title: Synchronous international scientific mobility in the space of affiliations: evidence from Russia.
abstract: The article presents a survey of Russian researchers' synchronous international scientific mobility as an element of the global system of scientific labor market. Synchronous international scientific mobility is a simultaneous holding of scientific positions in institutions located in different countries. The study explores bibliometric data from the Web of Science Core Collection and socio-economic indicators for 56 countries. In order to examine international scientific mobility, we use a method of affiliations. The paper introduces a model of synchronous international scientific mobility. It enables to specify country's involvement in the international division of scientific labor. Synchronous international scientific mobility is a modern form of the international division of labor in science. It encompasses various forms of part-time, temporary and remote employment of scientists. The analysis reveals the distribution of Russian authors in the space of affiliations, and directions of upward/downward international scientific mobility. The bibliometric characteristics of mobile authors are isomorphic to those of receiver country authors. Synchronous international scientific mobility of Russian authors is determined by differences in scientific impacts between receiver and donor countries.
authors.affiliation: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005 USA.
authors.forename: Yulia V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Markova
authors.affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), 20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, Russia 101000.
authors.forename: Natalia A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Shmatko
authors.affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), 20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, Russia 101000.
authors.forename: Yurij L
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6836-5549
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Katchanov
keywords: Affiliation; Bibliometrics; Scientific mobility; Scientometrics; Sociology of science