INFORMATION COMPETENCIES IN A SCIENTIST'S PUBLISHING CAREER

The development of a scientific career implies intensive publication activity. A modern scientist needs to possess certain information competencies that allow him/her to work effectively with the resources of international scientific citation databases. Information competence, universal for all scientists, in working with scientific databases contributes to the development of publication activity and the inclusion of the author's works in leading international journals. Copyright information competencies, universal for any direction of science, imply the ability to work with the author's profile in the system, search and analyze the information received according to specified criteria, find information useful for their work, select the most suitable publications for their publications, and present the results of their scientific activities to a wide range of scientists all over the world. The use of a certain set of information competencies allows us to solve a number of very important tasks, therefore. in some cases, it is advisable to use the help of specialists in working with scientific citation databases. However, a scientist will not be able to completely delegate work to specialists; therefore, the development of information competencies and skills in working with scientometric systems becomes important for the development of a publishing career in any scientific direction already at the first stages of scientific activity. (C) 2021 Published by European Publisher.