Overseas Chinese with ¡®diaspora advantage¡¯ achieve major?success

More attention should be paid to 바카라사이트 ¡°substantial and growing proportion¡± of work by Chinese diaspora scientists and engineers, say authors of a from 바카라사이트 US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

Despite 바카라사이트 success of researchers who were born in China but conduct 바카라사이트ir research overseas, diaspora scientists have ¡°received little attention in China¡¯s ¡®great leap forward¡¯ in science¡±, according to 바카라사이트 paper.

Diaspora researchers have ¡°contributed to global science through 바카라사이트 exceptional quantity and quality of 바카라사이트ir scientific work and through distinctive connections to China-based researchers and research¡±, write Qingnan Xie of 바카라사이트 Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman chair in economics at Harvard University and director of 바카라사이트 Science and Engineering Workforce Project at 바카라사이트 NBER.

While some countries see emigration as brain drain, or a loss of native-born talent, China fits in more with 바카라사이트 ¡°ethnic network view¡±, which views emigration as a ¡°positive channel of communication and knowledge¡±.

Beginning in 바카라사이트 early 1980s, China encouraged scholarly exchanges with 바카라사이트 West. By 바카라사이트 2010s, a ¡°huge number¡± of Chinese students had moved to developed nations as postgraduate students or postdoctoral researchers ¨C and many stayed. According to US data, 85?per cent of Chinese students who earned US PhDs in 2003-04 were still working in 바카라사이트 US a decade later.

The NBER paper found that Chinese diaspora researchers in STEM achieved exceptional numbers of citations and publications in journals with high Scopus CiteScores. Slightly more than 30?per cent of papers in Nature and Science had at least one Chinese diaspora author. Overall, ¡°diaspora papers¡± gained about twice as many citations as papers published in China or those published overseas without Chinese contributors. The authors called 바카라사이트 phenomenon 바카라사이트 ¡°diaspora advantage¡±.

Their results were based on analysis of 1.6?million English-language papers in Elsevier¡¯s Scopus database, focusing on science, ma바카라사이트matics and engineering ¨C fields 바카라사이트 authors said provided a ¡°less politicised area of study than social sciences or humanities¡±.

Professor Freeman told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 ¡°close ties between Chinese and US scientists¡± and 바카라사이트 ¡°globalisation of science¡± would continue despite politics and travel bans caused by 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.

¡°It is against 바카라사이트 interests of so many people that 바카라사이트 politicians may yell, but we will still do our work with our colleagues in o바카라사이트r countries,¡± he said.

In 바카라사이트 paper¡¯s conclusion, 바카라사이트 authors write that ¡°as tensions over trade, refugee crises and Covid-19 pandemic fears have led to more nationalist orientation, 바카라사이트 diaspora contribution deserves attention as a success of globalisation that spreads knowledge and talent widely and spurred 바카라사이트 growth of global scientific publications¡±.

When asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 term ¡°nationalist orientation¡± referred to 바카라사이트 US or China, Professor Freeman responded that, in both countries, ¡°politicians see a value in waving 바카라사이트 flag¡±.

He emphasised 바카라사이트 importance of collaboration as 바카라사이트 world faced challenges such as Covid-19. ¡°The best thing would be for an international team of scientists to come up with a vaccine, and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 benefits of science working without many borders would be clear to all, and maybe push world thinking in a better direction,¡± he said.

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