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Review and analysis of publications on scientific mobility: assessment of influence, motivation, and trends

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  • Vadim N. Gureyev

    (State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology)

  • Nikolay A. Mazov

    (State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Denis V. Kosyakov

    (State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

  • Andrey E. Guskov

    (State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The phenomenon of scientific mobility, actively developing in recent decades, attracts increasing attention of researchers in view of its importance for the development of science, dissemination of scientific knowledge, making informed decisions in the management of science and training of qualified personnel. Based on an extensive analysis of the literature on the topic in the last 30 years with the use of bibliometric approaches, this paper outlines the main evolutionary stages of scientific mobility in the context of brain drain and circulation concepts; considers relations, advantages and disadvantages of scientific mobility in relation to scientific inbreeding; describes the main approaches and methodological aspects formed today in the study of the scientists mobility; discusses its positive and negative consequences for researchers, organizations, countries, and individual disciplines, and summarizes the motivations and driving forces of scientists when leaving the country and when returning.

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  • Vadim N. Gureyev & Nikolay A. Mazov & Denis V. Kosyakov & Andrey E. Guskov, 2020. "Review and analysis of publications on scientific mobility: assessment of influence, motivation, and trends," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(2), pages 1599-1630, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:124:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-020-03515-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03515-4
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    Scientific mobility; Academic mobility; Scientific migration; Brain drain; Brain circulation; Brain exchange; Inbreeding; Career progress; Citation analysis;
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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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