Abstract
This study explores the international profiles in collaboration and mobility of countries included in the so-called “travel bans” implemented by US President Trump as executive order in 2017. The objective of this research is to analyze the exchange of knowledge between countries and the relative importance of specific countries in order to inform evidence-based science policy. The work serves as a proof-of-concept of the utility of asymmetry and affinity indexes for collaboration and mobility. Comparative analyses of these indicators can be useful for informing immigration policies and motivating collaboration and mobility relationships—emphasizing the importance of geographic and cultural similarities. Egocentric and relational perspectives are analyzed to provide various lenses on the importance of countries. Our analysis suggests that comparisons of collaboration and mobility from an affinity perspective can identify discrepancies between levels of collaboration and mobility. This approach can inform international immigration policies and, if extended, demonstrate potential partnerships at several levels of analysis (e.g., institutional, sectoral, state/province).
Highlights
Immigration is heralded as a key contemporary policy issue (Duncan 2017; Bildt 2017)
This study explores the international profiles in collaboration and mobility of countries included in the so-called ‘‘travel bans’’ implemented by US President Trump as executive order in 2017
This work presents a case study of the application of asymmetry and similarity measures to better understand the implications of immigration policies
Summary
Immigration is heralded as a key contemporary policy issue (Duncan 2017; Bildt 2017). Political leaders are proposing and implementing nationalistic policies that restrict global mobility. One notable example is the executive order signed by United States President Trump on January 27, 2017, temporarily suspending entry of individuals from seven countries (i.e., Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and placing restrictions on visa renewals for an additional 38 countries. New restrictions were announced and the third and latest version (September 2017) added countries to the original list (Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela), while Sudan and Iraq were removed. There was little in the way of evidence of the scientific relationships among these countries and implications for the scientific community
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