Global estimates of high-level brain drain and deficit

FASEB Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 936-939

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Development; Migration; Research; Scientific impact

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONALITY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE;

EID: 2942733560     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-1394lfe     Document Type: Review

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