The Journal of Oceanological Research in terms of its indicators entered the 2nd quartile - K2 of the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications

Dear Colleagues,

Information has been received that on October 20, 2022, the Working Group on improving and optimizing the list of peer-reviewed scientific publications, in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Science, for the degree of Doctor of Science under the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia (hereinafter - HAC), together with the expert councils of the HAC, completed the analysis of the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications (publications included in the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications as of December 31, 2021 in the scientific specialties of the former nomenclature, approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated October 23, 2017 No. 1027).

As part of this work, a methodology was developed and approved for evaluating publications included in the List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications for categorization. This methodology includes two components: quantitative (scientometric indicators) and qualitative (expert).

Based on the results of the analysis of scientometric indicators, all scientific publications included in the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications were arranged in descending order according to the coefficient of scientific significance, categorized in the ratio K1 - 25%, K2 - 50%, K3 - 25% and were submitted for consideration to specialized expert councils of the Higher Attestation Commission. Taking into account the expert assessment carried out by the expert councils of the Higher Attestation Commission for each scientific specialty for which the Journal was included in the List of peer-reviewed scientific publications, a final list of publications was formed, distributed into categories K1, K2, K3. The distribution of journals included in the List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications by category (a copy of the distribution is attached) was approved at the meeting of the Working Group on October 20, 2022.

The Journal of Oceanological Research in terms of its indicators entered the 2nd quartile - K2.

For reference. the following indicators were taken into account:

Quantitative indicators: 1) Science Index; 2) Herfindahl-Hirishan index; 2) Ginny index; 3) Average Hirsch index of the authors; 4) 10-year h-index edition; 5) The average number of views of the article per year.

Qualitative indicators: 1) the quality of scientific articles; 2) uniqueness of scientific articles; 3) the level of authoritativeness of the authors; 4) the quality of the review organization; 5) founding organization.