For a typical mathematician, the project entry includes graduation year, thesis title (in its Mathematics Subject Classification), alma mater, doctoral advisor, and doctoral students.

[1] Coonce retired from Mankato in 1999, and in the autumn of 2002 the university decided that it would no longer support the project.

[1] Thus, all relevant data from statistics, computer science, philosophy or operations research is welcome.

"[7] The genealogy information is obtained from sources such as Dissertation Abstracts International and Notices of the American Mathematical Society, but may be supplied by anyone via the project's website.

[2] Some historically significant figures who lacked a doctoral degree are listed, notably Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Isaac Newton.