On an Innovative Way to Increase the Effectiveness of Research by the Russian Legal Community

The article considers the effectiveness of research in law and ways to increase it. The objectives of the study are to identify problems of research, to determine ways to solve them, to substantiate the use of a pre-print server as an innovative way to solve problems of research efficiency, to analyse the possibilities of using this server in Russia and abroad. Traditionally applied research methods are used in the study: the dialectical cognitive method as a basic method; modelling, analogy, comparative analysis, observation, logical, structural-functional, bibliometric methods as empirical methods. As a result of the study, a server operation algorithm has been developed, which includes: (1) uploading of the text of an article to a preprint site, with an option of using a pseudonym at the request of the author; (2) discussion of the scientific provisions contained in the initial version of the article (preprint), following the rules of correctness; (3) change of the final version of the preprint; with the author's right, after reading the discussion, to withdraw the work from publication, remove their pseudonym, give their real name, offer the academic community the final version of the revised article thanking opponents for their comments; (4) posting of information on the publication of the final version of the text with reference to the source. This will make it possible for all researchers interested in this problem to track the fate of the current publication and see the final version. The analysis of the idea of implementing preprinting in Russia as part of preprint repositories of several higher education and research institutes is an important part of the work. Introduction of preprinting in foreign repositories has been considered. The article highlights the connection between the idea of the implementation of a preprint server and the 'Open Science' concept, substantiates the need for a prompt implementation of the 'Open Science' concept and analyses the attempts of the concept implementation in Russia. The problems of modern Russian legal academic community described in the article can be solved through the introduction of a preprint server, which would allow tracking all new developments on one single resource, estimate their topicality and demand for this kind of information, discuss and comment publications and leave references before the papers are accepted for publication. This will enable the authors to revise their works before publication taking into consideration the comments left on the online resource.

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