All-Russian Scientific and Technical Information Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences - Vserossiisky Institut Nauchnoi i Tekhnicheskoi Informatsii (VINITI).

VINITI the leading information centre in Russia and CIS countries has been supplying the world community with scientific and technical information since 1952. The main task of VINITI is to provide information support to scientists and specialists in natural and technical sciences. 

It implements an analytical search in immense data flows of different kinds on natural and tecnichal sciences, receiving information from 130 countries in 66 languages. On that basis, it prepares about one million documents a year, presenting them both as printed publications and computer-readable databases.

The unique feature of VINITI is that it collects, creates abstracts and stores all scientific and technical materials which were not published anywhere (deposited manuscripts, dissertations, etc). VINITI can provide printed or electronic copies of these materials.

VINITI develops software for advanced information processing. For example search engines, automatic translation systems, intellectual indexing and abstracting systems, etc.

VINITI carries on the large scientific research work leaded by its Director, Doctor of Geology, Professor at the Moscow State University, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science Mr. Yuri M. Arsky