Figure 1From: Impact of international experience on research capacity of Chinese health professionals Total IF and NSFC of ‘resident’ and ‘returning’ professionals. (a) Total IF of ‘resident’ and ‘returning’ professionals. (b) NSFC of ‘resident’ and ‘returning’ professionals. Group A/A1/A2: ‘returning’ professionals; Group B/B1/B2: ‘resident’ professionals. NSFC: National Natural Science Foundation of China. For 3 paired samples (Group A and Group B, Group A1 and Group B1 and Group A2 and Group B2) statistical differences were found for total IF of papers (**P < 0.01) and the number of NSFC (**P < 0.01).Back to article page