Uncovering patterns in the supervision of Spanish theses: a comprehensive analysis

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Highlights:

• Four distinct roles have been identified in the doctoral thesis supervision tasks.

• Most researchers spend between 8 and 15 years before supervising theses alone.

• In recent years, the independence of the supervisor is no longer relevant since the collaboration of supervisors has been encouraged.

• In all the periods analyzed, the least popular supervision role has been the Co-supervisor with own thesis supervisor role.

摘要

•Four distinct roles have been identified in the doctoral thesis supervision tasks.•Most researchers spend between 8 and 15 years before supervising theses alone.•In recent years, the independence of the supervisor is no longer relevant since the collaboration of supervisors has been encouraged.•In all the periods analyzed, the least popular supervision role has been the Co-supervisor with own thesis supervisor role.

论文关键词:Collaboration patterns,TESEO,Thesis supervisor,Thesis supervision,Spanish theses,Independence,Bibliometrics

论文评审过程:Received 18 November 2021, Revised 24 July 2022, Accepted 26 July 2022, Available online 10 August 2022, Version of Record 10 August 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101319