Usually scientometric indicators for assessing the effectiveness of workers in the field of science and higher education are considered from the standpoint of their criticism, identifying the limits of applicability, the impact on the quality of professional activity of workers. | Scientometrics as an instrument of social stratification in Russian science and higher education International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology IJMET Volume 10 Issue 03 March 2019 pp. 1254 1262 Article ID IJMET_10_03_128 Available online at http ijmet JType IJMET amp VType 10 amp IType 3 ISSN Print 0976-6340 and ISSN Online 0976-6359 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed SCIENTOMETRICS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION Vladimir Aleхandrovich Galanov Doctor of Science Professor Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Stremyanny lane 36 Moscow 117997 Russia Perepelitsa Denis Grigorevich PhD Associate Professor Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Stremyanny lane 36 Moscow 117997 Russia Digo Svyatoslav Nikolaevich PhD Associate Professor Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Stremyanny lane 36 Moscow 117997 Russia Novikova Elena Yurievna Doctor of Science Professor Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Stremyanny lane 36 Moscow 117997 Russia Aleхandra Vladimirovna Galanova PhD Associate Professor National Research University Higher School of Economics HSE Myasnitskaya Street 20 Moscow 101000 Russia ABSTRACT Usually scientometric indicators for assessing the effectiveness of workers in the field of science and higher education are considered from the standpoint of their criticism identifying the limits of applicability the impact on the quality of professional activity of workers. However like any tools for managing social work indicators of its effectiveness also have important social consequences. On the one hand the assessment of the work of researchers and teachers using the Hirsch index and the number of publications in the Scopus and Web of Science systems was closely related to a significant increase in the level of remuneration of these workers compared to the average wage levels in the Russian economy. But on the other hand there are opportunities for the .
