MECHANISMS FOR IDENTIFYING THE PATTERNS OF THE DYNAMICS OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE THEMATIC DIRECTION «ROBOTICS»

Scientific activity is a source of new knowledge and the creation of the latest technologies to improvethe quality of life. The results of research are presented in the form of articles published in scientificjournals or collections of scientific conferences, thereby being the main channel of communication inthe scientific environment, and also characterize the state of the scientific organization and the countryin the world scientific ranking. The article analyzes the world publication activity of countries on theexample of the direction - "Robotics" based on the data of the Web of Science system. It was revealedthat the development of technologies is subject to certain laws and it is possible to build predicativemodels for the emergence of new technologies.