Venezuela's brain drain is accelerating

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Your interview with the president of the Latin American Academy of Sciences, Claudio Bifano, barely reflects the scale of the scientific

crisis in Venezuela (_Nature_ 535, 336–337; 2016). Its academic brain drain, for instance, is worse than indicated. The figures you quote for scientists leaving Venezuela are from a preprint

we released at the end of last year. Since then, the number has swollen rapidly from 1,504 to 1,820 — up from 1,783 in July, when the full paper was published (J. Requena and C. Caputo

_Interciencia_ 41, 444–453; 2016). The latest tally represents almost 15% of Venezuela's scientists, who account for some 33% of its research publications. This rapid loss is coupled

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AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Venezuela Jaime Requena Authors * Jaime Requena View author publications You can also

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