A Quantitative Comparative Study of Country University Competitiveness as Illustrated by the Countries of the Near East

A comparative study of the university systems of the countries of the Near East has been undertaken in this paper. It has been illustrated that the most competitive systems in terms of World University Rankings are the university systems of Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. This conclusion, at a glance, was made based on the distribution of all the universities of 14 countries of the Near East by the ten World University Rankings. This conclusion was confirmed in a more detailed manner upon entering and calculating three integral indicators of country university competitiveness. They were expressed by multiplying and adding the number of the universities of the countries mentioned in the rankings mentioned above and the average values of the positioning of the universities in these systems. Together with the number of universities distributed among the countries, these three indicators correlated well with each other. The devised methodology of a quantitative assessment of country university competitiveness is proposed for a comparative study of this competitiveness in random groups of countries worldwide.https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.20088302.2022.20.2.6.

Tendências no estudo do escoamento urbano: uma análise retrospectiva.

The paper is a retrospective analysis of trends in quantitative empirical and theoretical studies of urban surface runoff from the mid-19th century to the early 90s of the 20th century, when the largest Soviet scientific school for such studies in the city of Kharkov was dissolved. As shown in the paper, the calculation methods for estimating peak discharges of urban surface runoff can be traced back to a pioneering work by T.J. Mulvaney (1850), which laid the foundation for the “rational method”. Later this method was developed in the works by E.Kuichling (1889) and D.E.Lloyd-Davies (1906). The significance of developing such a method was determined by frequent cases of flooding urban territories and by the need for rapid removal of large volumes of storm water through special collectors. This method is still widely used in simplified calculations of urban surface runoff, since it has a good physical justification (balance equation): the amount of precipitation falling on a given catchment area equals the amount of runoff less losses for infiltration, surface retention and evaporation, which are integrally included into a surface runoff coefficient. Along with accumulating empirical data, scientists began to pay more attention to the problem of pollution of urban surface runoff, as it causes pollution of rivers, lakes, seas, water storage reservoirs and other water bodies. First of such systematic studies were commenced in the 60-70s of the 20th century by the US governmental agencies. Having accumulated a large amount of empirical data and having understood the mechanisms determining the water quality of urban surface runoff, scientists began to develop continuous simulation models, which the paper reviews and dwells on.El artículo es un análisis retrospectivo de tendencias en estudios empíricos y teóricos cuantitativos de escorrentía superficial urbana desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta principios del siglo XX, cuando se disolvió la mayor escuela científica soviética para tales estudios en la ciudad de Kharkov. Como se muestra en el documento, los métodos de cálculo para estimar las descargas máximas de la escorrentía superficial urbana se remontan a un trabajo pionero de T.J. Mulvaney (1850), que sentó las bases del "método racional". Más tarde, este método fue desarrollado en los trabajos por E.Kuichling (1889) y D.E.Lloyd-Davies (1906). La importancia de desarrollar tal método fue determinada por los frecuentes casos de inundación de los territorios urbanos y por la necesidad de una rápida eliminación de grandes volúmenes de agua de lluvia a través de colectores especiales. Este método todavía se usa ampliamente en cálculos simplificados de escorrentía superficial urbana, ya que tiene una buena justificación física (ecuación de equilibrio): la cantidad de precipitación que cae en un área de captación dada es igual a la cantidad de escorrentía menos pérdidas por infiltración, retención de superficie y evaporación , que se incluyen integralmente en un coeficiente de escorrentía superficial. Junto con la acumulación de datos empíricos, los científicos comenzaron a prestar más atención al problema de la contaminación de la escorrentía superficial urbana, ya que causa la contaminación de ríos, lagos, mares, depósitos de almacenamiento de agua y otros cuerpos de agua. El primero de tales estudios sistemáticos se inició en los años 60-70 del siglo 20 por las agencias gubernamentales de los Estados Unidos. Habiendo acumulado una gran cantidad de datos empíricos y habiendo entendido los mecanismos que determinan la calidad del agua de la escorrentía de la superficie urbana, los científicos comenzaron a desarrollar modelos de simulación continuos, que el artículo revisa y continua.O artigo é uma análise retrospectiva das tendências em estudos teóricos e empíricos quantitativos de escoamento urbano de meados do século XIX ao início do século XX, quando a maioria escola científica soviética para tais estudos foi dissolvida na cidade de Kharkov. Como mostrado no papel, os métodos de cálculo para estimar as descargas máximas do escoamento superficial urbano podem ser rastreados até um trabalho pioneiro do T.J. Mulvaney (1850), que lançou as bases do "método racional". Mais tarde, este método foi desenvolvido nos trabalhos de E. Kuichling (1889) e D. E. Lloyd-Davies (1906). A importância do desenvolvimento de tal método foi determinada pela freqüente inundação de territórios urbanos e pela necessidade de uma rápida eliminação de grandes volumes de água da chuva através de coletores especiais. Este método ainda é largamente utilizado em cálculos simplificados de escoamento urbano, e que tem o bom justificação física (equação de equilíbrio): a quantidade de precipitao que cai sobre uma determinada área de captação é igual à quantidade de escoamento de menos infiltração retenção de superfície e evaporação, que estão integralmente incluídos em um coeficiente de escoamento superficial. Junto com o acúmulo de dados empíricos, os cientistas começaram a prestar mais atenção ao problema da poluição por esgoto urbano, porque faz com que a poluição de rios, lagos, mares, tanques de armazenamento de água e outros organismos aquáticos. O primeiro desses estudos sistemáticos foi iniciado nos anos 60 e 70 do século 20 por agências governamentais nos Estados Unidos. Tendo acumulado uma grande quantidade de dados empíricos e tendo compreendido os mecanismos que determinam a qualidade da água de escoamento da superfície urbana, os cientistas começaram a desenvolver modelos de simulação contínuas, os comentários do artigo e pára

Monitoramento de downloads de publicações de cientistas da Universidade Estadual de Belgorod (Rússia) por cientistas de outros países

The article presents a review on the functioning of the ResearchGate network and the growth of its popularity both from the literary data and from the experiments in the Google Scholar search engine. It describes a unique weekly monitoring experiments of downloads of Belgorod State University (Russia) scientists' publications by scientists from other countries (starting on 11.01.2015 through 20.12.2015), and it is shown that scientists from the United States (about 10,000 downloads in 2015) and China (about 6,000 downloads in 2015) are most interested in these publications. As a result we see very uneven inverse-square distribution of Belgorod State University publications by countries of the world. The total number of countries appeared to be 91.El artículo presenta una revisión sobre el funcionamiento de la red ResearchGate y el crecimiento de su popularidad tanto a partir de los datos literarios como de los experimentos en el motor de búsqueda Google Scholar. Describe experimentos únicos de monitoreo semanales de descargas de publicaciones de científicos de la Universidad Estatal de Belgorod (Rusia) por científicos de otros países (desde el 11.01.2015 hasta el 20.12.2015), y se muestra que científicos de los Estados Unidos (aproximadamente 10.000 descargas) en 2015) y China (aproximadamente 6.000 descargas en 2015) están más interesados en estas publicaciones. Como resultado, vemos una distribución muy desigual de casillas inversas de las publicaciones de la Universidad Estatal de Belgorod por países del mundo. El número total de países parecía ser 91.O artigo apresenta uma revisão do funcionamento da rede ResearchGate e o crescimento de sua popularidade a partir de dados literários e de experimentos no mecanismo de busca do Google Scholar. Somente experimentos descrito descarga monitoramento publicações semanais de cientistas da Universidade Estadual de Belgorod (Rússia) por cientistas de outros países (a partir de 2015/11/01 a 2015/12/20), e mostra que os cientistas dos Estados Unidos (aproximadamente 10.000 downloads) em 2015) e China (aproximadamente 6.000 downloads em 2015) estão mais interessados nessas publicações.  Como resultado, vemos uma distribuição muito desigu al de quadrados inversos das publicações da Universidade Estatal de Belgorod por países do mundo. O número total de países parecia ser de 91

The Weighted Aggregation of Ranked Objects by the Arbitrary Totality of Other Objects

The task of distribution of the ranked objects by the smaller number of other objects is set. The first objects are named objects of the first kind, the second objects are the objects of the second kind. The rating of the totality of objects of the first kind, included on the attribute of belonging in the object of the second kind, is suggested to be calculated through the procedure of the weighted aggregation which represents a product of number of the above mentioned objects of the first kind and the average weight coefficient calculated through the average rank (rating) of the totality of the objects of the first kind. An example of such a task is the distribution of ranked universities by the world countries according to one of the global world ratings. The task is extended to the calculation of the integral rank (rating) for an arbitrary number of rankings of different objects of the first kind, distributed on the given number of objects of the second kind

Open access to scientific knowledge and feudalism knowledge: Is there a connection?

The role of universities and transnational corporations in the circulation of scientific knowledge is considered. If institutions generate, mostly scientific knowledge, trying to facilitate its free circulation, then transnational companies, contrarily, try to remove most significant and cutting-edge scientific knowledge from free circulation and its commercialization and reintroduction into an open, but now commercial, circulation in the TRIPS. However, paradoxical, the open access movement to scientific knowledge, eventually, facilitates feudalism of knowledge. We call this phenomenon the "open access - paradox". Based on the experiments done with Google Scholar and Google Patents, it is shown that universities generates, mostly scientific knowledge (scientific articles), and transnational companies generates, mostly technological knowledge (patents)

Comparative Analysis of University Publication Activity by Google Scholar: (On Example of Leading Czech and Germany Universities)

With the help of the Google Scholar search engine, we have studied in detail the aggregated publication structure of the leading universities in the Czech Republic and Germany. We have also classified these structures and identified structural changes in them for German universities. These shifts have been observed in the Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University, and they all occurred within 5 years in the first decade of the 21st century when the major university publication activity moved from the sphere of medical research to the area of social sciences and humanities. Prospects for further research are in the comparative analysis of university publication activities with the help of Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar facilities

Comparative analysis of University publication activity by Google Scholar (on example of leading Czech and Germany Universities)

With the help of the Google Scholar search engine, we have studied in detail the aggregated publication structure of the leading universities in the Czech Republic and Germany. We have also classified these structures and identified structural changes in them for German universities. These shifts have been observed in the Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University, and they all occurred within 5 years in the first decade of the 21st century when the major university publication activity moved from the sphere of medical research to the area of social sciences and humanities. Prospects for further research are in the comparative analysis of university publication activities with the help of Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar facilitiesPeer reviewe

The European Regional Innovation Scoreboard

The research is aimed at providing the most complete analytical overview of all versions of the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard in view of its great importance for adaptation to domestic conditions. The analysis of all versions of the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard is made on the basis of the general report of the European Commission with a view to introducing all of its analytical tools into the domestic scientific circulation. It is shown that the Regional Innovation Scoreboard is formed on the basis of a matrix of partial indicators of innovation activity, distributed according to their classes and regions. On the basis of partial indicators, integral indicators of innovation activity of regions are calculated every two years, after which they are ranked in order of decreasing their innovation activity. Such a full description of the European Regional Innovation Scoreboard is being introduced into the domestic scientific circulation for the first time and will be very useful for all domestic developers of analytical instruments and methods for assessing the regional innovative activity

The Quartile Index Calculation for the Leading Russian Universities and its Pairwise Correlations with Other Scientific Metrics

The historical survey of the foundation and development of the quartile index in different fields of knowledge, as well as that one of the percentile index in scientometrics, was conducted. Based on the improved quartile index introduced in scientometrics by A.V. Grinev, the calculations of three types of such indices, based on the CiteScore, SNIP and SJR impact factors for 45 leading Russian universities at the levels of 2019 and 2020, were carried out. The Scopus articles published in quartile-free journals were included into the calculations. The proportions of Scopus articles published in Q1 and Q2 journals were also calculated. Pairwise correlations were calculated between six indicators supplemented by the h-index. The best results had the pairwise correlations of the Quarterly Indices and their pairwise correlations with the h-index. The worst results were obtained in pairwise correlations between Quarterly Indices and Scopus articles proportions in Q1 and Q2 journals. Despite the fact that the quartile index has great advantages over the h-index and other h-like indices, since it covers the entire range of publications of the author or another subject of publication activity, as well as the qualitative structure of publications based on their distribution by quartiles, it showed a good correlation with the h-index (in different experiments the values of the Pearson correlation coefficient between these indices varied from 0.81 to 0.85