Russian Language StudiesRussian Language Studies2618-81632618-8171Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba2160310.22363/2618-8163-2019-17-3-267-275Research ArticleContemporary Russian linguists: bibliometric analysis of publication activity and citation rateBudaevEduard Vladimirovich<p>Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, Educational Theory and Teaching Methods</p>aedw@mail.ruChudinovAnatoly Prokopievich<p>Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Intercultural Communication, Rhetoric, and Russian as Foreign Language</p>ap_chudinov@mail.ruRussian State Vocational Pedagogical UniversityUral State Pedagogical University1512201917326727526082019Copyright © 2019, Budaev E.V., Chudinov A.P.2019<p>Objective assessment of the results of scientific work, including the possibility of using the bibliometric (statistical, mathematical) assessment of publication activity, citation and, ultimately, the prestige of scholars, has been the subject of wide speculation in recent decades. The article presents the materials of a bibliometric analysis of publication activity and citation of well-known modern linguists, based on data from the Russian Science Citation Index. The article deals with bibliometric analysis of publication activity and citation rate of 25 contemporary Russian linguists according to the Russian Science Citation Index. The paper touches upon the ranking of Russian linguists by the number of publications and citations. This research examines the factors affecting citation rates: high prestige of relevant journals and publishers, involvement in leading research areas, carrying out scientific inquiries in top universities and academic research institutes.</p>science of sciencebibliometricsRussian linguistspublication activitycitation rateh-indexнауковедениебиблиометрияроссийские языковедыпубликационная активностьцитируемостьиндекс Хирша[Egghe, L. (2006). Theory and practice of the g-index. Scientometrics, 69(1), 131–152.][Hirsch, J.E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual’s scientifi c research output. PNAS, 102(46), 16569–16572.][Kosmulski, M. (2006). I – a bibliometric index. Forum Akademickie, 11, 31.][Prathap, G. (2006). Hirsch-type indices for ranking institutions’ scientifi c research output. Current Scienc., 91(11), 1439.][Zhengra, I. (2018). Oshibki v otsenke nauki, ili Kak pravil’no ispol’zovat’ bibliometriyu [Mistakes in science evaluation, or How to use bibliometrics correctly]. Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie Publ. (In Russ.)]