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Scholarly publishing in Ukraine (2005-2023): Mobility, productivity, and citation impact Cover

Scholarly publishing in Ukraine (2005-2023): Mobility, productivity, and citation impact

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|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Changes in institutional affiliations of Ukrainian scholars who started publishing in 2005-2013 (N=7,627).
Changes in institutional affiliations of Ukrainian scholars who started publishing in 2005-2013 (N=7,627).

Figure 2.

Changes in institutional affiliations of Ukrainian scholars who started publishing in 2014-2023 (N=18,914).
Changes in institutional affiliations of Ukrainian scholars who started publishing in 2014-2023 (N=18,914).

Figure 3a.

Distribution of annual publication output per scholar across mobility flows: First article published in 2005-2013.
Distribution of annual publication output per scholar across mobility flows: First article published in 2005-2013.

Figure 3b.

Distribution of annual publication output per scholar across mobility flows: First article published in 2014-2023.
Distribution of annual publication output per scholar across mobility flows: First article published in 2014-2023.

Figure 4a.

Distribution of FNCI values across mobility flows: First article published in 2005-2013.
Distribution of FNCI values across mobility flows: First article published in 2005-2013.

Figure 4b.

Distribution of FNCI values across mobility flows: First article published in 2014-2023.
Distribution of FNCI values across mobility flows: First article published in 2014-2023.

Summary of requirements for (international) publications in Ukrainian research assessment policies_

PolicyPublication requirements
Doctoral degrees (2013)Publications in Ukrainian Scopus- and WoS-indexed journals or in international journals Since 2020 publications in any Scopus- and WoS-indexed journalsSince September 2021 for the Doctor of Sciences and since September 2020 for PhD, the number of articles needed for their obtention can be reduced by publishing in Q1-Q3 journals
Licensing (2015)At least five articles published during last five years in Ukrainian journals, in journals indexed in databases including Scopus and WoS
Requirements for scientific titles of associate professor and professor (2015)Article(s) in Scopus- and WoS indexed journals
Research assessment of higher education institutions (2017)Articles in journals indexed in international databases (the legislation does not clarify the names of databases)
Funding of research projects (2019)Publications in Scopus- and WoS-indexed journals
Performance-based funding (2019)Indicator of international recognition is defined based on the positions in international university rankings including QS Ranking. Research assessment by QS rankings takes the form of citations per faculty indicator. It takes data from Scopus

Negative binomial regression_

PredictorNumber of scholarsModel 1Model 2Predicted number of articles per yearPredicted FNCI
2.5%CI97.5%CI 2.5%CI97.5%CI
Intercept9000.932*** (0.023)0.8870.9760.079*** (0.008)0.0620.0962.51.08
Nationally institutionally mobile401-0.525*** (0.048)-0.621-0.431-0.979*** (0.025)-1.028-0.9301.50.41
Nationally mobile (university)282-0.630*** (0.058)-0.745-0.518-1.383*** (0.036)-1.454-1.3141.40.27
Non-mobile (university)2,955-0.656*** (0.028)-0.711-0.600-1.365*** (0.015)-1.394-1.3361.30.28
Non-mobile (NASU)3,089-0.762*** (0.028)-0.818-0.707-0.983*** (0.014)-1.011-0.9551.20.41
Second cohort6230.11**(0.034)0.0420.177-0.225*** (0.017)-0.258-0.1932.80.86
Nationally institutionally mobile: second cohort3550.270*** (0.067)0.1390.4020.370*** (0.040)0.2910.4492.20.47
Nationally mobile (university): second cohort1,4030.517*** (0.066)0.3880.6480.259*** (0.042)0.1770.3422.50.28
Non-mobile (university): second cohort14,4100.351*** (0.039)0.2750.4270.068*** (0.022)0.0250.1112.10.24
Non-mobile (NASU): second cohort2,1230.303*** (0.042)0.2210.3860.002 (0.026)-0.490.0541.80.32
Log Likelihood theta -42,754.650 14.868*** (0) -188,335.900 0.903*** (0.007)
Obs 26,541 236,618
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0043 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 269 - 290
Submitted on: May 18, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 17, 2025
Published on: Sep 17, 2025
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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