Can I publish a paper in a journal from my own publically defended PhD thesis?
As, when I run the manuscript for a journal paper through Turnitin, the plagiarism detection software, there comes a percentage (%) of similarity index from my own PhD thesis.
Now What should I do in this regard as to submit the manuscript from my own publically defended PhD thesis in a journal for its publication?
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Syed - yes - you can publish from your thesis. In fact, it's strogly encouraged that you would. The Turnitin match back to your own work is not an issue. You can't self-plagiarise.
Syed. It is always encouraged to publish papers from work created for your thesis. There are several advantages for successful publication (1) the peer-reviewer and editors will provide you with feedback to improve your work. (2) showing in your thesis that you have published 3 or 4 papers strengthen your thesis and make it difficult for external examiners to challenge your work. And (3) publication gives credit to your work and coin it in the literature, mainly if it is original work and adding to the progress of our knowledge in a particular field.
Thank you all respectable people of scientific community to guide me in this regard.
Even if you publish your article based on your own thesis, it is a good practice to acknowledge/cite your original source as much as possible.
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