The thesis defense as an academic rite: a call for institutional standards of conduct and excellence in postgraduate programs [PDF]
The public defense of a master’s dissertation or doctoral thesis is a defining moment in postgraduate education. It represents both an academic evaluation and a ceremony that marks the transition of a researcher into an independent scientific career. Yet
Diego Adão +8 more
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What do the differences and commonalities in doctoral dissertation acknowledgments across disciplines reveal? [PDF]
Acknowledgments in academic dissertations occupy a unique role within scholarly communication. Prior research has investigated acknowledgments through lenses such as funding attribution, genre analysis, and linguistic features.
Kexin Yang, Jingwen Han, Huibin Zhuang
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The Science of Literature Reviews: Searching, Identifying, Selecting, and Synthesising
The ability to conduct an explicit and robust literature review by students, scholars or scientists is critical in producing excellent journal articles, academic theses, academic dissertations or working papers.
Uchendu Eugene Chigbu +2 more
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The objective of this work was to establish the bibliometric profile of Tunisian theses in ‘general surgery’ and to describe their themes, their study designs, and their writing quality.
Mohamed Azzaza +6 more
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Studies in Turkiye within the context of Gender: An Overview of Postgraduate Dissertations
The gender issue is a relatively new topic in migration studies. However, with increasing awareness, it has gained growing popularity among research topics dealing with human mobility.
Filiz Göktuna Yaylacı
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The Study of Audiences in dedication pages of Academic and seminary Theses Presented After the Islamic Revolution with Emphasis on Cultural and Communication Role [PDF]
Objective: Theses are among the first-hand scientific and research resources that have a dedication page. The main purpose of this study is to examine the audience of dedication pages of the academic and seminary theses presented after the Islamic ...
Ali Sadeghzadeh Vayghan
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József Tóth was an outstanding figure in Hungarian geography. This article aims to present his scientific talent management at the University of Pécs through the data of his PhD students (n=63).
Győri, Ferenc
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Academic and professional profile and impact of graduates from the Nephrology Graduate Program at UNIFESP [PDF]
Introduction: Graduate studies in Brazil have experienced significant growth since the 1990s. Over a 40-year period, the Graduate Program in Nephrology at Unifesp has qualified 261 master’s graduates, 111 doctors and 146 individuals who completed both a ...
Pablo Ferraz +2 more
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Dissertation-to-Book Publication Patterns Among a Sample of R1 Institutions
INTRODUCTION A common concern about openly available electronic theses and dissertations is that their “openness” will prevent graduate student authors from publishing their work commercially in the future.
Jen Waller, Karen Rupp-Serrano
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(1) Many undergraduate students struggle to produce a good literature review in their dissertations, as they are not experienced, do not have sufficient time, and do not have the required skills to articulate information.
Gary K. W. Wong, Simon Y. K. Li
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