The geography of publication activity of the leading journals in the scientific specialty group 25.00.00 – Earth sciences (using the examples of the journals «Geography and Natural Resources», «Moscow University Bulletin. Series 5. Geography» and «Proceed

Abstract

In the article an analysis of the publication activity of three leading journals in the group of scientific specialties 25.00.00 – Earth sciences (using the examples of the journals «Geography and Natural Resources», «Moscow University Bulletin. Series 5. Geography» and «Proceedings of V oronezh State University. Series: Geography. Geoecology») using the data of the scientific electronic library – https:// elibrary .ru/ are provided. The methodology for evaluating the publication activity of journals is given. The total number of articles in each journal, the affiliation of authors with their places of work and the geography of the subjects of the Federation they represent are considered. In 2017, 6 issues of the journal «Moscow University Bulletin. Series 5. Geography», 4 issues of the journal «Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Series: Geography. Geoecology» and 4 issues of the journal «Geography and Natural Resources». In total for 2017, 74 publications of the journal «Moscow University Bulletin. Series 5. Geography», 84 publications of the journal «Proceedings of Voronezh State University. Series: Geography. Geoecology» and 88 publications of the journal «Geography and Natural Resources», on average, there are 12, 21 and 22 publications per issue of the journal, respectively. The publication activity maps for each journal are given and their analysis is given.