TABLE 1.

Details of the data.

Data source	Details	Information elicited
Main data
Reflective journals	Written by Yuxi during her study at MU	Yuxi’s conceptual development in research-teaching nexus and the influencing factors
Literature-reading notes	Written by Yuxi during her study at MU	Yuxi’s conceptual development in research-teaching nexus and the influencing factors
Interaction notes	Written by the first author during a 4-year time	Yuxi’s professional development brought by the progress in research-teaching perception and its continual advances
Supplementary data
Related literature	Mentioned by Yuxi in the reflective journals, literature-reading and interaction notes	To cross-check with the main data