Irina Cojocaru

Introduction. Distributing public funds to the “best” researchers is a key element of the science policy. Evaluation is a fundamental activity for the allocation of competitive funding. The flaws of peer review have led to increased interest in the use of bibliometric indicators for the evaluation of the research project proposals.Problem Statement. The advantajes and advance of bibliometrc is stimulated interest toward the correlation of peer review and applicants’ bibliometric indicators. The results of such studies are different and heterogeneous. Such studies are insufficient in Eastern Europe.Purpose. To establish the correlation between peer review and bibliometric indicators of project team leaders within the call for research projects in Moldova, which are financed from public funds for 2020—2023.Material and Methods. Statistical correlation of the results of national competition of R&D proposals (evaluation and funding) and the bibliometrics indicators of project team leade...

Actuality: Developing professional skills in ICT is a key factor that determines the development of the ICT sector from Moldova. In 2014 ISDI and StarNet launched the initiative of establishing a network of centers of excellence in ICT outside the capital of the country. The initiative is based on a pre-feasibility study conducted by the ISDI team during December 2014 – February 2015. The aim of the article is to analyse the results of the pre-feasibility study, with a focus on surveys and discussions held with representatives of public authorities, teachers and pupils from 6 visited districts. The article presents some of the results of the visits made by ISDI team and an analysis of international and local situation in the area of ICT professional skills. The methodology comprises several research methods: data analysis (statistical and pre-feasibility study period), statistical review, descriptive method, comparative method, case studies. Results: It was performed an analysis of ...

authored by dr. in philology Elena Ungureanu, Dincolo de text: hypertextul , published in Chisinau: ARC, 280 p. The book addresses a topical issue, examined by a s pecialist in humanities: the relation between the concept of TEXT and informatio n echnology. This research proves to be bold and somewhat risky, as long as the scien ce of printed text has not yet said its last word. Taking as landmark two famous fundamenta l definitions by Barthes “Text is a tissue, a woven fabric” (“Text veut dire Tissu”) an d “Every text is an intertext” (“Tout est un intertext”), the author adapts them to the n ew format of online writing and reading, paraphrasing them as “hypertext is online fabric” and “Every online text is an online intertext, therefore a hypertext “. “Text as tissue, text as a parasite (text feeds fro m other texts), text as a labyrinth, text as a cobweb (the network and the World Wide We b ar associated to the cobweb), the text as jouissance /the “pleasure of thinking” (J. Krist...

Nowadays it has become clear that cybersecurity must be an integral and indivisible part of technological progress and it must be integrated at the core of ICTs. Almost all states around the world show their cybersecurity commitment and the Eastern Europe countries, including the Republic of Moldova are no exception. Moldova ranked globally 73rd (out of 165 countries) in the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index by ITU, ahead of six other countries in the region. Nevertheless, we believe that cybersecurity is not sufficiently addresses by the academic community at the national level. The field of bibliometrics studies publication patterns by using quantitative analysis and statistics. This article aims to explore the level of research in cybersecurity at the national level and compare it with Eastern Europe countries’ level, using bibliometric analysis of scientific publications, authored by researches from Moldova. The study is based on data from the national database (National Bibliomet...

Open Science requires a new systemic approach, particularly in terms of national and international strategies and policies. Open Science policies need to be promoted and implemented in the Republic of Moldova. The current study makes an overview of the "Open Science" concept, as well as international experiences, necessary to better understand the situation in the country. The fundamentals of Open Science are analyzed, including: Open Access, Open Research Data, Open Educational Resources, Open Infrastructures, Open Research Culture etc. The study presents the main features of Open Science at the national level and offers a set of useful recommendations for developing policy documents and promoting activities that enable the development of Open Science in the Republic of Moldova.

The new Agenda 2030 for sustainable development universally adopted by the UN in 2015 with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to fight poverty, inequality and climate change. It requires collective action at all levels, more evidence-based development policy-making, better availability of quality data and statistics, and strengthened accountability of development stakeholders, requiring in other words a “Data Revolution for Sustainable Development”. At the moment, Republic of Moldova is in process of nationalizing the SDGs with the support of UNDP. Since data revolution represents the process of monitoring the progress and response to SDG challenges, Moldova was part of a global initiative undertaken in 7 different countries, for mapping and inventory of the data system in each country, required for measuring the sustainable development progress. Its overall objective was to assess the availability of data and institutional modernization capacity needed to implement th...

Open Science requires a new systemic approach, particularly in terms of national and international strategies and policies. Open Science policies need to be promoted and implemented in the Republic of Moldova. The current study makes an overview of the "Open Science" concept, as well as international experiences, necessary to better understand the situation in the country. The fundamentals of Open Science are analyzed, including: Open Access, Open Research Data, Open Educational Resources, Open Infrastructures, Open Research Culture etc. The study presents the main features of Open Science at the national level and offers a set of useful recommendations for developing policy documents and promoting activities that enable the development of Open Science in the Republic of Moldova.

Actuality: Developing professional skills in ICT is a key factor that determines the development of the ICT sector from Moldova. In 2014 ISDI and StarNet launched the initiative of establishing a network of centers of excellence in ICT outside the capital of the country. The initiative is based on a pre-feasibility study conducted by the ISDI team during December 2014 – February 2015. The aim of the article is to analyse the results of the pre-feasibility study, with a focus on surveys and discussions held with representatives of public authorities, teachers and pupils from 6 visited districts. The article presents some of the results of the visits made by ISDI team and an analysis of international and local situation in the area of ICT professional skills. The methodology comprises several research methods: data analysis (statistical and pre-feasibility study period), statistical review, descriptive method, comparative method, case studies. Results: It was performed an analysis of ...

Research visibility is a synthetic characteristic, defining the level of dissemination, accessibility, recognition and impact of the scientific output of a community. It has been influenced tremendously by the rapid development of ICT and took full advantage of the plethora of ICT tools. The paradigm of Open Science has organically emerged during the last years, advocating for extending the principles of openness to the whole research cycle, fostering sharing and collaboration as early as possible. The use of various ICT-based tools enables the entire research cycle from literature search and review, reference management, research data processing, publication and peer-review to dissemination of results and outreach within the global academic community. The availability of various customisable online services for researchers, especially social media, contributes significantly to the increase of their presence and visibility in the scientific communities at national, regional and glob...

Lately, an increasing number of countries have set up national bibliographic databases, which aim to achieve more comprehensive coverage of the national research outputs. These databases both increase the visibility of national publications and compensate the limited coverage of traditional citation databases, such as Scopus or Web of Science. National bibliographic databases are being increasingly used by a wide variety of stakeholders for numerous purposes, ranging from basic information retrieval and research outputs overview to bibliometric analysis, evaluation and research funding. The Republic of Moldova set up its national bibliographic database – National Bibliometric Instrument (IBN) in 2011. Nowadays, IBN includes over 113.000 articles published in national scientific journals, as well as conference proceedings from the Republic of Moldova starting from 1993 to date, with over 90% of publications indexed by Google Academic. IBN is used for the evaluation of national scient...

Sunt analizate criteriile de funcţionare durabilă a organizaţiilor din sfera ştiinţei şi inovării şi cea de pregătire a cadrelor ştiinţifice din Republica Moldova în baza actelor normative naţionale şi cele ale Uniunii Europene în domeniu. Se fundamentează teoretic indicatorii utilizaţi pentru evaluarea activităţii instituţiilor de cercetare şi de pregătire a cadrelor ştiinţifice şi se propun soluţii de reducere a acestora de circa 2 ori fără a fi diminuată calitatea şi eficienţa procesului de evaluare. În mare măsură reducerea e posibilă graţie posibilităţilor instrumentelor informatice elaborate de Institutul de Dezvoltare a Societăţii Informaţionale capabile să acumuleze, stocheze, prelucreze, analizeze, sintetizeze datele statistice primare furnizate de instituţiile de cercetare şi să le prezinte în cele mai variate forme grafice şi rapoarte la cerere.

The article focuses on analysis of criteria for the sustainable operation of the science and innovation organizations and of the researchers training in the Republic of Moldova, based on the national and EU legislation in the field. The indicators used for evaluation of research institutions and researchers training are substantiated from the theoretical point of view and solutions are proposed to reduce the number of indicators twice, without diminishing the quality and efficiency of the evaluation process. To a great extent, the reduction is possible due to the possibilities of IT tools developed by the Information Society Development Institute, which accumulate, store, process, analyze, synthesize the primary statistical data provided by the research institutions and present them in the most varied graphic formats and reports upon request.

Lucrarea de față prezintă o continuare logică a lucrării "În căutarea unui "brici Ockham", care își propunea să reducă numărul de indicatori necesari evaluării activităţii organizaţiilor din sfera ştiinţei şi inovării şi de pregătire și atestare a cadrelor ştiinţifice, prezentată de autori la Conferința Institutului Național de Cercetări Economice în anul 2017. În urma unei analize minuțioase a indicatorilor de performanță utilizaţi pentru evaluarea activităţii cercetătorilor științifici, a instituţiilor de cercetare şi de pregătire a cadrelor ştiinţifice la nivel național, a practicilor europene și internaționale de evaluare a activităților de cercetare și de pregătire a cadrelor științifice, se propune cum trebuie elaborat un set optimal (unificat) de indicatori, ajustat la criteriile și standardele europene și internaționale în domeniu, de evaluare obiectivă, echitabilă și transparentă a activității din sfera științei și inovării și cea de pregătire a cadrelor științifice din Republica Moldova, care să facă rapoartele de activitate destinate instituțiilor care monitorizează activitatea acestora, Biroului Național de Statistică, mai laconice, mai clare, să excludă dublarea.

This paper presents a logical continuation of the article "Looking for an "Ockham's razor", which aimed to reduce the number of indicators required to assess the activity of science and innovation organizations and those concerned with researchers' trening and assessment, presented by the same authors at the Conference of the National Institute of Economic Research in 2017. Following a thorough analysis of the indicators used to assess the activity of scientific researchers, research and higher education institutions at the national level, as well as the evaluation practices used for similar organisations at European and international levels, proposals are made on how to develop an optimal, unified set of indicators, adjusted to European and international criteria and standards in the field, ensuring objective, fair and transparent evaluation of the activity of research and higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova, in order to provide more laconic, clearer activity reports, excluding duplication, to the institutions monitoring the R&D area and the National Bureau of Statistics.