One of the major trends in academia today is the constant growth of the mobility of scientists. However, the unbalanced mobility of scientific elites can not only lead to institutional hierarchy in research sectors but also result in an “elite circulation” phenomenon. In this study, we collected the information on the institutional mobility of 10,918 laureates of 308 international academic awards, and constructed laureate mobility networks. Furthermore, we examined the structure of these networks by using several statistical approaches. We find that there are hierarchical structures in laureate mobility networks, both in different scientific fields and at different historical periods, indicating that only a few institutions link a higher number of laureates and most institutions at a lower number. In addition, the Gini coefficient shows a higher level of institutional inequality in laureate mobility networks over time.

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旧瓶装新酒？检查获奖者流动网络中的机构等级，1900-2017

当今学术界的主要趋势之一是科学家流动性的不断增长。然而，科学精英的不平衡流动不仅会导致研究部门的制度等级，还会导致“精英循环”现象。本研究收集了308个国际学术奖项的10918名获奖者的机构流动信息，构建了获奖者流动网络。此外，我们通过使用几种统计方法检查了这些网络的结构。我们发现，无论是在不同的科学领域还是在不同的历史时期，获奖者流动网络中都存在等级结构，这表明只有少数机构链接了更多的获奖者，而大多数机构的数量较少。此外，