Journal
APPLIED GEOGRAPHY
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 1-10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.04.017
Keywords
Migration of scientists; Global migration patterns; Migration barriers; Visa restrictions
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This article provides an empirical assessment of global scientific mobility over the past four decades, based on bibliometric data. We find (i) an increasing diversity of origin and destination countries integrated in global scientific mobility, with (ii) the centre of gravity of scientific knowledge production and migration destinations moving continuously eastwards by about 1300 km per decade, (iii) an increase in average migration distances of scientists reflecting integration of global peripheries into the global science system, (iv) significantly lower mobility frictions for internationally mobile scientists compared to non-scientist migrants, (v) with visa restrictions establishing a statistically significant barrier affecting international mobility of scientists hampering the global diffusion of scientific knowledge.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available