In a recent Impact Blog post, Jørgen Carling outlined the reasons why he feels the PhD by publication is a good model for doctoral candidates to choose. Here, prompted by the relative scarcity of supporting resources available, Pirjo Nikander and Nelli Piattoeva offer advice for any prospective PhD-by-publication candidates looking to plan the writing of their integrative chapter. Crucial to convincing the readership (and examiners) of the scientific value of the PhD, the integrative chapter is more than a simple “mopping-up” activity at the end of a research project, and deserves careful attention and planning
Pre-printThe PhD is the highest formal qualification and signifies a scholar’s rite of passage as a ...
Historically the single authored paper has been a mainstay of social scientific and humanistic resea...
As the rate and volume of academic publications has risen, so too has the pressure on journal editor...
The phrase ‘publish or perish’ suggests that the purpose of academic writing is in and of itself to ...
The PhD by publication is an option increasingly available to doctoral candidates. This model can be...
Think of a research journal and you may imagine a well-thumbed notebook replete with insightful entr...
With more than 34,000 active scholarly peer-reviewed journals, how do authors choose which one to su...
One of the proposed advantages of open access publication is that it increases the impact of academi...
Early-career researchers are subject to higher levels of scrutiny than ever before, with publication...
The literature review is a staple of the scholarly article. It allows authors to summarise previous ...
Most readers of this essay will likely have written a PhD thesis, will be in the throes of writing o...
For many early-career researchers and those studying for a PhD, settling on which conference(s) to a...
Justin Gest author of Mass Appeal: Communicating Policy Ideas in Multiple Media asks why not publish...
Last year a number of early career academics discovered that their PhD theses, which had been deposi...
The outsized importance of publications has meant too many research students focus on featuring pape...
Pre-printThe PhD is the highest formal qualification and signifies a scholar’s rite of passage as a ...
Historically the single authored paper has been a mainstay of social scientific and humanistic resea...
As the rate and volume of academic publications has risen, so too has the pressure on journal editor...
The phrase ‘publish or perish’ suggests that the purpose of academic writing is in and of itself to ...
The PhD by publication is an option increasingly available to doctoral candidates. This model can be...
Think of a research journal and you may imagine a well-thumbed notebook replete with insightful entr...
With more than 34,000 active scholarly peer-reviewed journals, how do authors choose which one to su...
One of the proposed advantages of open access publication is that it increases the impact of academi...
Early-career researchers are subject to higher levels of scrutiny than ever before, with publication...
The literature review is a staple of the scholarly article. It allows authors to summarise previous ...
Most readers of this essay will likely have written a PhD thesis, will be in the throes of writing o...
For many early-career researchers and those studying for a PhD, settling on which conference(s) to a...
Justin Gest author of Mass Appeal: Communicating Policy Ideas in Multiple Media asks why not publish...
Last year a number of early career academics discovered that their PhD theses, which had been deposi...
The outsized importance of publications has meant too many research students focus on featuring pape...
Pre-printThe PhD is the highest formal qualification and signifies a scholar’s rite of passage as a ...
Historically the single authored paper has been a mainstay of social scientific and humanistic resea...
As the rate and volume of academic publications has risen, so too has the pressure on journal editor...