China-born scholars’ intellectual capital: a network approach

IF 2.8 1区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.1080/1369183x.2023.2270337

Xiaojie Li

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Abstract

ABSTRACTForeign-born scholars can accumulate and/or utilise their intellectual capital (IC) through intellectual migration. IC is a combination of transferrable human, cultural, and social capital. While IC has been conceptualised, no known studies have measured it. As foreign-born scholars often develop academic networks that transcend geographical and ethnic boundaries, their IC should not be simplified as a single scale. Adopting the ego-centric network analysis method, this study proposes an approach to quantify foreign-born scholars’ IC based on their co-author network. This approach includes a group of measures to capture IC within and between different geographic and ethnic contexts. Based on the co-authorship data collected among China-born scholars at a public research university in the U.S., this study examines how their IC levels evolve over time, differ between younger- and older-generation scholars, and whether they are influenced by where one receives a PhD degree.KEYWORDS: China-born scholarsintellectual capitaltransnational research collaborationsocial network analysisco-authorship networks Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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中国学者的智力资本:一个网络视角

摘要外国学者可以通过智力移民积累和利用自己的智力资本。IC是可转移的人力资本、文化资本和社会资本的组合。虽然IC已被概念化，但还没有已知的研究对其进行测量。由于外国出生的学者经常发展超越地理和种族界限的学术网络，他们的IC不应该被简化为单一的尺度。本研究采用以自我为中心的网络分析方法，提出了一种基于合著者网络的外籍学者IC量化方法。这种方法包括一组措施，以捕捉不同地理和种族背景内和之间的IC。基于在美国一所公立研究型大学收集的中国出生学者的共同作者数据，本研究考察了他们的IC水平如何随着时间的推移而变化，年轻一代和老一代学者之间的差异，以及他们是否受到博士学位的影响。关键词:中国学者知识资本跨国研究合作社会网络分析合著者网络披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。

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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

9.10%

发文量

157

期刊介绍： The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) publishes the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, together with articles on ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. Contributions to the journal, which are all fully refereed, are especially welcome when they are the result of original empirical research that makes a clear contribution to the field of migration JEMS has a long-standing interest in informed policy debate and contributions are welcomed which seek to develop the implications of research for policy innovation, or which evaluate the results of previous initiatives. The journal is also interested in publishing the results of theoretical work.