Economization of information and scientific data : a common approach

The authors present a study on the economization of information and scientific data in the current information society that creates grounds for the rapid development of the economy of knowledge. The study reveals that both information and scientific data became the object of attention of economists who tried to explain the behavior of scientists and groups of scientists (research communities) from a standpoint of not only ‘disinterestedness’ in scientific research, but also in the context of striving to optimize their costs and earns.The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 18-29-15030 mk on the theme “Scientific information in the orbit of the content, forms and problems of intellectual property rights protection (comparison with regard to the experience of BRICS countries)” (Grantee – Dr. of Sciences, Prof. Ksenia M. Belikova, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), www.rudn.ru)peer-reviewe