| Ongoing doctoral study process to live by: A narrative inquiry into the doctoral identity construction experiences—A Chinese case X Sun, J Trent Frontiers of Education in China 15, 422-452, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Promoting agentive feedback engagement through dialogically minded approaches in doctoral writing supervision X Sun, J Trent Innovations in Education and Teaching International 59 (4), 387-397, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Shaping a sustainable doctoral pathway: a critical analysis of reflexive mediation between structure and agency in the PhD experience X Sun, J Trent Higher Education Research & Development 42 (2), 468-482, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| Conceptualising manifestations and shapers of doctoral student agency: A subject-centered approach X Sun, MWT Cheng Journal of Further and Higher Education 46 (7), 898-912, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Surfacing the conceptualizations of international PhD student agency: the necessity for an integrative research agenda X Sun, H Wu Higher Education 87 (5), 1569-1584, 2024 | 4 | 2024 |
| A life story study of PhD students (re) constructing their multivoiced identity X Sun Studies in Continuing Education 44 (3), 409-424, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| A temporal-agential lens on the reintegration experiences of Chinese early career STEM returnees X Sun, H Wu Studies in Higher Education, 1-13, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctoral pathways to imagined futures in higher education: two Hong Kong cases X Sun Teaching in Higher Education, 1-18, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academic return migration amidst North-to-South trend: an integrative inquiry into the case of Chinese international STEM researchers X Sun, H Wu Studies in Higher Education, 1-16, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Characterising multiple trajectories towards the reflexive PhD project within a neoliberalist landscape X Sun Higher Education 87 (5), 1453-1470, 2024 | | 2024 |
