Научные коммуникации: ученый в современном обществе

Contemporary social communicative practices in scientific community are considered. Necessity of scientific communications update is justified in the context of contemporary society. Communicative properties of contemporary scientific community are given. Importance of scientific communications is discovered in the context of new approach to academical staff training.  Key words: Scientific communication, scientific community, scientific knowledge, scientific publications, scientific discourse, communication strategies, commercialization of education.