Institute for Scientific Foresight and Scientometrics
The first specialized organization in Russia created by scientists for scientists and researchers
- Expert and analytical support for research and education organizations;
- Scientific and industrial consulting;
- Professional support in the development of scholarly journals;
- Examination of STI projects;
- Training in working with scientific and technical information;
- Educational courses in the field of publication activity;
- Publishing research and support of the publication process;
- Conducting research on scientometrics.
Andrey Mikhailov
Director of the ISFaS
«Dear colleagues, partners and clients!
The Institute for Scientific Foresight and Scientometrics (ISFaS) is a team of highly qualified experts with academic and corporate backgrounds.
We know exactly the needs of scientific and educational organizations, we understand the challenges facing the corporate sector.
Working with us, you will receive professional support from international experts in solving your problems - be it preparing reports to the ministry, training employees to work with scientific and technical information, or analyzing advanced and promising technologies.
We provide analytics, expertise and training - you make the right decisions!»
The Institute for Scientific Foresight and Scientometrics (ISFaS) is a team of highly qualified experts with academic and corporate backgrounds.
We know exactly the needs of scientific and educational organizations, we understand the challenges facing the corporate sector.
Working with us, you will receive professional support from international experts in solving your problems - be it preparing reports to the ministry, training employees to work with scientific and technical information, or analyzing advanced and promising technologies.
We provide analytics, expertise and training - you make the right decisions!»
Our activities
ISFaS works with universities and scientific institutes, incl.
The Institute’s experts will be helpful in…
- conducting scientometric analysis, monitoring and forecasting;
- identifying technology trends and conducting assessments of potential growth areas;
- increasing the competencies of employees involved in planning, implementing and monitoring STI;
- outsourcing of mandatory state and internal reporting duties.
- scientific departments,
- publication activity centers,
- libraries,
- editors and publishers,
- dissertation councils,
The Institute’s experts will be helpful in…
- conducting scientometric analysis, monitoring and forecasting;
- identifying technology trends and conducting assessments of potential growth areas;
- increasing the competencies of employees involved in planning, implementing and monitoring STI;
- outsourcing of mandatory state and internal reporting duties.
Our many years of experience allows us to offer flexible forms of cooperation to support your specific tasks
Corporate sector
Examples of services for the corporate sector
Academic sector
Examples of services for the academic sector
- Analysis of current and promising areas of technology developmentAs part of scientific foresight methods, we do scientific and technological forecasting of the development of individual technologies and products.
- Analytical reports on publication activity (quartiles, collaborations, etc.)Using advanced analytical tools, we create a comprehensive scientometric portrait of your organization across a wide range of indicators.
- Search for on-the-market solutions for your R&D and technological problemsOften, the problems your company faces already have solutions on the market. We analyze existing solutions and the possibilities of their implementation.
- Educational courses for students, academic staff and the managementWe have a great variety of educational courses and individual modules, both for students and faculty members, as well as for the university management.
- Benchmarking of organizations on R&D projects, collaboration networks, etc.Analysis of current developments of competitors, their networks, R&D funding, publication and patent activity.
- Consulting on journal developmentA roadmap for preparing your journal for indexing in international abstract databases or increasing the quartile of an already indexed journal.
- Selection of specialists and contractors for R&D tasksCreating a list of organizations, teams and individual specialists who have the competencies and experience to meet your needs.
- Development of an interactive information platform for the organization’s tasksCreating a chatbot for the tasks of your organization, allowing you to obtain scientometric data in the context of structural divisions and filters.
- Formation of a system for evaluating internal R&D projects and department KPIsCreation of clear and justified criteria for assessing the novelty and development of proposed projects applying for internal funding.
- Data exports from leading international abstract databasesDoes your organization have its own analytical and scientometric departments, but no access to resources? We will provide you with all the necessary data.
Preparation of reports to government agencies
As part of a single subscription, we will generate for your organization (university, institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) all the reports necessary during the year, which involve monitoring information on publication activity and scientometrics.
Formation of annual or quarterly analytics
ISFaS analytical reports include data on the volume and quality of publications, dividing them into quartiles and percentiles, assessing international collaborations, taking into account the development of individual scientific areas and topics, and much more.
A personalized chatbot will allow you to receive data at any time
You need to regularly monitor data on publication activity in a certain context - for example, by structural divisions or by type? A chatbot operating via API will help solve this problem.
A large amount of educational content
Ready-made educational modules for
a) students and researchers,
b) editors and publishers,
c) administrative and managerial personnel (scientometricians, librarians).
a) students and researchers,
b) editors and publishers,
c) administrative and managerial personnel (scientometricians, librarians).
Online and offline consultations
ISFaS employees have many years of experience working with national and international rating agencies, high-tech companies, top publishing houses and international database provides. We are ready to provide you with recommendations for solving current and strategic problems within the framework of individual consultations and roadmaps.
We have a wide range of specialized tools and resources at our disposal
- DatabasesWe use the world's leading databases.
- Visualization toolsModern data visualization tools.
- Analytical toolsFull range of scientometric analysis and benchmarking.
- In-house developmentsCreation of chatbots and databases.
Public activities by our experts
Our team
- Andrey MikhailovDirector, PhD, МВА
RSF expert
Member of RGS, ARGO, ERSA, RSAI - Tatiana KuznetsovaPhD, Head of Scientific Publishing and Bibliometrics Department
- Maxim FilatovHead of Big Data and Chatbots
- Irina PekerPhD, Head of Scientometric Reporting and Analytics
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LLC "ISFaS"
Limited Liability Company "Institute of Scientific Foresight and Scientometrics"
INN: 3900021640
KPP: 390001001
OGRN: 1243900001586
E-mail: contact@isfas.ru
Limited Liability Company "Institute of Scientific Foresight and Scientometrics"
INN: 3900021640
KPP: 390001001
OGRN: 1243900001586
E-mail: contact@isfas.ru