The National Academies have published several reports related to career planning, including a series of publications ranking U.S. doctoral programs in several different disciplines. Other topics include scientific ethics and the experiences of women in science, engineering and medicine.

• Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond (1996)
  
  
• Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations and Disciplinary Societies (2000)
  
  
• Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering (1997)
  

• Assessing Research-Doctorate Programs: A Methodology Study (2003)
  
  
• Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change (1995)
  
  
• Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Data Set (2000)
  
  
• Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States 1995 Profile (1998)
  
  
• Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists (1998)
  
  
• Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century (2000)
  
  
• Humanities Doctorates in the United States: 1995 Profile (1997)
  

• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (1995)
  

• Achieving XXcellence in Science: Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Women in Science (2004)
  
  
• From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers (2001)
  
  
• Who Will Do the Science of the Future?: A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science (2000)
  
  
• The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science (2000)
  
  
• Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (2000)