摘要 : Due to the globalization and standardization of higher education, doctoral education has undergone tremendous changes in the last few decades.1 One of the notable changes is that doctoral students are required to publish during th... 展开 Due to the globalization and standardization of higher education, doctoral education has undergone tremendous changes in the last few decades.1 One of the notable changes is that doctoral students are required to publish during their candidature, which has gradually become an essential requirement for obtaining a degree in many universities at home and abroad. A growing number of students are now under the mandate of 'publish or no degree.'2 For most doctoral students, the pressure and challenges they face come from the tight timeframe and their fledgling scholarly abilities. Despite the growing prominence of this issue, few studies have focused on doctoral students' scholarly publishing practices during their candidature. Against this background, this book, Publishing during Doctoral Candidature: Policies, Practices, and Identities, is a timely and welcome addition to the extant studies in this field. Drawing on neoliberalism and activity theory, this book reveals how policies, practices and identities shape the scholarly publication and their connections by carrying out an in-depth longitudinal study on six Chinese nursing doctoral students' scholarly publishing activities within the context of their doctoral studies. By examining the policies, practices and identities and exploring their interactions, the book offers useful guidance and inspiration on how doctoral students could cope with both internal and external pressure and challenges to successfully complete the publishing requirements during their candidature. 收起