Analyzing academic mobility of U.S. professors based on ORCID data and the Carnegie Classification

• DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00088
• Publication Date: 2020-09-10T19:09:52Z
• Authors: Erija Yan; Yongjun Zhu; Jiangen He
• Keywords: Institution; Promotion (chess); Academic institution; Academic Mobility; Rank (graph theory); Classification scheme

This paper uses two open science data sources—ORCID and the Carnegie Classification of Institutions Higher Education (CCIHE)—to identify tenure-track tenured professors in United States who have changed academic affiliations. Through a series cleaning processing actions, 5,938 met selection criteria professorship mobility. Using ORCID professor profiles Classification, this reveals patterns mobility from aspects institution types, locations, regions, funding mechanisms institutions, professors’ genders. We find that tended to move institutions with higher research intensity, such as those an R1 or R2 designation Classification. They also tend rural urban institutions. Additionally, finds female are more likely within same geographic region than male when they less research-intensive one, retain their rank attain promotion.