Russia lost its influence in science

Once the first country to launch artificial satellites into space, Russia's influence in scientific research is now diminishing for many reasons.

The number of Russian scientific research accounts for only 2.6% of the world's total research.Photo: streetauthority.com.

Thomson Reuters has conducted a survey of the number of scientific studies of many countries in the past 5 years. The results show that the number of Russian research accounts for only 2.6% of the total research of the world.

Specifically, the number of Russian studies is larger than Brazil (102,000 works, accounting for 2.1% of the world) but less than India (144,000 works, accounting for 2.9% of the world) and much less than China. Quoc (415,000 studies, 8.4%).

While the number of studies of many countries has increased year by year, Russia has to struggle to have the number of scientific works in the following year not lower than the previous year. However, the country's science has lagged in many areas that once were their strengths - such as physics and space science. This is the evaluation of Jonathan Adams, research director of Thomson Reuters.

'Russia has been at the forefront of scientific research in Europe and around the world for a long time. So we were shocked to find that the proportion of the country's scientific research works is getting smaller and smaller than the world ' , the report said.

Russia is also losing its influence in areas once its strengths, such as nuclear energy. Russian scientists focus on physics and chemistry, and agriculture and computer science have little interest.

The report also found that the US - the leading researcher - replaced Germany to become the most important partner of Russian scientists.

According to Reuters, more than 170 Russian scientists signed a letter in October 2009 to President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to reflect on the "alarming situation of basic sciences. '.

Observers say that the policy to cut the budget for research institutions, the brain drain and the reduction of research motivation of scientists are the main reasons for the number of scientific researches of Russia fell.

'According to a statistic in 2007, only some of Russia's leading research institutes have a budget of 3-5% compared to the most famous research institutes in the US,' the report said.

The average age of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences is more than 50. In a poll in Russia in 2006, only 1% of participants said science was a prestigious profession.