В. Г. Кулаженко Publishing the findings of scientific research in reputable scientific publications affects the rate of knowledge dissemination. At the same time, most Belarusian scientific journals has been revising their publishing concept to meet the criteria set by citation indexes. The paper aim is to determine the status of the Belarusian scientific periodicals in the conditions of the developing model of electronic scientific communication in the post-Soviet states. At the first stage, the stream of publications by Belarusian researchers was identified, and the positive dynamics in 2011 to 2021 was recorded. Documents were analyzed by type and thematic categories. At the second stage, the list of Belarusian scientific journals was analyzed for their indexation in the science citation databases, the availability of the periodical website, the positive dynamics of the titles on the List of scientific publications for publishing the findings of dissertations recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission of Republic of Belarus (List of publications of the Higher Attestation Commission), etc. Based on the analysis, it was revealed that Belarusian scientific journals are widely represented in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI); at the same time, there is a certain “stagnation” in their entering the international citation indices – Scopus or Web of Science. The authors emphasize the challenge of Belarusian scientific periodicals insufficient presence in the Internet, and of the absent websites of some periodicals.
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Беларусь