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A country's influential structural position within academic mobility networks and the direction of mobility toward highly innovative countries are strongly associated with higher national innovation performance, whereas overall mobility volume is only weakly associated. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate how countries' structural network positions and exchange flows within international academic mobility programs associate with national innovation performance.

September 5, 2026InformationOpen Access

Beyond Mobility Flows: A Network Perspective on Academic Exchange and National Innovation Performance

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DKDarija Korkut ZLZoran Levnajić RKRobert Kopal

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Network analysis reveals that influential positions in academic exchange drive national innovation performance in European countries, highlighting the strategic value of targeted knowledge diffusion.

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To evaluate how countries' structural network positions and exchange flows within international academic mobility programs associate with national innovation performance.
Analyzed Erasmus academic mobility data from 2008–2013 across country and institutional levels alongside innovation metrics from the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS).
Combined econometric regression modelling with two network models: a classical model evaluating standard centrality metrics and an extended model incorporating weighted, influence-based, and temporal dimensions.
Total academic mobility volume displayed only a weak association with national innovation performance, whereas student and staff flows directed specifically toward highly innovative countries showed substantially stronger associations.
Countries holding more central, influential structural positions within mobility networks consistently demonstrated higher innovation scores across diverse EIS dimensions.
The extended multidimensional network model captured critical channels of knowledge diffusion that remained undetectable using conventional centrality measures alone.

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Korkut et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3e16b95aff0620eb189 https://doi.org/10.3390/info17090856

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September 5, 2026InformationOpen Access

Beyond Mobility Flows: A Network Perspective on Academic Exchange and National Innovation Performance

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Authors

DKDarija Korkut ZLZoran Levnajić RKRobert Kopal

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Overview

Network analysis reveals that influential positions in academic exchange drive national innovation performance in European countries, highlighting the strategic value of targeted knowledge diffusion.

Key Points

To evaluate how countries' structural network positions and exchange flows within international academic mobility programs associate with national innovation performance.
Analyzed Erasmus academic mobility data from 2008–2013 across country and institutional levels alongside innovation metrics from the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS).
Combined econometric regression modelling with two network models: a classical model evaluating standard centrality metrics and an extended model incorporating weighted, influence-based, and temporal dimensions.
Total academic mobility volume displayed only a weak association with national innovation performance, whereas student and staff flows directed specifically toward highly innovative countries showed substantially stronger associations.
Countries holding more central, influential structural positions within mobility networks consistently demonstrated higher innovation scores across diverse EIS dimensions.
The extended multidimensional network model captured critical channels of knowledge diffusion that remained undetectable using conventional centrality measures alone.

Cite This Study

Korkut et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3e16b95aff0620eb189 https://doi.org/10.3390/info17090856

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