?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F4072%2F&rft.title=Brain-Circulation+Network%3A+The+Global+Mobility+of+the+Life+Scientists&rft.creator=Verginer%2C+Luca&rft.creator=Riccaboni%2C+Massimo&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.description=Global+mobility+and+migration+of+scientists+is+an+important+modern+phenomenon+with+economic+and%0D%0Apolitical+implications.+As+scientists+become+ever+more+footloose+it+is+important+to+identify+general+patterns%0D%0Aand+regularities+at+a+global+scale.+At+the+same+time+cities%2C+and+especially+global+cities%2C+have+become+impor-%0D%0Atant+loci+of+economic+and+scientific+activity.+Limiting+research+to+international+migration%2C+would+disregard%0D%0Athe+importance+of+local+innovation+systems.+The+analysis+of+the+mobility+and+brain+circulation+patterns+at%0D%0Aglobal+scale+remains+challenging%2C+due+to+difficulties+in+obtaining+individual+level+mobility+data.+In+this+work%0D%0Awe+propose+a+methodology+to+trace+intercity+and+international+mobility+through+bibliographic+records.+We%0D%0Areconstruct+the+intercity+and+international+mobility+network+of+3.7+Million+Life+Scientists+moving+between%0D%0A9%2C745+cities.+We+present+several+features+of+the+extracted+network%2C+offer+evidence+that+the+international%0D%0Ainnovation+system+is+marked+by+national+borders+and+linguistic+similarity+and+show+that+international+mo-%0D%0Ability+largely+contributes+to+the+scientific+output+of+national+research+systems.+Moreover+we+find+evidence+to%0D%0Asuggest+that+global+cities+attract+highly+productive+scientist+early+in+their+careers.&rft.date=2018-10&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F4072%2F1%2FEIC_WP_4_2018.pdf&rft.identifier=++Verginer%2C+Luca+and+Riccaboni%2C+Massimo++Brain-Circulation+Network%3A+The+Global+Mobility+of+the+Life+Scientists.++EIC+working+paper+series++%2304%2F2018+++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++