Analysis on the Demand of Top Talent Introduction in Big Data and Cloud Computing Field in China Based on 3-F Method

Big data and cloud computing, which can help China to implement innovation-driven development strategy and promote industrial transformation and upgrading, is a new and emerging industrial field in China. Educated, productive and healthy workforces are necessary factor to develop big data and cloud computing industry, especially top talents are essential. Therefore, a three-step method named 3-F has been introduced to help describing the distribution of top talents globally and making decision whether they are needed in China. The 3-F method relies on calculating the brain gain index to analysis the top talent introduction demand of a country. Firstly, Focus on the high-frequency keywords of a specific field by retrieving the highly cited papers. Secondly, using those keywords to Find out the top talents of this specific field in the Web of Science. Finally, Figure out the brain gain index to estimate whether a country need to introduce top talents of a specific field abroad. The result showed that the brain gain index value of China's big data and cloud computing field was 2.61, which means China need to introduce top talents abroad. Besides P. R. China, those top talents mainly distributed in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands and France.