Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of Studying the Scientific Research Market (on Example of the Economic Research Market)

• Main Authors: Moskovkin Vladimir M., Sizyoongo Munenge, Xingyuan Sun, Zhuravka Andrey V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine 2020-01-01
• Series: Bìznes Inform
• Subjects: economic market theory; scientific research market; economic research market ranking; ranking of scholars-economists; standards of quality of economic publications; academic research systems
• Online Access: https://www.business-inform.net/export_pdf/business-inform-2020-1_0-pages-15_28.pdf

On the basis of the method of analogies, concepts of economic market theory have been adapted to the scientific research market. A detailed review of domestic and foreign literature on the analysis of scientific systems and the scientific scientific research market, including the economic research market, is carried out. The theoretical and methodological aspects of studying the scientific research market, discussed in the publication, are based on the fact that the scientific research market consists of producers and consumers of scientific research results, while research executors are producers of the research results. These are individual scholars together with their teams (at laboratories, sub-departments, research institutes, universities). Consumers of scientific research results, besides the same producers of research results, are industry, business, the State and the non-profit sector (third sector). Thus, the scientific research market is an institutional category, which represents a system of socio-economic relations based on regular exchange interactions between producers, as well as between producers and consumers of research results. The publication has classified the scientific research market by its various characteristics. A detailed review of foreign and domestic literature on theoretic-methodological approaches to the studies on the economic research market and its rating is carried out. The terms related to the markets of scientific and economic research are tested by means of an extended Google Scholar search. The most significant problems in studying the scientific research market, including the economic research market, are identified. A detailed review of researches on the rating of economic research market is made, including the markets of scholars-economists, economic scientific journals and organizations that train scholars-economists.