Outflow patterns, geographic distribution, and core-periphery structure: a social network analysis of ASEAN-5+3 student flows
Minhui Chen
Student mobility is a significant indicator of the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) regional integration identity. ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and +3 (China, Japan and South Korea) student flows are examples of APT. Focusing on student mobility through the lens of Social Network Analysis (SNA) can help shed light on its underlying structural features. An updated top-five relative ranking score for each ASEAN-5+3 country in relation to student outflows formed the basis o