On the Prospects of Increasing Publication Activity in the ‘Informatization of Education’ Field

In this communication, I briefly analyze the consequences of the Russian government's unrealistic policy concerning researchers' publication output. Provided a variety of publication opportunities, including repositories of research data and preprints, articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings remain to be the main option. Significant risks are involved when aiming to fulfil the government's requirements at all costs, including the use of unethical services. Thus, brokers forward their customers' articles to non-peer-reviewed journals, which are regularly discontinued in citation databases. It is noted that conference proceedings remain to be the main source of scientific information in computer sciences. In this study, a thematic search across the ‘informatization of education’ field in Scopus was conducted to compare the publication dynamics of Russian and Chinese authors. A significant difference was observed between the countries both in terms of the thematic scope of conducted research and publication sources. It is concluded that Russian science managers should study the experience of foreign countries. For example, China underwent a period of excessive reliance on the quantitative instruments in measuring research performance, which resulted in ethical violations and multiple retractions. Recommendations are given for improving the ranking and recognition of Russian researchers among the international scientific community.