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• Crash Course: the Hirsch Index

  Sometimes it’s hard for junior researchers to find the information on such concepts as impact factor or citation index. In a new project by ITMO.NEWS, we explain these and other things in basic terms. This time, Pavel Kasyanov, a scientometrics expert at Clarivate Analytics, explains what the h-index is, who calculates it, and why it is no longer enough to assess the impact of a researcher.

  14.04.2020

• ITMO’s 120th Anniversary: Scientists Look Back on the University’s History Through the Prism of Their Fields

  ITMO University is celebrating its 120th birthday anniversary – it was on March 26, 1900, that a Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking Department, which ITMO traces its history to, was opened in the Prince Nicholas Vocational School. Today, Russia’s first non-classical university is among the country’s higher education leaders and is constantly reaching new heights in international rankings. ITMO spearheads the development of both traditional subjects and new ones, and the contribution of its scientists can hardly be overestimated. It’s impossible to describe the variety of education and research areas present at the university, but ITMO.NEWS contacted several scientists so that they share the past, the present and the future of their fields at ITMO University. 

  26.03.2020