Ukraine has called on the international scientific community to cease cooperation with institutions in the Russian Federation
The Ukrainian Ministries of Education and Science and of Digital Transformation have called on the international scientific community to cease institutional cooperation with Russian academic and research institutions.
The open letter emphasizes that Russia is systematically attacking Ukraine’s scientific infrastructure, while its scientific institutions continue to participate in international research projects and publications.
Ukraine calls on universities, research institutes, and scientific organizations to suspend joint projects with Russian institutions. International scientific publishers are also urged to reject, without peer review, manuscripts from authors representing Russian academic organizations and to suspend the editorial privileges of representatives from such institutions.
Ministries clarified that the call specifically concerns institutional ties with Russian scientific organizations, rather than the citizenship, nationality, or ethnic origin of individual researchers.
Source: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
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