title: [Publishing activity of Russian research institutes in the field of psychiatry and addictology in 2006-2013].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the publication activity of 6 psychiatric institutes based on the data from the Russian Citation Index (RCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Weighted average data of the last five years was selected for analysis: number of publications and citations per author, number of citations per publication, impact factor of journals published the papers. The analysis of the dynamics of publication activity and citations for the period of 2006-2013 for 6 institutes has been performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis shows that the Research Center of Mental Health of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS) is the leader among in publication activity in the field of "psychiatry and addiction medicine". In second place the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry and the National Research Center of Addictology. Then, by a large margin, are the Bechterev St.Peterburg Research Psycho-Neurological Institute, the Serbsky National Research Center of Social and Forensic Psychiatry and the Siberian Research Mental Health Institute of RAMS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RCI data is an important source of information regarding scientific activity of research institutes although the data should be interpreted with caution.
authors.affiliation: Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nemtsov
authors.affiliation: Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Trushchelev
authors.affiliation: Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Krasnov
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D009031:Moscow; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders