THE NEWEST HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE COSSACKS: CITATION STATISTICS, BIBLIOMETRY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY RSCI 2019
This article continues a series of annual reviews within the framework of publications of materials of a 20-year study by the author of the latest historiography of the Cossacks and the latest Cossack studies, as a new direction of comprehensive research of the historical, cultural and social phenomenon of the Cossacks. Introduction . The relevance of Cossack research grew rapidly in the 1990s. But the real breakthrough came at the beginning of the new century. The number of publications, their scientific nomenclature and thematic diversity continue to grow rapidly. Today, Cossack studies remains one of the fastest growing new scientific directions and clusters of publications, both in Russia and in the world. In the USA and Canada, EU, UK, Ukraine, Israel, China, Japan and other countries. In 2019, the significant statistical milestone of publication activity in the SEL RSCI was overcome: the number of publications exceeded 1000 titles. Such a large volume of published works makes the use of statistical methods for describing historiography inevitable if we want to obtain objective, measurable and verifiable data and the results of their analysis. The author states the relevance of the use of bibliometric methods of statistical analysis of the historiography of the Cossacks. Methods . The purpose of the study is to collect data for 2019 and their generalized bibliometric analysis for subsequent comparative analysis of the dynamics of publications on the topic of the Cossacks in the latest historiography. The source of the initial bibliographic data is the Scientific Electronic Library of the Russian Science Citation Index (SEL RSCI). Sample size: all scientific publications on the Cossacks for 2019, a total of 1153 publications. Research methods: thematic selection, continuous section, content research, nomenclature analysis, chronology, historiographic analysis, comparative analysis, thematic analysis, bibliometric analysis, scientometric analysis, systematization, periodization, publication history. Results and analysis . At the moment, the number of publications on Cossack topics deposited in the SEL RSCI for 2019 by the end of 2020 is 1153 titles. Of this number, 538 articles in journals, 514 articles in conference proceedings, 59 articles or chapters in books, 29 books, 13 conference proceedings. Articles on Cossack topics were published in 32 subject areas. The largest number of works was published on History (622), followed by Education (109), Literature (59), Linguistics (47), Law (39), Sociology (27), Art Studies (17), Cultural Studies (17), Sports ( 12), Political Science (10), Philosophy (10), Religion (6), Agriculture (6), Economics (5). The number of authors is 1315. Of the entire sample, 170 articles received citations by the end of the following year. Citation index for a selection of 350 by the end of 2020 (0.3 per article average). Selection H-index 7. Discussion . We can state the continuation of the previously noted by the author of the trend towards an increase in the absolute number and thematic diversity of publications on Cossack topics. Research on the phenomenon of the Cossacks continues to expand frontally, covering new subject areas. The number of authors and the range of journals that publish articles on the Cossacks continue to grow. This conclusion is confirmed by an increase in the number of publications about the Cossacks and interest in the Cossacks in foreign science. Thus, the growth of research interest in the phenomenon of the Cossacks in the 21st century continued in 2019 and has a global character.