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TERRA ECONOMICUS

Trends in the migration of Russian scholars: The regional dimension


TERRA ECONOMICUS, , Vol. 19(no. 2),

The quality of human capital is of key significance for the technological and economic development as afactor of competition for highly qualified personnel. Previously, the migration of scholars was described asa “brain drain”, but due to globalization and the development of communication tools, its characteristicsexpanded. Nowadays, additional relevant terms “brain circulation”, “brain exchange”, and “brain sharing”have appeared. Bibliometric analysis in this paper relies on the Scopus database to estimate the migrationof scholars affiliated to the Ural Federal University. We present our algorithm for generating scientometricdata. The research findings show that, in general, the regional tendencies follow, with some time lag, theRussian average, as well as the global trends of transition from the “brain drain” to the cooperative work. Weidentified similarities between the list of host countries and countries for cooperation. The key difference isthat the region trend is featured by more positive figures in terms of “brain drain” than Russia on average.Practical significance of our paper refers to the application of generation algorithm as an independenttool for collecting scientometric data. The results of the study can be used by the public authorities whenimplementing socio-economic policy.
Citation: Sudakova, A.E., Tarasyev, A.A., Koksharov, V.A. (2021). Trends in the migration of Russian scholars: The regional dimension. Terra Economicus 19(2): 91–104. (In Russian.) DOI: 10.18522/2073-6606-2021-19-2-91-104
Acknowledgment: The study is supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 19-78-00080.


Keywords: migration of scholars; brain drain; brain circulation; data mining; Big Data; bibliometric assessment; scientometric analysis

JEL codes: O15

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ISSN: 2073-6606