The article discusses conceptual and strategic documents and annual world rankings of research centers, organizations in the field of international scientific and technical cooperation. 900 Russian universities and scientific institutions were analyzed on their interaction with foreign scientists in 2020. Data on foreign scientists who came to Russia in 2020 were obtained in several sections: by age groups; by areas of scientific interest; by the countries they represented; by forms of interaction of scientists with Russian organizations; by priorities of the strategy of scientific and technological development (Scientific Research Center). As a result of the research, a model of scientific diplomacy in Russia and the countries of the world was developed, the functioning of scientific diplomacy was developed. © 2022, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist. All rights reserved.