THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE: A SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION ARRAYS IN WEB OF SCIENCE AND SCOPUS DATABASES

Abstract

The article traces main trends of the scientific research development on the Northern Sea Route using the international database Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics and Scopus by Elsevier. Using a scientometric analysis and analytical tools of DBs, the author shows countries, institutions and organizations that study this problem, as well as funds financing them; names productive periodicals and authors with high publication activity. In conclusion, the author notes that the study of the Northern sea Route development is an urgent problem for the entire world society, not only for the northern countries. Objective – to carry on a scientometric analysis of information arrays (IA) in the international scientific citation indices devoted to studying the Northern Sea Route development. Methods: scientometric analysis. Results: countries, institutions and organizations that study this problem are represented, as well as funds financing them; productive periodicals and authors with high publication activity are designated; the main research fields are revealed. Practical implications: the study should be used as an information base for further research of scientists and specialists on various aspects of the Northern Sea Route development.

Keywords

• northern sea route
• research information support
• web of sciences
• scopus
• scientometric analysis