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How to create a journal article from a thesis.
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Queensland, Australia. k.ahern@uq.edu.au
Nurse Researcher
|August 8, 2012
Summary
Publishing a thesis as a journal article offers career benefits but presents challenges. This study identifies strategies to help postgraduate students successfully navigate this process, making publication manageable.
Area of Science:
- Academic Publishing
- Scholarly Communication
Background:
- Publishing research from a postgraduate thesis offers significant career and knowledge-sharing benefits.
- Newly graduated students face obstacles in adapting thesis content for specialist journal publication.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify strategies that facilitate the publication of research derived from postgraduate theses or dissertations.
Main Methods:
- A literature search was conducted in Cinahl, Scopus, and Proquest databases (1990-2010).
- Keywords included 'journal article' or 'manuscript' and 'thesis' or 'dissertation'.
- Exclusion criteria involved authorship, academic level, PhD by publication, peer-review status, and language.
Main Results:
- The student-adviser relationship evolves, requiring negotiation of new roles.
- Students should anticipate that writing a paper from a thesis is challenging but manageable with appropriate strategies.
Conclusions:
- Universities could explore models where published papers precede thesis examination.
- Integrating paper writing into coursework is a potential alternative strategy.
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