Figure of the day: 83%

of Russians who hold Doctorate of Sciences and Candidate of Sciences degrees are involved in various forms of international cooperation. These data were obtained during a nationwide survey of 2,852 researchers holding these degrees as part of a Monitoring of the Labour Market for Highly Qualified R&D Personnel study. The survey was conducted in September—November 2014 using representative sampling.

Scientific conferences, seminars, and forums are the most common form of international communication; about 70% of those surveyed take part in them.

In second place was work on joint publications with foreign colleagues (31%).

Involvement in joint research projects took third place (27%).

Source: HSE website