Mentorship resources and citation-elite journal publication trajectories after training: Evidence from bioscience mentor-mentee networks

2026-09-11

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研究使用239,931对生物科学师生数据，通过分析毕业前后资源延续性对高被引期刊发表的影响，探讨导师资源如何支持学术生涯发展。

Abstract

Mentorship provides mentees with knowledge, collaborators, and reputation, but when do these resources support scholarship beyond training? Using 239,931 bioscience mentor-mentee pairs from the Academic Family Tree (1800-2020) linked to OpenAlex metadata, we examine this question through mentees' publication in citation-elite journals, identified by three source-level citation indicators. We distinguish training-period mentor and peer resources from post-graduation topic and coauthorship network continuity. Analyses combine trajectory comparisons, three propensity-score matching designs, PPML, two-part model and non-overlapping landmarks relating continuity in post-graduation years 1-3 to publication outcomes in years 4-10 and 6-20. Citation-elite journal publishing during mentorship is positively associated with later publishing, but correlates differ by career stage. Close mentor collaboration and larger peer group size characterize training-period publishing, whereas both are negatively associated with post-graduation publication probability and intensity. Early topic and network continuity are positively associated with later output in landmark analyses; across extended conventional windows, topic continuity becomes less favorable, consistent with later agenda broadening. Network continuity shows the most stable positive association with publication intensity. The findings suggest a stage-dependent resource-conversion process: training resources may facilitate entry into citation-elite journal publishing, whereas sustained output is associated with how intellectual and relational ties are retained or reconfigured.

Problem

• mentorship resources
• citation-elite journals
• publication trajectories
• career stage
• network continuity

Innovation

• citation-elite journals
• mentor-mentee networks
• propensity-score matching
• topic continuity
• network continuity