The personnel shortage has historically been considered as one of the main obstacles to the development of Far Eastern science. The purpose of the study is to assess the personnel provision of science in the Far East. According to Scopus data for 2000–2021, 12,448 authors from this region were identified and indicators characterizing the dynamics of personnel, academic mobility, academic, university and other sectors of science, disciplinary specialization were calculated for them. Discrepancies were revealed between the data of state statistics and published researchers, which may indicate an incomplete realization of the personnel potential. It was shown that 87.6% of Far Eastern scientists did not work outside their city and only 2.6% have experience working abroad, and that migration negatively affects the personnel dynamics of the scientific sphere of the region. The personnel of universities and research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences differs in experience and qualifications. The research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences have a higher proportion of experienced employees who publish more often in journals indexed in the Scopus database. At the same time, universities actively train new authors, thereby compensating for the attrition of Far Eastern authors. The average turnover of research personnel in 2016–2021 can be estimated at 28.9%. The scientific specialization of the Far East differs significantly from the all-Russian one in favor of earth sciences, environmental sciences, agriculture, and biology. The information on the staffing of Far Eastern science provided by state statistics has been supplemented and expanded.
A. E. Guskov (Wed,) studied this question.