectiveness of research activity in scientometric databases is analyzed. Transparency rating based on citation rates in Google Scholar, implemented at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, is presented. The transparency rating ranks higher education institutions academic staff according to the indicators of publication activity in the Google Scholar system. The advantages and disadvantages of implementing a rating system for the analysis of the research activity of higher education institutions academic staff have been determined. It is summarized that for the optimal presentation of the results of the research activities of the higher education institutions academic staff, it is important to systematically implement measures to ensure open access to research results, the use of international identifiers of the scientist, the dissemination and distribution of research results on the Internet, filling and updating the profiles of the scientist in the most authoritative scientometric databases, which has a positive effect on the indicators of the research activity of the higher education institution in the educational rankings.