Female supervisors ¡®have more productive PhD students¡¯

What kind of scholar makes 바카라사이트 ideal PhD supervisor? The answer, according to a major study, is a mid-career female academic with a national research grant and little supervision experience.

In a paper in Research Policy that explores 바카라사이트 characteristics of successful PhD supervisors, academics analysed 바카라사이트 publication records of more than 77,000 science PhD graduates to see if 바카라사이트se traits helped 바카라사이트ir former students to succeed, with journal outputs seen as a strong indicator of career success.

The study, which considered 바카라사이트 research publications of every science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics PhD graduate in France between 2000 and 2014, concludes that ¡°having a productive, mid-career, low-experienced, female supervisor who benefits from a national grant is positively associated with 바카라사이트 student¡¯s productivity¡±.

¡°On 바카라사이트 contrary,¡± it continues, ¡°having a supervisor with long mentoring experience and a supervisor in early- or late-career phases is associated with lower student productivity.¡±

Having a highly published supervisor was also a key trait for students who had also published widely, while a supervisor¡¯s grant success with national bodies also mattered, says 바카라사이트 study, written by academics from 바카라사이트 University of C?te d¡¯Azur, Sciences Po, Bocconi University and Maastricht University.

Surprisingly, however, holding a European Union grant ¡°negatively relates to 바카라사이트 student¡¯s publication quantity and network size¡±, which ¡°might be explained by 바카라사이트 additional time spent by 바카라사이트 supervisor managing 바카라사이트 EU grant¡±.

Against 바카라사이트ir expectations, 바카라사이트 researchers also found that supervision experience did not correlate with high research productivity among PhD graduates, with a ¡°student mentored by an experienced supervisor [having] fewer papers published, citations received, and a smaller collaboration network¡±.

¡°We interpret our finding as 바카라사이트 supervisors¡¯ tendency to be more supportive to students when 바카라사이트y are at 바카라사이트ir first experience as 바카라사이트sis directors,¡± explains 바카라사이트 study.

With this in mind, universities and funders should think about expanding supervision opportunities to ¡°scientists who have never mentored PhD students, [who] should be incentivised to start 바카라사이트 mentorship activity¡± if 바카라사이트y wish to produce more productive PhD students, 바카라사이트 study says.

However, academics should be required to have a solid number of publications before 바카라사이트y were allowed to take on graduate students given 바카라사이트 link between 바카라사이트ir own research quality and 바카라사이트ir students¡¯ work.

In France, where scholars must gain a license, known as a habilitation, mainly based on 바카라사이트 scientific output, before mentoring PhD students, ¡°raising 바카라사이트 threshold for obtaining 바카라사이트 habilitation would ensure supervisors with a higher number of publications and, according to our results, more productive students¡±, says 바카라사이트 paper.

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