Objective. In this article, the academic mobility of Brazilian doctoral students moving from their home cities to other Brazilian cities including other countries is examined. Design/Methodology/Approach. The LattesDataXplorer tool was used to extract curriculum data from the Lattes Platform. 308,317 resumes were collected in May 2019, since then the data have been filtered, obtaining relevant data for the research. After extracting the data, they were enriched with the integration of other data sources, thus enabling the characterization of bibliometric networks for the analyses. Results/Discussion. It was possible to measure distances traveled by Brazilian doctors throughout their academic training, as well as to point out the cities, states, and countries whose doctors most meet in the academic journey and the relationships between these locations. Thus, making it possible to obtain a portrait of how the Brazilian scientific exodus occurs. In general, more than 90% of curricula have information on the academic background at each level of education. The average distance of 291 km between birth and place of formation at the graduation level is strongly influenced by outliers. Individuals choose to travel shorter distances throughout the academic training process, being the geographic location a strong influence on the migratory process for training. Conclusions. The United States represents the country where individuals choose to move the most. Regarding international migration, there is more preference for European countries than South American ones. When it comes to intra-regional migration, students prefer those states where the most relevant universities are located. Originality/Value. The article presents the results of original research focusing on the Brazilian scientific community. Distances performed by doctoral students throughout their academic trajectory are measured, as well as the main locations where they tend to move.

Percebe-se que a mobilidade de indivíduos tem se tornado cada vez mais presente no Brasil, em que uma das razões para tal fenômeno são indivíduos que optam por se capacitar em localizações diferentes da sua oriunda, ressaltando alguns destes que decidem ir para outros países em busca de melhores oportunidades. Diante deste cenário, este trabalho tem por objetivo efetuar uma análise do fluxo percorrido pelos doutores brasileiros no período de sua formação acadêmica. Para tanto foram extraídos os currículos de todos os doutores brasileiros de todas as áreas do conhecimento cadastrados na Plataforma Lattes, efetuando uma filtragem dos dados relevantes para a pesquisa, sendo possível mensurar como ocorre a mobilidade acadêmica brasileira a nível internacional. Como resultado observou-se que as principais capitais dos estados responsáveis pela maioria das universidades que possuem cursos de pós-graduação possuem grande influência no processo de migração para capacitação.

In recent years, a fact that stands out in other locations on the planet is the displacement of individuals to different areas at some point in their lives. Several causes motivate displacement. Among them, one of the main reasons for training at a high level of academic training. Given this scenario, this work aims to analyze how Brazilian academic mobility occurs through data extracted from the Lattes Platform. They were filtered after extracting the data, thus obtaining only the data relevant to the research. After processing the extracted data, removing irrelevant and incomplete terms and, finally, improving the data with information on the geographic location of each institution analyzed. As a result, it was possible to obtain a picture of how scientific training in Brazil takes place, making it possible to measure the migratory flow of individuals and trends in training processes.

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The migration of Brazilians has become more and more frequent nowadays, with the main purpose of obtaining better living conditions. Studies indicate that one of the main reasons for migration is the search for training at a high level of training. Therefore, in this scenario, this research has as main objective to analyze the exodus of Brazilian students during their academic formation process, from data extracted from their curricula registered in the Lattes Platform with the adoption of network analysis techniques. The Lattes Platform was used for referring to one of the main Brazilian academic repositories, and for having relevant information for this research. Therefore, the LattesDataXplorer framework was used for the extraction and treatment of the data. Subsequently, the data set of individuals with a doctorate completed were selected because they are individuals with a higher level of education and who maintain a constant update of their curricula. Once this was done, data was enriched with geolocation and information from the institutions where they trained, in order to obtain results from distances covered by doctors. As a way of visualizing data, network analysis was used, and metrics were used to obtain an overview of how the Brazilian scientific exodus occurs. A high concentration of doctors is perceived in cities with a higher concentration of universities that have postgraduate programs at the master's and doctoral level, as well as being characterized by having higher incomes per capita.