ERIC Number: EJ1246884
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
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PhD by Publication: Innovative Approach to Social Science Research, or Operationalisation of the Doctoral Student … or Both?
Higher Education Research and Development, v39 n2 p288-301 2020
The PhD by Publication offers doctoral students an opportunity to focus on publishing during their candidature. A considerable body of literature has explored questions of legitimacy, consistency and quality of this model of scholarship, while students have reflected on how this approach helped build a publishing track record and develop skills associated with writing scholarly articles [Jackson, D. (2013). Completing a PhD by publication: A review of Australian policy and implications for practice. "Higher Education Research & Development," 32(3), 355-368; Robins, L., & Kanowski, P. (2008). PhD by publication: A student's perspective. "Journal of Research Practice," 4(2), 1-20]. However, there is a need to explore how this approach both shapes and reflects the student experience of doctoral studies. This auto-ethnographical article analyses my own experience of the PhD by Publication. On the one hand, this method suited my multidisciplinary research topic and approach to research and assisted the flexibility and creativity of my research. On the other, I began to view my value as a researcher and the value of my research, in terms of the quantitative performance metrics of research in output, citation counts and h-index. Concept of performativity, I analyse how the PhD by Publication potentially reshapes what it is to be a doctoral student, and how the value of doctoral students is construed by themselves and others within their university.
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Writing for Publication, Skill Development, Writing Skills, Ethnography, Doctoral Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, Innovation, Self Concept, Entrepreneurship, Employment Potential, Competition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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