PHENOMENON OF «VAK JOURNALS» IN THE SYSTEM OF CERTIFICATION OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL IN RUSSIA

Abstract

Such important problem in the system of certification of highly qualified personnelas mandatory publication of dissertation in journals included in the «List of peer%reviewed scientific journals approved by Higher Attestation Commission (VAK RF) for publication of major scientific results of dissertations for the degree of doctor and candidate of sciences», has been presented and discussed in the article. It has been noted that, although such list isessentially necessary thing, its current version needs very substantial adjustment. A generalapproach of this adjustment includes radical rethinking of the current classifier of sciences and specialties and creation of two lists of «VAK journals», the first refers to the disciplines associated with the keyword «science», and the second - to areas of knowledge, such as Humanities, architecture, culturology and others.