Co-authorship between doctoral students and supervisors: motivations, reservations, and challenges

Figures & data

Table 1. Disciplinary distribution of doctoral students and supervisors

	Doctoral students	Supervisors
Psychology	29 (24%)	28 (22%)
Education	18 (15%)	26 (21%)
Languages and linguistics	18 (15%)	17 (13%)
Economics	17 (14%)	16 (13%)
History and archaeology	15 (12%)	13 (10%)
Philosophy	10 (8%)	10 (8%)
Literature	7 (6%)	9 (7%)
Others	7 (6%)	7 (6%)
Total	121 (100%)	126 (100%)

Table 2. Demographic information of doctoral students and supervisors

Demographic characteristics		Doctoral students
		N	%
Enrolment type	Full-time	97	80%
	Part-time	24	20%
Mode of thesis	Monograph thesis	84	69%
	Thesis-by-publication	35	29%
	Other	2	2%
Publication experience	Yes	85	70%
	No	36	30%
Co-authored with the supervisor	Yes	40	33%
	No	81	67%
		Supervisors
		N	%
Years of supervision	1–10 years	47	37%
	More than 10 years	79	63%
Co-authored paper(s) with the doctoral student	1–5	71	56%
	6–10	19	15%
	More than 10	36	29%
Academic level	Associate lecturer	1	1%
	Lecturer	8	6%
	Senior lecturer	20	16%
	Associate professor	37	29%
	Professor	59	47%
	Other	1	1%

Figure 1. Doctoral students’ motivations in co-authoring with supervisors

Figure 2. Supervisors’ motivations in co-authoring with doctoral students

Figure 3. Doctoral students’ reasons for not intending to co-author with their supervisors

Figure 4. Supervisors’ reasons for declining to co-author with their doctoral students

Figure 5. Challenges faced when co-authoring between doctoral students and supervisors

Figure 6. Supervisors’ views on whether co-authorship with a candidate is common in their disciplines