Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the structure and dynamics of PhD and doctoral thesis defenses in geographical sciences in 2010s. The modern nomenclature of specialties is considered; the number of councils on specialties awarding scientific degrees in geographical sciences is estimated. The current network of dissertation councils is analyzed and the distribution of councils by organizations and their types, by the set of specialties available in councils is shown. Purely geographical councils awarding academic degrees only in geographical sciences (monospecialized; having two or three specialties), and mixed dissertation councils, which award academic degrees in different sciences, are distinguished. The dynamics of defenses is considered in two sections: the place of geography among all fields of science and distribution of defenses among the geographical specialties. Specialties and dissertation councils with the largest and the smallest number of thesis defenses are singled out. The maximum number of defenses falls on the following specialties: economic geography, geoecology (geographical sciences) and physical geography; among the five leading dissertation councils by the number of defenses there are three councils at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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