Identification of unresolved problem
Formulation of aims and objectives.
TYPE-II: Cumulative Doctoral thesis: A modem but quite useful practice.
A book containing the pearls of a PhD work has standardized divisions and formats, where the number of pages should be weighted in terms of content rather than container. The book includes summary, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions, references and acknowledgements.
Two exercises are mandatory before starting a PhD programme:
Now comes the most crucial and functional part of the doctoral work, the materials/subjects and methods section. This part can be considered as the motor of the PhD work. The reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the motor must be checked before embarking on a long journey. Controlling the controls is the best guide for a precise and authentic work. Usually materials and methods contain components such as a description of the species involved, their number, age, weight and anthropometric parameters, types of surgical procedures and anesthesia if applied, and a detailed description of methodology. Continuous or point measurements should be thoroughly described. However, a dynamic method should always be preferred to static one.
The experimental protocol should be designed after a small pilot study, which is especially advisable in research on human subjects. A detailed and well-thought experimental protocol forms the basis of conditions under which the results would be obtained. Any deviation from the experimental protocol will affect the outcome, and the interpretation of results. It may be noted that great discoveries are usually accidental and without a protocol, based merely on careful observation! However, for the sake of a publication, a protocol has to be designed after the discovery. After having described the different phases of the experimental protocol with the help of a schematic diagram e.g., showing variables, time period and interventions, the selection of a statistical method should be discussed. Negative results should not be disregarded because they represent the boundary conditions of positive results. Sometimes the negative results are the real results.
It is usual practice that most PhD candidates start writing the methodological components first. This is followed by writing the results. The pre-requisites for writing results are that all figures, tables, schematic diagrams of methods and a working model should be ready. They should be designed in such a way that the information content of each figure should, when projected as a frame be visually clear to audience viewing it from a distance of about fifty feet. It is often observed that the presenters themselves have difficulty in deciphering a frame of the Power-Point being projected in a conference.
The results of a doctoral thesis should be treated like a bride. The flow of writing results becomes easier if all figures and tables are well prepared. This promotes the train of thoughts required to analyze the data in a quantitative fashion. The golden rule of writing results of a thesis is to describe what the figure shows. No explanation is required. One should avoid writing anything which is not there in a figure. Before writing one should observe each diagram for some time and make a list of observations in the form of key words. The more one has understood the information content of a figure; the better will be the fluency of writing. The interruption of the flow in writing most often indicates that an author has not understood the results. Discussion with colleagues or reference to the literature is the only remedy, and it functions sometimes like a caesarean procedure.
Statistical methods are good devices to test the degree of authenticity and precision of results if appropriately applied. The application of statistical technique in human studies poses difficulties because of large standard deviations. Outliers must be discussed, if they are excluded for the sake of statistical significance. Large standard deviations can be minimized by increasing the number of observations. If a regression analysis is not weighted, it gives faulty information. The correlation coefficient value can change from 0.7 to 0.4 if the regression analysis is weighted using Fisher’s test. The dissection of effect from artifact should be analysed in such a way that the signal to noise ratio of a parameter should be considered. A competent statistician should always be consulted in order to avoid the danger of distortion of results.
The legend of a figure should be well written. It contains a title, a brief description of variables and interventions, the main effect and a concluding remark conveying the original message. The writing of PhD work is further eased by a well maintained collection of data in the form of log book, original recordings, analyzed references with summaries and compiling the virgin data of the study on master plan sheet to understand the original signals before submitting to the procedures of statistics. The original data belong to the laboratory of an institution where it came into being and should be preserved for 5-7 years in the archive for the sake of brevity.
This is the liveliest part of a thesis. Its main goal is to defend the work by staging a constructive debate with the literature. The golden rule of this written debate should be that a rigid explanation looks backward and a design looks forward. The object is to derive a model out of a jig-saw puzzle of information. It should be designed in such a way that the results of the present study and those of authors from the literature can be better discussed and interpreted. Agreement and disagreement can be better resolved if one considers under what experimental conditions the results were obtained by the various authors. It means that the boundary conditions for each result should be carefully analyzed and compared.
The discussion can be divided into the following parts:
Another way of writing a doctoral work is a cumulative type of thesis. 11 It consists of a few original publications in refereed journals of repute. It is supplemented by a concise summary about the research work. This type of thesis is usually practiced in Sweden, Germany and other countries. It has the advantage of being doubly refereed by the journals and the faculty of health sciences. Additionally, papers are published during a doctoral work. A declaration has to be given to the faculty of science about the sharing of research work in publications, provided there are co-authors. The weightage should be in favour of the PhD candidate, so that the thesis can ethically be better defended before the team of august research faculty.
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I have seen Multiple bibliographies (cited references + list of publications) and How can I include a bibliography at the end of each part of a book? but could find an answer.
I am writing a thesis where there is an overall bibliography. Plus, I want to make a separate list of my own publications. I tried exactly this: http://memming.isloco.com/ but somehow a bibliography list is not created. Can you please tell, how can I make a separate publication list.
I am using university provided thesis, which includes natbib , so I am not sure if I can use other packages.
I would make a seperate LaTeX document for it, and then just include the resulting bibliography. You second document, let's say myrefs.tex might look like this:
Now you compile this by standard sequence latex + bibtex + latex + latex . In your real thesis you add the following:
This should add the bibliography from the second document into the first one, and the name of the chapter/section should be List of my Publications . Note that we could surely omit one of the two almost identical lines, and change \def to \renewcommand in the one we keep, but since different classes use \refname or \bibname , we better keep both lines to make things work robustly.
The easiest way to do so is to use the biblatex package! You can put libraries where you want. You should read the manual !
In case you want your publications inside a section (instead of creating a new chapter). The answers I found did not satisfy my needs. Thus, I post my research. Contents of MainFile:
Then compile with something like:
The only thing is that I don't know how to cite only specific items, let's say I have the contents of publications.bib and publications2.bib in the same file and I want to cite only certain items in the first btSect and other items in the second btSect .
EDIT: I found a way to do that
You need to execute as many bibtex MainFileX as btSect sections. Where X is 1,2,3...
bibliography.bib contents:
publications.bib contents
Probably there is a more elegant solution, but that is mine.
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Under the Thesis and examinations higher degrees by research policy (pdf, 199KB) , a research thesis is a coherent and cohesive narrative describing a body of scholarly activity that adds to knowledge.
At the University a collection of published papers is not a thesis, neither is a publication on its own sufficient to warrant the award of a research degree.
However, you can, and should, include papers you have published in your thesis. A thesis including publications (also called a thesis with publications) is one where the core chapters of your thesis consist of papers you have submitted for publication, have been accepted for publication, or have already been published. See our information on preparing your thesis for how to indicate that your thesis contains material you have published as part of your candidature.
A thesis including publication is suited to certain disciplines where your study progresses in discrete stages or involves a sequence of related components; for example, a series of lab experiments or several artworks.
One of the benefits of doing a thesis including publications is that you’ll graduate with a number of publications to your credit. This will get your career as a researcher off to a good start.
You need to check with your faculty/school or department to see if a thesis including publications is possible and to find out their specific requirements. For more information see the Thesis and examination of higher degrees by research policy (pdf, 199KB) .
The following is a general guide to some common requirements for a thesis including publications.
All chapters of your thesis can contain material previously published by you and need to be in a consistent format. Offprints are not considered chapters. These may be papers already published, submitted or accepted for publication, or not submitted.
Published papers need to be supplemented by an introduction (containing your aims and the context of the thesis) and a conclusion that synthesises the knowledge generated during your candidature. In some cases, thesis chapters are amended versions of published papers. The published papers are then put in the appendix.
Only papers researched and written during your candidature can be included in your thesis. Some faculties or schools allow you to include papers regardless of their stage of publication. In other cases, papers need to have been accepted for publication, not just submitted and awaiting acceptance. You need to check with your faculty/school or department regarding their requirements.
Papers need to be accepted by reputable, high-profile journals which require full peer review of contributions.
If you want your thesis to contain material you’ve published elsewhere, you need to get written permission from your publisher.
The University library has more information on copyright .
You should be the main contributor and/or lead author to the papers you include. This means you have been responsible for the key ideas, the development of the study and the writing of the paper. It’s possible to include papers co-written with other authors, as long as you have their permission (preferably in writing).
Find more information about authorship attribution statements and the format required.
The papers you submit need to form a cohesive whole. They need to be linked thematically, having a consistent focus on a particular topic. They also need a cohesive structure, including an introduction, explanatory material between the chapters and a conclusion.
The introduction and conclusion are particularly important in tying your thesis together. Coherence can be made explicit throughout your thesis. You could link your chapters using:
You don’t need all of these features, but the more links you can establish between the various parts of your thesis the more coherent it will be.
You need to include a list of publications either before or after the table of contents. In this section, you can link the publications to the specific chapter in which they are found. Many theses also record the bibliographical details of the article on the title page of each chapter.
If you need to include a co-author contribution statement, this is usually put with the list of publications or before each chapter.
Find more information about authorship statements and the format required.
There are different ways you can give context for your research when you do the literature review for each paper. For example:
Your final discussion section draws together the main points from the discussion in each chapter into a single discussion. You need to avoid presenting or repeating in detail your ideas in the final discussion chapter by chapter or aim by aim, as this will not meet the requirements of a thesis. A way of doing this is to frame the discussion broadly, always in respect to ‘this thesis/research project’ or ‘this thesis’.
Most theses show both the thesis page number and the journal article page numbers. However, you could omit the thesis page number.
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In your academic career, few projects are more important than your PhD thesis. Unfortunately, many university professors and advisors assume that their students know how to structure a PhD. Books have literally been written on the subject, but there’s no need to read a book in order to know about PhD thesis paper format and structure. With that said, however, it’s important to understand that your PhD thesis format requirement may not be the same as another student’s. The bottom line is that how to structure a PhD thesis often depends on your university and department guidelines.
But, let’s take a look at a general PhD thesis format. We’ll look at the main sections, and how to connect them to each other. We’ll also examine different hints and tips for each of the sections. As you read through this toolkit, compare it to published PhD theses in your area of study to see how a real-life example looks.
In almost every PhD thesis or dissertation, there are standard sections. Of course, some of these may differ, depending on your university or department requirements, as well as your topic of study, but this will give you a good idea of the basic components of a PhD thesis format.
As you put together your PhD thesis, it’s easy to get a little overwhelmed. Here are some tips that might keep you on track.
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Rather than writing a single book-like thesis examining a single topic, a PhD by Papers gives you the choice of writing a thesis comprising of several separate (though thematically unified) papers, in the style of philosophy journal articles.
Birmingham is one of the first philosophy departments in the UK to offer a PhD by Papers option and, although this style of PhD thesis is very popular at top US departments and offers many advantages for students, it is rare in the UK. The advantages include:
The Department of Philosophy was ranked 1st in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework exercise 2021 based on Grade Point Average (Times Higher Education).
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All students are encouraged to publish their research during candidature.
Publications both give you an advantage for future employment, and show your examiners that your research has been accepted through a peer review process already. It is very important that you read the guidelines for including publications and the associated FAQs to ensure that you are including a publication appropriately and consult with your supervisor regarding the structure of your thesis. You will also need the Statement of Authorship form for all publications you include. You can view an example statement of authorship .
Of course you are not required to include publications in your thesis, you can choose to submit a conventional thesis, a combination thesis with some publications and work written specifically for the thesis, or a thesis with a major work. Descriptions of the different thesis types are in the 'Thesis' section of the Research Student Handbook .
In the Specifications for Thesis you will find the essential components of a thesis in clause 3.3. It is always important that those parts are included. How to structure ‘the main body of work’ will depend on your publications, how many you are including and what additional information you need to include to ensure your reader (examiner) has a comprehensive understanding of your research.
The main challenges of including publications in a thesis are:
Note that thesis is no specific requirement for the number of publications that should be included in a thesis. This will depend on factors such as discipline norms, depth/length of publications, student contribution to publications etc.
Please use these as a guide only as suggested ways a thesis could be formatted, other formats will be accepted as long as they meet the Specifications for Thesis requirements.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Chapter 3: Materials and Methods
Chapter 4: Statement of Authorship and Publication 1
Chapter 5: Statement of Authorship and Publication 2
Chapter 6: Statement of Authorship and Publication 3
Chapter 7: Statement of Authorship and Publication 4
Chapter 8: Statement of Authorship and Publication 5
Chapter 9: Discussion and Conclusions
Chapter 2: Materials and Methods
Chapter 3: Statement of Authorship and Publication 1 (Literature Review)
Chapter 4: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 7: Statement of Authorship and Publication 3
Chapter 8: General Discussion
Chapter 5: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 7: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 1: Introduction including literature review
Chapter 4: Statement of Authorship and Publication – large
When you have additional information that should be included in addition to your publication.
The following theses have incorporated publications well. As you will see there, other than ensuring that you have met the requirements of the Specifications for Thesis, is no set format or style that must be used.
Law, Cheryl Suwen (2019) Advanced Engineering of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Optical Sensing Applications http://hdl.handle.net/2440/119957
Feenstra, John Erik (2018) Modelling the population and catchability of the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in South Australia and Victoria using commercial fisheries catch rate data http://hdl.handle.net/2440/118088
Amare, Azmeraw Tayelgn (2018) Genetic predictors of response to pharmacotherapy in patients with mood disorders: steps on the path to personalised psychiatry http://hdl.handle.net/2440/118191
Giezenaar, Caroline Gerda Thea (2018) Gastrointestinal mechanisms in the ‘anorexia of ageing’ – effects of dietary protein http://hdl.handle.net/2440/123238
Edjigu, Habtamu Tesfaye (2019) Essays on international trade and firm performance http://hdl.handle.net/2440/119402
Haque, Qazi G M Ziaul (2018) Bayesian estimation of monetary DSGE models and testing for indeterminacy http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114258
Aubert, Matthew Kevern (2018) Molecular and genetic characterisation of early aleurone development in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120200
Badger, Skye Michelle (2019) Quality of evidence used for the management of antimicrobial resistance in Australian animals http://hdl.handle.net/2440/122582
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6. I am currently on the job market in an academic field (mathematics). Several of the jobs I am applying to ask for a "publication list," distinct from the CV. My CV of course lists publications, and lists my PhD thesis separately, in the "education" section, under my degree. (Per this question: Can dissertation be included in publication part ...
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Acknowledgements, introductory material, and a list of publications do not belong in the Preface. Please put them respectively in the Acknowledgements section, the first section of the thesis, and the appendices. 6. Table of contents (required) 7. List of tables (required if document has tables) 8. List of figures (required if document has ...
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Guidelines for Formatting Theses, Dissertations, and DMA Documents is intended to help graduate students present the results of their research in the form of a scholarly document. Before beginning to write a master's thesis, PhD dissertation, or DMA document, students should read the relevant sections of the Graduate School Handbook, section ...
Spanning from the 'theses and quaestiones' of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D. 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard (Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, Ed.D. 1922).. Other highlights include:
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Literature review. Chapter 3: Methods. Chapter 4: Paper 1 & general discussion. Chapter 5: Paper 2. Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter - results. Chapter 7: Regular thesis chapter/general discussion tying in published and unpublished work.
A thesis is a long-term, large project that involves both research and writing; it is easy to lose focus, motivation, and momentum. Here are suggestions for achieving the result you want in the time you have. The dissertation is probably the largest project you have undertaken, and a lot of the work is self-directed.
Theses which include publications in a "thesis with publications" style can typically be slightly shorter; for example the typical PhD length is 80,000 words, but a PhD including publications as distinct components has a typical length of 50,000-80,000 words).
Theses may be nominated for publication in this series by heads of department at internationally leading ... Each thesis should include a foreword by the supervisor outlining the significance of its content. The theses should have a clearly defined structure including an introduction accessible to new PhD students and scientists not expert in ...
The Thesis Including Published Works is not a different degree, rather, it is a thesis format that includes papers that have been accepted or published during the student's enrolment in the relevant graduate research degree at Monash. A thesis in this format must reflect a sustained and cohesive theme related to a defined research project.
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Additionally, papers are published during a doctoral work. A declaration has to be given to the faculty of science about the sharing of research work in publications, provided there are co-authors. The weightage should be in favour of the PhD candidate, so that the thesis can ethically be better defended before the team of august research faculty.
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1.3 All PhD theses must form a coherent body of interrelated work that shows ability for critical analysis. Therefore it is important that a PhD thesis including publications must present a similar body of work to that expected in a monograph style thesis. Where publications are to be included, they should in effect form a thesis chapter
I would make a seperate LaTeX document for it, and then just include the resulting bibliography. You second document, let's say myrefs.tex might look like this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{natbib} % whatever you need here, basically a good idea is to use your real thesis header \begin{document} Hello world! \nocite{*} \bibliographystyle{mystyle} \bibliography{myrefbibfile} \end{document}
A thesis including publication is suited to certain disciplines where your study progresses in discrete stages or involves a sequence of related components; for example, a series of lab experiments or several artworks. One of the benefits of doing a thesis including publications is that you'll graduate with a number of publications to your ...
The bottom line is that how to structure a PhD thesis often depends on your university and department guidelines. But, let's take a look at a general PhD thesis format. We'll look at the main sections, and how to connect them to each other. We'll also examine different hints and tips for each of the sections.
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A Doctorate with Publications requires a candidate to present a thesis comprising typically between two and six research papers/publications. The exact number of publications included in the thesis may vary by discipline. Students may write a monograph thesis and publish just one paper. The publications may be various stages of publication at ...
Our PhD by Papers means your work towards publishable papers is always work towards the PhD thesis, improving your academic job prospects along the way. The Department of Philosophy was ranked 1st in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework exercise 2021 based on Grade Point Average (Times Higher Education).
The main challenges of including publications in a thesis are: Maintaining flow of the thesis; Adding information to your thesis that was not possible in the publication due to style or word limits for so the research presented is complete ; Note that thesis is no specific requirement for the number of publications that should be included in a ...