publication list in thesis

This page contains reference examples for published dissertations or theses, which are considered published when they are available from a database such as ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global or PDQT Open, an institutional repository, or an archive.

Can I include my published papers in my dissertation? Many graduate students publish their research prior to finalizing their thesis or dissertation. Indeed, in some fields, dissertations are comprised of one or more papers, with little other material.

List of publications is intended to cover both published manuscripts (articles) and unpublished ones (papers). Normally, you do not have the copyright to your own publications and must seek permission from the publishers to reproduce them.

Including papers that you have written for publication as part of your thesis shows your achievements and impact as a researcher. This page looks at some key considerations for including publications in your thesis and connecting them into a unified narrative.

Included publications: publications that are included as components that are distinct from the rest of the thesis. These must use a specific format. Included material: work that is drawn from your publications and combined with text that is written specifically for the thesis. In this page we refer to both of these as 'incorporated publications'.

Your aim should be to create a basic list of your publications preferably in a Microsoft Word document that will import easily into a webpage (a Google docs file is also OK). The list needs to be in a simple format – like a reference list you’d make for a journal article.

To cite a published thesis in APA style, it is important that you know some basic information such as the author, publication year, title of the thesis, institute name, archive name, and URL (uniform resource locator). The templates for an in-text citation and reference list entry of a thesis, along with examples, are given below:

Explore types of theses including publications, papers, journals, copyright and authorship as well as literature reviews and reference lists.

Multiple-paper strategy. The quickest strategy for converting (or “flipping”) a dissertation or thesis into one or more publishable articles is to use a multiple-paper format when initially writing the dissertation or thesis.

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.