Abstract
The paper presents a systematic analysis of the status and prospects of development of scientific research in pediatric surgery. Separately the modern opportunities of research funding within the framework of state programs and grants, research potential and the organisation of children’s surgical research in the country on a sample of 20 University Clinics. Authors showed the implementation of the principle of the scientific-educational cluster, the performance of dissertational works, scientific forums of pediatric surgeons. Over the past five years by pediatric surgeons were protected 97 theses, including 22 for the degree of doctor of science; every fifth thesis was performed at the junction of specialties. The analysis of 200 scientific publications in Central and regional magazines and 69 of the patent, defined the vector of priority of publication in journals with high impact factor registered in Scopus and Web of Science. A separate analysis was subjected to international cooperation of pediatric surgeons - 91 report abroad for five years, participating in congresses EUPSA and WOFAPS. Conclusions are drawn about the feasibility to build scientific work in the framework of the Russian Association of pediatric surgeons, combining the efforts of all staff, their potential and capabilities by intelligently organizing research, and presenting children’s surgery in the relevant authorities. Authors have formulated tasks for the development of pediatric surgical science perspective.