Seminar for scientific journal Editors of KazNU

On February 16, 2023, a meeting of scientific journal editors of Al-Farabi KazNU with a researcher in the field of scientometrics, head of the laboratory of scientometrics at the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin (Russia), World Bank expert Mark Akoev was held at the Al-Farabi Scientific Library.

At the seminar, Mark A. Akoev presented his book on scientometrics, “Guide to Scientometrics: Indicators of the Development of Science and Technology,” and shared his knowledge and experience about scientometric and bibliometric indicators, and how they can help support the publication activity of scientific journals.

At the meeting, issues of promoting scientific journals in international databases, as well as increasing their recognition and citation rates were discussed. The speaker, using the example of one journal of the Ural Federal University, showed what steps were taken to promote the journal in international databases. At the end of the seminar, participants were able to ask questions that interested them and share their ideas for the development of scientific journals.