Grant support for Belarusian research: analysis of publications in leading scientific journals

The article presents the results of the analysis of information on funding sources in papers with Belarusian affiliation published in highly cited international journals in 2012–2021, refereed by Scopus and Web of Science. The research potential of the National Academy of Sciences, the Ministries of Education and Health in the received grants is presented. A comparison of the structures of scientific publications of the academic and university institutional sectors has been carried out, revealing almost the same specialization of domestic scientific research. The major funds that support research have been identified by departmental affiliation. The active participation of specialists of academic and university science in international research in the field of physics and materials science was noted. Over the past decade, a significant increase in the number of projects with the participation of researchers from medical scientific and practical centers has been revealed. A separate block on publications of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus based on InCites data is presented. It is concluded that the Belarusian Republican and Russian Foundations for Basic Research remain the leaders in terms of quantitative funding of domestic research.

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