Including Publications In Your Thesis
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 theÌýguidelines for including publicationsÌýÌýand the associatedÌý¹ó´¡²Ï²õÌýÌýto ensure that you are including a publication appropriately and consult with your supervisor regarding the structure of your thesis. You will also need theÌýStatement of AuthorshipÌýÌýform for all publications you include. You can view anÌýexample statement of authorshipÌý.
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 theÌýResearch Student Handbook.
How do I format my thesis when including publications?
In the you will find the essential components of a thesis in clause 3.3.Ìý It is always important that those parts are included.Ìý 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:
- 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 thesis.Ìý This will depend on factors such as discipline norms, depth/length of publications, student contribution to publications etc.
Example thesis formats
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 requirements.
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Example 1 - Thesis by publication
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
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Example 2 - Combination Thesis
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Materials and Methods
Chapter 3: Statement of Authorship and Publication 1 (Literature Review)
Chapter 4: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 5: Statement of Authorship and Publication 2
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 7: Statement of Authorship and Publication 3
Chapter 8: General Discussion
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Example 3 - Combination Thesis
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Chapter 3: Materials and Methods
Chapter 4: Statement of Authorship and Publication 1
Chapter 5: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 7: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 8: General Discussion
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Example 4 - Combination Thesis
Chapter 1: Introduction including literature review
Chapter 3: Materials and Methods
Chapter 4: Statement of Authorship and Publication – large
Chapter 5: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 8: General Discussion
Publication chapter formats
When you have additional information that should be included in addition to your publication.
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Example 1 - Publication with introduction
- Statement of Authorship
- Introduction – including specific aims and hypotheses
- Publication 1
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Example 2 - Publication with additional information
- Statement of Authorship
- Introduction – including specific aims, hypotheses
- Methods – results (including validation, preliminary) not included in the paper
- Results (including validation, preliminary) not included in paper
- Publication
- Discussion – expansion of paper discussion
Example ³ÉÈË´óƬ theses including publications
The following theses have incorporated publications well.Ìý As you will see there, other than ensuring that you have met the requirements of the is no set format or style that must be used.
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ECMS
Law, Cheryl Suwen (2019) Advanced Engineering of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Optical Sensing ApplicationsÌýÌý
Feenstra, John Erik (2018)Ìý Modelling the population and catchability of the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in South Australia and Victoria using commercial fisheries catch rate data
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Health and Medical Sciences
Amare, Azmeraw Tayelgn (2018) Genetic predictors of response to pharmacotherapy in patients with mood disorders: steps on the path to personalised psychiatry
Giezenaar, Caroline Gerda Thea (2018) Gastrointestinal mechanisms in the ‘anorexia of ageing’ – effects of dietary protein
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Professions
Edjigu, Habtamu Tesfaye (2019) Essays on international trade and firm performance
Haque, Qazi G M Ziaul (2018)Ìý Bayesian estimation of monetary DSGE models and testing for indeterminacyÌýÌý
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Sciences
Aubert, Matthew Kevern (2018) Molecular and genetic characterisation of early aleurone development in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Badger, Skye Michelle (2019) Quality of evidence used for the management of antimicrobial resistance in Australian animals
Other examples are available in the University Library: Ìý
Select Theses and do a key word search.