Global Experience in Interaction with Compatriot Scientists: Lessons for Russia

Brain drain and brain gain in Russia: Analyzing international migration of researchers by discipline using Scopus bibliometric data 1996–2020

“…Despite its research contributions, Russia has remained a relatively under-studied case in the science of science and the high-skilled migration literature. Most studies on these topics have been limited to providing qualitative explanations for the emigration of specialists, which often do not go beyond suggesting the necessity of facilitating circular migration in Russia (Iontsev et al 2017;Kolesnikova et al 2014;Molodikova and Yudina 2016;Naumova 1998;Ryazantsev 2013;Taylor et al 1996;Ushkalov and Malakha 2001;Volz 2002;Yurevich et al 2019). Therefore, a deeper analysis is needed that quantitatively examines the international movements of researchers in Russia, and their implications for different fields of science.…”

Mechanisms for attracting foreign scientists

“…In the Russian Federation, there is currently a slight decrease in the rate of brain drain from the country, the involvement of the state in the process of regulating the processes of mobility, the active involvement of the Russian scientific diaspora in research projects that are significant for Russia. This is partly hindered by the strengthening of state control over mobile researchers and the ousting of foreign programs to support academic mobility from the Russian scientific space [31].…”

“…[30] The experience of Korea, Taiwan, and China shows that mass remigration of scientists and highly skilled specialists requires somewhat different mechanisms and the direct participation of the state. Measures of the material stimulation of repatriation have proved to be the most effective: competitive remunerations for leading scientists and engineers; the creation of science parks and special economic zones, where specialists are invited to work on attractive terms (for example, in some Chinese regions, returnee specialists enjoy reliefs on receiving a loan or purchasing housing); and support for innovationoriented business, which, in turn, invests in R&D and engages specialists from abroad [31].…”

Brain drain and brain gain in Russia: analyzing international mobility of researchers by discipline using Scopus bibliometric data

“…Despite these features, Russia has been a relatively under-studied case in the scientometrics literature. Most studies on this topic are limited to qualitative explanations on the emigration of specialists which often do not go beyond suggesting the necessity of facilitating circular migration for Russia [38,15,24,17,31,37,36,27,34]. Therefore, a deeper analysis is needed to quantitatively study the international movements of researchers in Russia and its implications for different fields of science.…”