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10 paper recommendations

  • Afonja, S., Salmon, D. G., Quailey, S. I., & Lambert, W. M. (2021). Postdocs’ advice on pursuing a research career in academia: A qualitative analysis of free-text survey responses. PLOS ONE, 16, e0250662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250662
  • Campbell, S. P., Fuller, A. K., & Patrick, D. A. (2005). Looking beyond research in doctoral education. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 3(3), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0153:LBRIDE]2.0.CO;2
  • Edwards, K. A., Acheson-Field, H., Rennane, S., & Zaber, M. A. (2023). Mapping scientists’ career trajectories in the survey of doctorate recipients using three statistical methods. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 8119. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34809-1
  • Gibbs, K. D., & Griffin, K. A. (2013). What do I want to be with my PhD? The roles of personal values and structural dynamics in shaping the career interests of recent biomedical science phd graduates. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 12(4), 711–723. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.13-02-0021
  • Hubbard, K. E., & Dunbar, S. D. (2017). Perceptions of scientific research literature and strategies for reading papers depend on academic career stage. PLOS ONE, 12(12), e0189753. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189753
  • McAlpine, L., & Emmioğlu, E. (2015). Navigating careers: Perceptions of sciences doctoral students, post-PhD researchers and pre-tenure academics. Studies in Higher Education, 40(10), 1770–1785. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.914908
  • Might, M. (2010). The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. Retrieved from http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
  • Reithmeier, R., O’Leary, L., Zhu, X., Dales, C., Abdulkarim, A., Aquil, A., Brouillard, L., Chang, S., Miller, S., Shi, W., Vu, N., & Zou, C. (2019). The 10,000 PhDs project at the University of Toronto: Using employment outcome data to inform graduate education. PLOS ONE, 14(1), e0209898. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209898
  • Schwartz, M. A. (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science, 121(11), 1771–1771. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.033340
  • Sinche, M., Layton, R. L., Brandt, P. D., O’Connell, A. B., Hall, J. D., Freeman, A. M., Harrell, J. R., Cook, J. G., & Brennwald, P. J. (2017). An evidence-based evaluation of transferrable skills and job satisfaction for science PhDs. PLOS ONE, 12(9), e0185023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185023