An investigation of the relationship between scientists’ mobility to/from China and their research performance

作者：

Highlights：

• We applied PSM & DID to determine the causal relationship between mobility and scientists’ research performance.

• We investigated academic performance of 1,388 scientists that moved to China and 1,101 with a propensity to move to China.

• Scientists became more productive and published more as corresponding authors in China but less on top journals.

摘要

•We applied PSM & DID to determine the causal relationship between mobility and scientists’ research performance.•We investigated academic performance of 1,388 scientists that moved to China and 1,101 with a propensity to move to China.•Scientists became more productive and published more as corresponding authors in China but less on top journals.

论文关键词：International mobility,Scientists,China,Research performance,Chinese returnees

论文评审过程：Received 1 June 2019, Revised 11 March 2020, Accepted 11 March 2020, Available online 31 March 2020, Version of Record 31 March 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101037