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Published online 3 October 2007 | Nature 449, 528-530 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449528a

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Russian science: What the scientists say

Russian researchers, and those who have worked in Russia, share their thoughts with Nature on the problems faced by the country's scientific system — and how they could be addressed.

Alexander Sobolev

Geochemist, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow. Corresponding member, RAS

According to the citation-analysis company Thomson Scientific, Russia is eighteenth among countries ranked by citations in the scientific literature over the past 10 years.

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