Abstract
The article is devoted to studying the spatial heterogeneity of innovation space across Russia while assessing the regional divergence and concentration of knowledge-generating centers. The preliminary hypothesis suggests there are three types of regions: growth poles - the largest cities and agglomerations that generate a significant amount of new knowledge of wide specialization spectrum; zones of influence - territories with high generative potential in one or several specific knowledge domains; and innovation peripheries that demonstrate weak ability to generate new knowledge. The analysis of an array of indicators on publication activity over 2013-2017 across the regions of the Russian Federation using the method of spatial scientometrics has clarified and detailed the initial typology of regions according to their generative function in the interregional innovation process. The study showed the importance of a complex of metropolitan, coastal and border factors affecting the innovative potential of territories. For coastal regions, incl. having a cross-border position, a higher level of research productivity and integration into international S&T cooperation is characteristic, as well as a general positive dynamics of new knowledge generation if found. In addition, the coastal factor determines the specificity of the subject area of the intellectual capital created and the knowledge base accumulated in the region.
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