International collaboration of Ukrainian scholars: Effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Myroslava Hladchenko

TL;DR
This paper examines how Russia's invasion affected Ukrainian scholars' international collaboration, revealing increased collaboration for universities, unchanged rates for NASU, and varying citation impacts across disciplines during 2022-2023.
Contribution
It provides the first detailed analysis of Ukrainian scholars' international collaboration patterns and citation impacts during the invasion period.
Findings
University international collaboration increased in 2022-2023.
NASU's international collaboration remained stable.
Citation impact for university publications improved.
Abstract
This study explores the effects of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on the international collaboration of Ukrainian scholars. First and foremost, Ukrainian scholars deserve respect for continuing to publish despite life-threatening conditions, mental strain, shelling and blackouts. In 2022-2023, universities gained more from international collaboration than the NASU. The percentage of internationally co-authored articles remained unchanged for the NASU, while it increased for universities. In 2023, 40.8% of articles published by the NASU and 32,2% of articles published by universities were internationally co-authored. However, these figures are still much lower than in developed countries (60-70%). The citation impact of internationally co-authored articles remained statistically unchanged for the NASU but increased for universities. The highest share of internationally…
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Taxonomy
TopicsInternational Science and Diplomacy · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones · Ukraine: War, Education, Health
