Reference : Game of Brains: Examining Researcher Brain Gain and Brain Drain and Research Universi...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Education & instruction
	Focus Areas :	Educational Sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/54322

Title :	Game of Brains: Examining Researcher Brain Gain and Brain Drain and Research University Policy
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Fu, Yuan Chih [National Taipei University of Technology]
	Moradel Vasquez, Juan Jose [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >]
	Macasaet, Bea Treena [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >]
	Hou, Angela Yung Chi [National Chengchi University]
	Powell, Justin J W [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >]
Publication date :	2023
Journal title :	Higher Education Policy
Publisher :	Palgrave Macmillan
Volume :	36
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0952-8733
e-ISSN :	1740-3863
City :	London
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] higher education policy ; research university ; excellence initiative ; Scientific migration ; talent competition ; Taiwan
Abstract :	[en] We leverage a rich bibliometric dataset on Taiwanese academia to explore scientific migration patterns. We investigate the movement and productivity of 21,051 highly active researchers who served in Taiwanese higher education institutions based on 30 years’ worth of publication and affiliation records from 1991 to 2020. The analysis shows evidence of brain drain in Taiwan since the 2010s, with the U.S. being both the biggest source of inbound researchers to Taiwan and top destination for researchers emigrating from Taiwan. China comes a close second to the U.S. as the top destination for outbound scholars. We also study how Taiwan’s universities recruited talent after the country adopted the 2005 excellence initiative and confirm the converging number of scholars recruited by World Class Universities (WCUs) and non-WCUs as WCUs, surprisingly, exhibit a dramatic decrease in new recruits. Our evidence uncovers that inbound scholars, after their move, are more productive than non-mobile colleagues; however, this effect declines over time. We discuss implications for the study of excellence initiatives and mechanisms of talent circulation that greatly impact research production and research university development.
Research centres :	Department of Social Sciences
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/54322

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