Hello,
I'm trying to put together a dissertation in Biophysics. I have several papers that I'd like to go into the thesis, similar to a stapled thesis, and my school does allow for this type of thesis. The problem is, the stapled papers don't provide a great narrative, and I think the thesis will feel fragmented. For example, my papers are mostly dealing with methods, and our new results are unpublished, but need to go in the thesis. Therefore, I though about kind of having a hybrid thesis, where a portion of the papers are stapled, and then there's still a results section. So maybe something like this:
Intro
Methods
- Paper 1
- Paper 2
- Method discussion that's not published 1
- Method discussion that's not published 2
Results:
- Paper 3
- Unpublished result1
- Unpublished result2
Discussion/Conclusion
Appendicies
In this way, I don't have to rewrite all of my papers, but I still can put a comprehensive narrative together. Do you think a thesis like this would be well-received? Any advice on the matter would be greatly helpful, thanks.
Hi
I think you should provide the methods and results in a flow and at the end you should indicate that the papers are in communication from certain parts of the thesis. May be you can also indicate the names of journals where they are communicated or in review process. This way your unpublished work will also get highlighted and the thesis would also not look fragmented. No need to put papers separately and increase the length of the thesis. This is my personal view. If your school permits to do as you suggested in the question, you can proceed that way too. Might be you can have a discussion with your supervisor regarding this thing and he/she would be the best source to guide you in this matter. Good Luck.
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