Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Robert Major

New Zealand marine scientist

Wikidata names Andrew Jeffs as doctoral advisor and names Miles Lamare as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and OpenAlex.

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Theses

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

The line above and below1 step

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Education and career3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.