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Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions

Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 6.4k research works in it since 1951. 25.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the experiences, challenges, and development of doctoral students, including topics such as graduate school socialization, research supervision, mental health in academia, publication rates, and career trajectories in the academic and industry sectors.

  • Doctoral Education
  • Graduate School Socialization
  • Research Supervision
  • PhD Student Well-being
  • Academic Career Preparation
  • Publication Rates
  • Mental Health in Academia
  • Postdoctoral Experience
  • Thesis Writing
  • Career Trajectories
Research works
6.4k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+48%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (535 and 163 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 535 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 163 works
  3. 3 China 101 works
  4. 4 Australia 86 works
  5. 5 South Africa 79 works
  6. 6 Canada 66 works
  7. 7 France 48 works
  8. 8 Russia 45 works
  9. 9 Germany 40 works
  10. 10 Sweden 33 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 44.7%United Kingdom: 13.6%China: 8.5%Australia: 7.2%6 others listed: 26.0%45%largest
United States535 · 44.7%United Kingdom163 · 13.6%China101 · 8.5%Australia86 · 7.2%6 others listed311 · 26.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National Research University Higher School of Economics publishes the most Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research, followed by Pennsylvania State University and Virginia Tech.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 11 works
  2. 2 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 Virginia TechUnited States 9 works
  4. 4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 9 works
  5. 5 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 8 works
  6. 6 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 8 works
  7. 7 University of OtagoNew Zealand 8 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 University of Hong KongHong Kong 7 works
  10. 10 Texas Tech UniversityUnited States 7 works

Where is Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research done?

The largest centres of Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 25 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 24 works
  3. 3 Paris France 24 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 23 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 19 works
  6. 6 Pretoria South Africa 16 works
  7. 7 Johannesburg South Africa 15 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C. United States 13 works
  9. 9 Montreal Canada 13 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions?

Among universities, judged by research, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Stellenbosch University and University of Johannesburg score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 28.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Research University Higher School of Economics: 11, 43.2%Stellenbosch University: 8, 41.6%University of Johannesburg: 9, 12.2%Pennsylvania State University: 10, 29.9%Virginia Tech: 9, 17.0%National Research Un…Stellenbosch Univers…Pennsylvania State U…University of Johann…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 89.743.2%16.0×11 +196.3%
2 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 63.241.6%13.2×8 +32.6%
3 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 41.512.2%8.3×9 +268.5%
4 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 31.029.9%6.1×10 +17.0%
5 Virginia TechUnited States 30.517.0%9.4×9 +25.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.