Research Productivity Assessment

Publications should be added to the publications database through your personal profile, which is hosted on the University’s website. Further details on this process are available on the Publication Verification Unit’s (PVU) website at https://www.hse.ru/en/web/publication. If you have any technical questions in regards to adding new publications, please contact our colleagues at the PVU via e-mail at publications@hse.ru. They speak English.

1. RPAs are conducted using an automated online system. This system automatically analyzes and selects publications that count towards your RPA.
2. Points are assigned for each publication.
3. The total number of points will be uploaded as confidential information to the personal profiles of RPA participants on HSE University’s website.

During the RPA process, publications produced over the past 2 years and the current year up until February 25 shall be reviewed.

Please make sure you add information on your publications to the database of research publications no later than February 25. Publications submitted after February 25 may not be taken into account.

Points are assigned for different types of publications (e.g., books, chapters, articles, textbooks, etc.) according to the quality of the publisher or the journal (whether they are on HSE’s priority list and indexed by Web of Science and Scopus or not). Types of publications eligible for RPA purposes and points assigned for each type are presented in Annex 1 to the Procedure for Staff Research Productivity Assessment at National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Only publishers and journals included on the list of eligible journals will be considered during the RPA process. If you have any questions concerning publishers, lists of journals and conferences, please contact out colleagues from Sceintometrics Centre at scientometrics@hse.ru.

Evaluations of internationally recruited HSE faculty members are carried out as routine monitoring in 2025 and will not entail any further consequences.

The set of documents you submit for review must include all your publications. In 2025 RPA results generally expedite the decision-making process with respect to a given candidate.

Your preliminary results are published in your personal profile on HSE University’s website on this page.

Persons with access to your results:

1. the coordinator responsible for the RPA process at HSE University;
2. members of the University-wide RPA committee;
3. heads of HSE University departments.

Your results will not be disclosed to anyone else. Only generalized statistical data may be published.

1. Staff awarded the honorary title (status) of HSE University’s Honorary Professor or HSE University Distinguished Professor;
2. Pregnant women; staff on a maternity leave, as well as those who returned from a maternity leave less than 5 (five) years ago; staff on a childcare leave until a child reaches 3 (three) years of age, as well as those who have returned from a childcare leave less than 2 (two) years ago (upon request, provided that supporting documents are available);
3. Staff who have been on sick leave for a long period (over six months) over the course of the past three years (upon their request, provided that supporting documents are available);
4. Tenure-track employees working at HSE University less than 3 years.

Staff members, who are entitled to exemption from the RPA, may apply this right until March 15 by way of submitting a relevant request to the HSE University’s process automation system (the link to the form), indicating the grounds for exemption.
Tenure-track employees working less than 3 years are exempted from the RPA automatically.