Department of Innovative Economics, International Relations and Informatization of Scientific Research

Main directions of scientific, economic and marketing activities

• Development of methodological approaches and preparation for the transfer of innovative technologies in the field of soil science, agrochemistry and soil protection.
• Organization and conducting of marketing research regarding the study of potential and promising sales markets, dynamics and specifics of demand for scientific and technical products of the Institute.
• Substantiation of technical and economic indicators of scientific developments and paid services provided by the Institute.
• Conducting scientific research on commercialization of objects of intellectual property rights.
• Development of business plans, business projects, production programs, innovation and investment projects.
• Patent and opportunistic research on topical topics of government orders and on orders of organizations, enterprises and institutions;
• Registration of Ukrainian patents for inventions and utility models and state registration of copyright objects (computer programs, databases, literary and scientific works, cartographic materials, etc.).
• Evaluation of the value of official objects of intellectual property rights and conclusion of agreements regarding the disposition of property and non-property rights to such objects (copyright agreements, license agreements, agreements on the transfer of property rights, technology transfer agreements, etc.).
• Advertising and promoting activity;
• Technical support of the website of the Institute - http://issar.com.ua
• Holding seminars, conferences, round tables, etc.

Main areas of international activity

• Supporting the activities of the Institute, as a Focal Point from Ukraine, related to cooperation with the Global Soil Partnership (FAO);
• Implementation of measures aimed at the Institute's entry into the International Network of Soil Information Institutions (INSII);
• Assisting in the establishment of the Institute's cooperation with foreign partners and the promotion of scientific developments abroad;
• Participation in international scientific projects; preparation of agreements on international scientific and technical cooperation; proposals for foreign internships;
• Increasing the image of the Institute and its leading scientists in the English-speaking scientific space;
• Search and implementation of scientific projects, commercial international agreements, other proposals of foreign customers; supporting the preparation of projects for participation in the framework program of the European Union "Horizon Europe";
• Ensuring the Institute's participation in sectoral international organizations; preparation of English-language advertising and informational materials.

Other activities of the Department

• Preparation and publication of Collected papers "AgroChemistry and Soil Science" (ISSN 0587-2596; e-ISSN 2616-6852 doi.org/10.31073/acss). The collection was founded by the Institute in 1966 (certificate of state registration KВ №20942-10742Пр) to publish scientific articles based on the results of theoretical, experimental and methodological research in the relevant areas of soil science, agrochemistry, agroecology, agriculture and other sciences. According to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 28.12.2019 No. 1643, the collection is included in the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine in the fields of agricultural and biological sciences in the specialties 201 Agronomy and 091 Biology and is included in Group B. Since its foundation, the total number of issues is 95; since 2013, the full texts of articles have been published on the website - http://agrochemsoilsci.org/ .
• Organization of the Institute's scientific library. The library was founded in 1956 and today its collection includes about 80 thousand copies of special scientific, scientific, technical and reference books on all aspects of soil science and agrochemistry, as well as related sciences - geology, hydrology, geomorphology, biochemistry, agroecology, microbiology, plant physiology and others. The library collection is based on the fundamental works of the founders of soil science and agrochemistry: V.V. Dokuchaev, D.M. Pryanishnikov, V.R. Williams, O.N. Sokolovsky, and others. The library has a unique collection of rare publications from the private collections of academician O.N. Sokolovsky, professors M.K. Krupsky, O.M. Mozheiko, O.M. Hrinchenko, and well-known scientists H.S. Hryn, V.D. Kysil, and O.O. Kireiev. The collection of periodicals (26200 copies) from the beginning of the last century to the present is exceptionally valuable. The library has a significant collection of encyclopedic editions. Since 2013, the library's collection has been included in the the IRBIS electronic catalog, the library creates its own databases (catalogs): books, journal articles, scientific papers of the Institute's employees, abstracts and dissertations, reports, etc. The library maintains international book exchange relations.
• In 2017, on the basis of the scientific library of the Institute, an electronic information and bibliometric database “Bibliometrics ISSAR of published works (since 1909) of the Institute's staff was created, which is a collection of organized information and a modern means of bibliometric monitoring - accumulation and systematization of bibliometric data to use them to assess the publication activity and scientific productivity of both individual scientists and units (laboratories or departments) of the Institute. The information and bibliometric database is also an autonomous unit of the Soil Information System created at the Institute to support the activities of the Ukrainian Soil Information Center. Within this function, the database is a source of multifaceted information about soils and the state of development of scientific and practical problems and achievements of soil science in Ukraine, highlighted in the publications of the staff of the NSC ISSAR.
• System administration of the Institute's local network.

Kucher Anatolii Country Representative of Ukraine in the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Member of the EAERE.