Natalia G. Popova

Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia · Sector for Theoretical Linguistics and Academic Communications

With the advance of technoscience, digital technologies have started to reshape the traditional array of social fears experienced by younger generations by triggering the appearance of new, digital fears. In this article, we undertake a sociological analysis to investigate the concept of digital fears both theoretically and empirically. Our survey...

With the advance of technoscience, digital technologies have started to reshape the traditional array of social fears experienced by younger generations by triggering the appearance of new, digital fears. In this article, we undertake a sociological analysis to investigate the concept of digital fears both theoretically and empirically. Our survey...

A common issue arising in international scientific communication concerns the use of zero, indefinite-and definite articles in English. While existing pedagogical approaches are successfully used to teach near-native competency in the use of English articles, the final stage of native-equivalent competency continues to evade even advanced ESL / EAP...

A common issue arising in international scientific communication concerns the use of zero-, indefinite- and definite articles in English. While existing pedagogical approaches are successfully used to teach near-native competency in the use of English articles, the final stage of native-equivalent competency continues to evade even advanced ESL / E...

A common issue arising in international scientific communication concerns the use of zero-, indefinite- and definite articles in English. While existing pedagogical approaches are successfully used to teach near-native competency in the use of English articles, the final stage of native-equivalent competency continues to evade even advanced ESL / E...

Introduction. The main objectives of foreign policy of any state include the extension of its influence in the international arena. In the era of information and knowledge, one of the most effective tools for this task is soft power of education. In this respect, education is seen as a promising soft power instrument, which long-term character allo...

This research study is aimed at investigating distributed leadership practices in the Russian school system, of which professional teacher associations constitute a distinct feature. These associations are formed on the basis of subject areas, bringing together teachers of maths, history, etc. The key function of such organisations consists in the...

I ntroduction . In today’s globalising world, science acquires a crucial importance: integrating humanity within the framework of solving global problems, it becomes one of the leading factors in social development, facilitating work and diversifying leisure time, as well as serving as an instrument of transformations in the political sphere. Undou...

Exponential growth of scientific publications brings forth the need to search for criteria of quality assessment. Most of modern scientometric tools are quantitative, and those few qualitative indicators are still not popular in the scientific community. This paper is an attempt to identify the attributes of a credible academic paper and provides a...

The penetration of science into all spheres of life has self-evidently become a contemporary “megatrend”. In turn, science itself is also undergoing distinct transformations, e.g., as a result of such processes as increasing regulation and bureaucratisation within academia. In this context, researchers as active producers of scientific knowledge fa...

Эффективность генерации научных знаний в условиях новой экономики приобретает критическое значение для функционирования экономической системы. Университет является основным «производителем» научных знаний и ключевым актором экономической трансформации на каждом уровне анализа (страна, регион, город). Существуют множество моделей анализа влияния уни...

The institution of the university comprises one of the most important actors within national, regional or metropolitan economic systems. Typically, metropolitan universities are seen in terms of components of the respective national economic system. However, the object of our research is the institution of the regional university, which is defined...

В статье рассмотрено применение различных институтов научного империализма: института научных публикаций на английском языке, института стандартизации изложения научных материалов, института индексации статей в двух мировых базах данных. Показано, что применение институтов научного империализма приводит к ряду негативных тенденций: замедлению опубл...

The current growth of scientific knowledge has intensified the problem of research performance assessment. However, there is still a lack of the unified assessment methodology, largely due to the changing nature of modern science. At present, knowledge is increasingly generated by collective actors - research teams, rather than by individual scient...

Introduction: the process of globalisation has strengthened the position of the English language as a means of communication in all spheres of life, including scientific communication. The expansion of one language not only necessitates changes in the status of other national languages and the emergence of a hierarchical relationship between them,...

Open access movement appeared as early as in 1960s; however, its rapid development was triggered by the emergence of Internet and following widespread use of digital media. Open access (OA) implies a free access to information for anyone, which is considered to be a key formative condition for both the information society and knowledge economy. On...