Implications of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine for the international mobility of Ukrainian scholars
Myroslava Hladchenko

TL;DR
This paper analyzes how Russia's invasion of Ukraine affected Ukrainian scholars' international mobility, revealing increased mobility, changing destination countries, and implications for Ukraine's scientific integration and resilience.
Contribution
It provides new insights into Ukrainian scholars' mobility patterns post-invasion using comprehensive Scopus data and examines impacts on citation impact and global integration.
Findings
Increase in international mobility of Ukrainian scholars in 2022-2023
Shift in top destination countries for NASU scholars, with Germany, China, and Poland rising
Higher citation impact among mobile scholars affiliated with universities
Abstract
This study examines the implications of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine for the international mobility of Ukrainian scholars. The dataset, drawn from the CWTS in-house Scopus database, includes Ukrainian scholars who were internationally mobile between 2020 and 2023. The analysis focuses on scholars affiliated with universities and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) prior to moving abroad. The findings reveal an increase in the number of internationally mobile scholars in 2022-2023, driven primarily by rising mobility from universities. For NASU-affiliated scholars, Russia was the top destination country in 2020-2021 but fell to fourth place in 2022-2023, overtaken by Germany, China, and Poland. For university-affiliated scholars, Poland, Germany, and Russia consistently ranked as the top three destination countries across both periods. Statistical tests indicate…
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Taxonomy
TopicsInternational Science and Diplomacy · Higher Education Governance and Development · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
