Abstract
The results of a survey of the international community of scholars and professionals involved in the practice and study of doctoral education are reported. Its purpose was to identify the most influential publications in the discipline and its most influential writers. The use of citation analysis as a method is discussed, and the reasons for rejecting it are explained. Instead, an online questionnaire was developed and participation invited through an email circulated via the mailing lists of a number of relevant and regularly-held conferences across the world, a number of relevant Jiscmail mailing lists, a number of relevant LinkedIn groups and other channels. A total of 151 individuals accessed the questionnaire, although not all completed it in full. In addition to identifying the most influential publications and the most influential writers in the discipline of doctoral education, the paper also analyses the gender patterns of the authorship of the identified publications. The range of influential publications items including books (109), articles (94), short works/chapters (12) and reports and other items (34) addressing a broad range of topics. The most common countries from which first authors were drawn is Australia, the UK and the US. Of the most frequently 13 nominated works, all but one had first been published after 2000, and five of them had male first-authors and the remaining eight female. Of the 16 most influential writers identified by respondents, all but two are female and the list includes individuals drawn from five countries (Australia, UK, US, Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand). The article provides a guide to influential (and potentially useful) literature for use in development activities designed for research students, their supervisors and others involved in the practice and management of doctoral education. It also identifies areas for further research.
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