Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Methods. – 3. Results. – 3.1. Disciplines dealing with the Russian-Ukrainian War. – 3.2. Selected topics and research directions related to the Russian- Ukrainian. – 3.3. COVID-19 pandemic during the Russian-Ukrainian War. – 4. Discussion. – 5. Conclusions.
Background: In February 2022, Russian Federation troops attacked Ukraine on several fronts, thereby starting a war that continues to this day. The invasion garnered worldwide opposition, leading to sanctions imposed on politicians and corporations in the Russian Federation. The war has also left its mark on art, culture, and science.
Methods: In this study, we analyse the war in Ukraine and how scholars around the world have examined it. The analysis is divided into three parts: (1) a comprehensive review of the number of articles and conference proceedings related to the Russia-Ukraine war in the Web of Science (WoS) disciplines/categories; (2) the main topics and directions chosen by the authors; and (3) a summary of studies focused on COVID-19 during the war. The latter topic is particularly important, as the COVID-19 situation in Ukraine was already complex before the 2022 invasion, and the ongoing military actions have further exacerbated it. For the above analyses, we utilised a WoS database from 2014 (covering the first Russian attack on Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions) through December 2022.
Results and Conclusions: For academics, the war in Ukraine has become a significant subject of study. As it proliferated, culminating in a direct mass attack in February 2022, research efforts involved more and more scientific fields. These fields range from political science and sociology research to psychology and marketing to engineering science or supply chains.
Kamil Maciuk*
Ph.D. (Engineering and technology), Adjunct Professor, Department of Integrated Geodesy and Cartography, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
maciuk@agh.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5514-8510
Corresponding author, responsible for conceptualization, formal analysis, project administration, validation.
Paulina Lewinska
Ph.D. (Engineering and technology), Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Surveying and Civil Engineering, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland lewinska.paulina@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8141-754X
Co-author, responsible for research methodology, data curation, investigation, writing- original draft, visualization.
Artur Krawczyk
Ph.D. (Engineering and technology), Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Areas Protection, Geoinformatics and Mining Surveying, AGH University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
artkraw@agh.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-0327
Co-author, responsible for research methodology, data curation, investigation, writing- original draft, writing-final version.
Piotr Trojanski
Ph.D. (Humanities), Assistant Professor, Institute of History and Archival Studies, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland piotr.trojanski@uken.krakow.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5907-8134
Co-author, responsible for research methodology, data curation, investigation, writing- original draft, writing-final version.
Michal Apollo
Ph.D. (Natural sciences), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
michal.apollo@us.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7777-5176
Co-author, responsible for research methodology, data curation, investigation, writing- original draft, visualization, writing-final version.
David C. Geary
Ph.D. (Social sciences), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, University of Missouri, Columbia
gearyd@missouri.edu
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-6343
Co-author, responsible for research methodology, writing-original draft, writing-final version.
Maciuk K, Lewinska P, Krawczyk A, Trojanski P, Apollo M and Geary CD, ‘Interplay of Crises: Mapping the Scientific Landscape of Intersecting Themes in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine War’ (2025) 8(1) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 1-51 <https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-8.1-a000101> Published Online 20 July 2024