Games in Education

In this study, a study was made on the Web of Science index by using the words “game-based learning,” “video games,” “game-based pedagogy,” “digital games,” “gamification,” and “game.” The study was carried out with data obtained from the SCI-E, SSCI, and A&HCI indices covering the years 1975-2021. A total of 1,376 articles were reached in accordance with the inclusion criteria. Retrieved articles were subjected to bibliometric analysis. In line with the relevant analysis, the most influential authors, journals, institutions, and articles were revealed under the title “games in education.” In addition, based on the articles examined within the scope of this research, a co-word network structure was visualized in terms of cooperation among institutions and authors. As a result of the research, the trends in topics related to games were revealed, and the changes in this area are subsequently discussed.

Methodological case of scientometric factors study in individual discipline

The authors analyze scientometric factors and rates of the Russianlanguage scientific journals in archeology provided by RSCI. The list of journals under study was based on the list of peer-reviewed journals comprising findings of candidate’s and doctor’s theses in the domain 07.00.06 – Archeology (historical sciences). The key factors of these journals were specified and rates were made for Science Index (SI), public evaluation, and 5-year impact-factor. The journals with high impact factor and low SI rating were revealed; absolute discrepancy of 2019 SI and public evaluation rating. The authors suggest to make changes to the methods of calculating SI integrated index of scientific journals: to accumulate ratings and add special equalizing coefficients for monodisciplines: to calculate factors with improved rubricator.

Research of Bibliographic References in Math-Net.Ru using the Journal Citation Graph

According to the portal Math-Net.Ru a graph of journal citation is constructed. To increase the reliability of the model, the citation time interval was chosen from 2010 to 2021, when the distribution of citation articles stabilized at the level of 3500-4500 citations per year. The structure of link aging is studied and it is shown that their half-life is equal to 8 years. Therefore, the publication date of the cited articles was limited to 2002. For the constructed citation graph, the main properties, such as a small diameter and a high density, are obtained, indicating a high level of scientific communication in the Math-Net.Ru. The absence of the “Matthew effect” as a pronounced advantage in quoting established journals in relation to less well-known ones is shown. Adequacy of the journal citation graph Math-Net.Ru as a model of scientific communication confirmed by comparing the ranking of journals in the citation graph with their SCIENCE INDEX rating in eLIBRARY.RU. A direct moderate relationship between the two rankings is shown. A number of meaningful conclusions are drawn from the analysis of the citation graph.

Analysis of Bibliometric Indicators of the Journal “Vestnik IzhGTU imeni M.T. Kalashnikova”

Анализ библиометрических показателей журнала показал, что место журнала в общем рейтинге SCIENCE INDEX за 2019 г. по сравнению с 2018 г. улучшилось, но по-прежнему журнал находится во 2-м квартиле (2583-е место из 6000 журналов, входящих в РИНЦ). По тематике «Общие и комплексные проблемы технических и прикладных наук и отраслей народного хозяйства», в которую входит 84 журнала, «Вестник ИжГТУ имени М. Т. Калашникова» занимает 52-е место. Рейтинг по показателю «общественная экспертиза» пока невысок и составляет 2,19, что, по-видимому, связано с недостаточной известностью журнала в научном сообществе. Рейтинг SCIENCE INDEX, рассчитанный по библиометрическим показателям, равен 0,098. По показателям «число цитирований журнала в РИНЦ без самоцитирования» (303) и «двухлетний импакт-фактор РИНЦ без самоцитирования» (0,336) журнал близок к 1-му квартилю. Показатель «двухлетний импакт-фактор по ядру РИНЦ» весьма скромен - 0,044. Двухлетний и пятилетний коэффициенты самоцитирования журнала, соответственно, 23,1 и 18,6 % снижаются с каждым годом. Двухлетний коэффициент авторского самоцитирования в 2019 г. составил 43,1 %, что соответствует 1-му квартилю по рассматриваемой тематике. Пятилетний индекс Херфиндаля по цитирующим журналам 866 находится на уровне журналов, входящих в ядро РИНЦ. Индекс Херфиндаля по организациям авторов 3489 говорит о недостаточном количестве публикаций авторов из других организаций. Десятилетний индекс Хирша равен 21, что соответствует 1-му квартилю по рассматриваемой тематике. Среднее число ссылок в списках цитируемой литературы в 2019 г. также достаточно высоко на фоне сравниваемых журналов и составило 16. Время полужизни статей, процитированных в журнале в текущем году, составило 4,3, что соответствует 1-му квартилю.

Does “Faith” in Science Correlate with Indicators of Well-Being?

Religion has long been theorized to serve important functions for societies and individuals; specifically, as a source of knowledge about what is real and as a source of norms prescribing how individuals should behave. However, science and scientists appear to be playing an increasingly large role in public discourse. A majority of adults in the U.S. report interest in science and an increasing number are obtaining degrees in the sciences – more so among males than females. As a result, we examined (1) whether and how participants’ demographic background, religious background, and two indicators of well-being relate to a “belief in science” index, and (2) whether those relations differed among males and females. 560 young adults from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds participated. The findings presented here suggest that belief in science and religiosity are strongly inversely correlated, and if belief in science does confer emotion-related benefits, it may operate differently across demographic categories. Specifically, we find that belief in science is related to emotion dysregulation and death anxiety among males, but not females, even though females scored lower on these indicators of well-being overall.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 100 Cited Papers in Retinal Detachment

Purpose: This work aimed to identify and analyze the most frequently cited articles in retinal detachment (RD). Methods: Institute for Scientific Information’s Web of Science index (Thomas Scientific) was used to identify the top 100 most cited articles on RD between 1900 and 2019. Data from the top 100 most cited articles that met inclusion criteria were analyzed based on title, citation frequency, authorship, institution, journal, year of publication, and country of origin. Results: The top 100 articles in RD were cited 88 to 480 times. Steven K. Fisher was the most cited individual, with the University of California system being the most cited organization. Sixty-four percent of the top 100 articles originated from the United States and were published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, and Archives of Ophthalmology at frequencies of 36%, 24%, and 11%, respectively. The top funding agencies included the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Eye Institute at 29%, 28%, and 27%, respectively. The top-cited article, which assessed the role of the retinal pigment epithelium by histologic and electron microscopic analysis of RDs in eyes of owl monkeys, was by Machemer and Laqua in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. Conclusions: This bibliometric analysis provides researchers and clinicians with a detailed overview of the most cited manuscripts in RD. Such analyses may guide researchers and funding agencies on important research areas in the field.

Pharmacogenetics of quetiapine

(1) Introduction: Quetiapine (QTP) is a dibenzothiazepine derivative, a second generation antipsychotic (AP), which is structurally similar to clozapine. The main indications for use are schizophrenia and depressive disorder. Under manic episodes in bipolar disorder can be used alone or in combination with lithium. The frequency of prescribing QTP is on average 11,987 per 100,000 population, with a positive trend in dynamics: a growth rate of more than 800% within the period 2002 to 2017.(2) Purpose: The review of studies of pharmacogenetic pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic pharmacodynamic markers of QTP efficacy and safety.(3) Materials and Methods: A search was carried out for publications of the Science Index, PubMed, Web of Science, Springer databases by keywords and their combinations over the last 10 years. In addition, the review includes earlier publications of historical interest. Despite extensive searches of these commonly used databases and search terms, it cannot be ruled out that some publications may have been missed.(4) Results: The review considers the following pharmacokinetic markers of QTP efficacy and safety: genes are coding isoforms of cytochrome P450 (CYP2D6, CYP2C19, CYP3A4, CYP3A5), P-glycoprotein (ABCB1); pharmacogenetic pharmacodynamic markers of the efficacy and safety of QTP : genes of dopamine receptor isoform (DRD3), dopamine transporter (SCL1A1) and catecholO-methyltransferase (COMT), serotonin receptor isoforms (HTR2C), melanocortin receptor (MC4R), NOTCH protein (NOTCH4), phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D), SPoPL protein (SPoPL), multiple EGFlike domain (MEGF10), protocadherin-7 (PCDH7), contactin-associated protein 5 (CNTNAP5) , TRAF2 and NCK-interacting protein kinase (TNIK), spermatogenesis-associated protein 6 (SPATA6L), neurobihin (NBEA), synaptic vesicle protein-2C (SVC2) .(5) Conclusion: Disclosure of pharmacogenetic markers of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of QTP efficacy and safety in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, may provide a key to developing a strategy for its personalized prevention of adverse grug reactions (ADRs) and therapy strategy in real clinical practice.

Integration of Knowledge in Education

Based on the citation records, this study for the first time examines the bibliometric characteristics of integration of knowledge in education literature from the year 1985 to June 2020. This study reviews total 102 documents published in the Web of Science index journals. For the visualization and analysis, VOSviewer software was applied. The bibliometric results identified the most productive and impactful authors and journals in this literature. After the science mapping of bibliometric data, this paper identifies the major underlying research themes integration of knowledge in education. The key themes in this literature include the knowledge transfer, higher education, university, innovation and management. Among these keywords, knowledge transfer, higher education and model show the strongest correlation, followed by innovation, commercialization; performance and management; multiple intelligence and information. However, there is no significant correlation among keywords like knowledge transfer, knowledge integration, healthcare, and multiple intelligence. Therefore, future research can be directed focusing on these keywords to expand the existing knowledge in this literature.

Site «Gaponenko Artiom Vasilievich – autobiography and results of scientific and pedagogical activity»

The site of Artiom Vasilyevich Gaponenko (https://www.gaponenko.info/) is intended to give a holistic view of the personality and the results of the scientific and pedagogical activity of the author. The site contains an autobiography, a list of scientific and pedagogical works, a link to the developed educational system MLESYS (https://mlesys.ru/), as well as information about advanced training, professional retraining and participation of A.V. Gaponenko. in competitions. At the bottom of the site page there is a personal Science Index counter (RSCI), there is a link to the author's portfolio.

Strategies for Top-Rated Scientific Journals: Democracy or Closed Ecosystem?

Researchers rely on a system of scientometric ratings when they assess the development of a scientific journal. This approach does not allow us to understand the reasons for the results achieved and the specifics of the business model of the publication. The paper describes the study of scientific journals through a prism of the ecosystem approach. The hypothesis is tested that a highly rated scientific journal, its authors and readers together represent a closed ecosystem with specific properties. The research methodology is based on the author’s toolkit which consists on the calculation of ecosystem closeness indicators: the share of affiliated authors, their correlation with the average influence of a paper, diversity and fluidity. The authors suggest that low rates of variability and diversity indicate a closed type of journal ecosystem. Generalization and interpretation of empirical results was carried out by the method of cluster analysis. The information base is a panel metadata of 20 scientific Russian journals for 2013–2020, which have the maximum Science Index ratings on economic and management fields. Also, the authors analyzed the data on the number and level of concentration publications by the editorial board members and staff of the holding institution, as well as the intensity of publications of individual authors. There have been identified four clusters of studied journals being as a base of the empirical verification. The first and third clusters are characterized by the highest rate of closeness. The lowest level of variability in the sample has been recorded for the third cluster. The journals of the second and fourth clusters have a conditionally closed ecosystem and have been characterized by a top-rated of variability. They are characterized by a low share of publications by affiliated authors. However, it was revealed that there had been a group of authors who had a significant impact on the journal’s ecosystem development. The study results can be of value for the strategies formation of scientific journals development.