Bioethics journalBioethics journal2070-15862782-6589Volgograd State Medical University8890110.19163/2070-1586-2021-2(28)-33-38Research ArticleETHICAL EXAMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN MEDICINE: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE AND RUSSIAN PRACTICEAlshukNatalia A.<p class="p1">Lecturer of Department for Philosophy, Bioethics and Law with a Course in Sociology of Medicine, Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia</p>nalshuk@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-575XKostenkoSvetlana A.<p class="p1">postgraduate student of the Department of Philosophy, Bioethics and Law with a course in the sociology of medicine, Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia</p>kostenko.ti@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-3082GolitsynaOlga Yu.<p class="p1">PhD(Historical Sciences), Head of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia</p>3aspirantura.volggmu@bk.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-5345Volgograd State Medical University20122021142333822112021Copyright © 2021, Alshuk N.A., Kostenko S.A., Golitsyna O.Y.2021<p class="p1"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong><em>. </em>Currently, much attention is paid to the correct presentation of the results of. This is not surprising, since international standards used for assessing the effectiveness of scientific clinical and pre-clinical studies in scientific publications activities are based on citation rates and the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals. This tradition originated in the UK and is the result of a struggle for grants in the scientific community. The Hirsch index (individual authors) type of assessment and the impact factor (journals) made it possible to quantitatively compare papers without referring to their content. The assessment of the latter was accomplished by editors of the journals, and it was assumed that it was objective. This method was consistent with the digitalization process, but it has not yet received an ethical assessment. This is happening not only because there is a fairly wide range of opinions on this issue in the scientific community [1], but also because moral plots are generally not referred to digital processes.</p>science metrics, medical science, peer-reviewed journal, ethical expertise, article, studyнаукометрия, медицинская наука, рецензируемый журнал, этическая экспертиза, статья, монография