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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2024.06.004

INFORMATION RESEARCH

Research on the Mentorship Collaboration Patterns from the Dual Perspectives of Co-authorship Relationships and Research Themes

  • Wei Yahui ,
  • Zhang Lin ,
  • Huang Ying
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  • 1 School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 400072;
    2 Center for Science, Technology & Education Assessment, Wuhan University, Wuhan 400072;
    3 Centre for R&D Monitoring, Catholic University of Leuven, LeuvenB-3000

Received date: 2023-08-14

  Revised date: 2023-10-30

  Online published: 2024-03-28

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This work is supported by the project of Natural Science Foundation of China titled “Gender Differences and Influence Mechanism in Researchers’ Career Development: Collaboration, Mobility and Academic Performance” (Grant No. 71974150).

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Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Mentoring relationship generally exists among researchers, analyzing the mentorship collaboration patterns of researcher holds significant importance in gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics and patterns of research collaboration between researchers and their mentors.[Methods/Process] Based on the co-authorship relationships and research themes of the academic publications, a conceptual model and identification method for mentorship collaboration patterns of researcher were proposed. From the perspective of co-authorship relationships, mentorship collaboration patterns were classified into four types, that is, guiding growth supportive development collaborative freedom and independent paths. When considering research themes, these patterns were categorized into three types, that is, heritage and continuation, collaborative development and independent exploration. Then, this study focused on doctors in the field of information science and investigated the characteristics of the mentorship collaboration patterns among researchers from a dual perspective.[Result/Conclusion] The study reveals that throughout a doctoral candidate’s academic career, mentorship collaboration patterns, regardless of the research perspective considered, undergo continuous changes and exhibit a variety of evolutionary paths and patterns. Furthermore, it finds that mentors’ implicit influence on the doctoral candidates’ academic growth based on the research content aspect significantly outweighs the explicit influence based on co-authorship of articles. On the other hand, doctoral candidates exhibit a stronger inheritance of themes from their mentors in the context of research topics. This study enriches the methodological framework for investigating mentorship collaboration patterns among researchers, providing crucial reference value for future relevant research endeavors.

Key words： co-authorship relationships; research theme; mentoring relationship; collaboration pattern

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Wei Yahui , Zhang Lin , Huang Ying . Research on the Mentorship Collaboration Patterns from the Dual Perspectives of Co-authorship Relationships and Research Themes[J]. Library and Information Service, 2024 , 68(6) : 30 -47 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2024.06.004

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