Automated system for accounting intellectual activity results as a tool of complex accounting the organization's research activity results (the case of ASA IAR VOLRC RAS)

Inmodernconditionstheissueofevaluatingperformanceofscientistsandresearchorganizations is controversial. At present, the scientific community focuses on using scientometric methods in the process of assessing the effectiveness of science. New scientific knowledge is considered as the major result of research activity, the content of which is mainly presented in published academic papers. In this regard, the tasks of correct gathering and processing information about publications, as well as their calculating become relevant for all research institutions. The automated system for accounting intellectual activity results can be used in solving these tasks, because its implementation will allow us to accumulate, monitor and carry out complex accounting of indicators regarding the employees’ performance. The article examines the issue of automating the process of accounting intellectual activity results concerning researchers and research organizations, studies the advantages of automated method compared to alternative ways of collecting and processing data. The author presents some examples of automated systems for accounting indicators regarding research activities working in the Russian Federation and abroad. The paper shows the case of the automated system for accounting intellectual activity results of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science “Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences” currently operating in the institution and describes the functional capabilities of the present system. According to the results of conducted analysis, the author reveals the problematic aspects of these systems faced by their users. As it is indicated, due to the current tasks set for research institutions, the necessity of expanding and improvingmodern automated systems for collecting indicators regarding the effectiveness of organizations and employees is acquiring great importance. The author makes an attempt to define the main directions and actions on modernizing the systems under consideration and on improving the quality of their work.