A collapse in scientific publication activity in Russia

The Higher School of Economics published the yearbook "Science. Technology. Innovation." based on research conducted by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. The 2024 results show a decline in publications in physics, mathematics, and materials science. Russia ranked 4th, 5th, and 4th in these fields in 2020, but has now fallen to 7th, 8th, and 8th place.
See page 58.

https://issek.hse.ru/mirror/pubs/share/1105778497.pdf

Editor-in-Chief's report on the continuation of the Review Journal of Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief Alexander Kabanov reports that Reviews and Advances in Chemistry will continue its work and accept articles from Russian authors despite the sanctions. The journal's website states that although the journal is published in English, it accepts manuscripts in Russian and assists with translation and language editing.

https://t-invariant.org/2025/12/summing-up-the-year-from-the-editor-in-chief-of-the-reviews-journal-of-chemistry-reach-and-doklady-shemistry/ 

https://link.springer.com/journal/13392/

 

Russia's spending on Research and development in 2024 is below 1% of GDP

The website of the Institute of Economic Forecasting, RAS published an article “Russian Economy: Challenged”. It indicates that spending on Research and development has been on a downward trend since the early 2000s, and by 2024, spending has dropped below what it was in the 1990s. How this relates to the government’s plans for a “colossal” increase in spending on science is not entirely clear.

The journal "Science" writes about scientific publications created using artificial intelligence, as well as the resource aiXiv.

Science reports that aiXiv accepts articles written with the help of AI. Personally, I'm not opposed to such knowledge. I see potential in network AI in that it can quickly scan through numerous sources and return the most relevant ones to a prompt, as well as provide a concise overview of the question. I searched for materials on my topic, and the AI ​​returned my own work. Although its summary and rating weren't exactly what I thought, it was useful because it allows me to see my own work from a different perspective, as other people might perceive it, and provides new food for thought.

https://www.science.org/content/article/new-preprint-server-welcomes-papers-written-and-reviewed-ai 

https://aixiv.science/