Hi,

Your question deserves a search, because off hand it seems that the percentage is low. Nevertheless, the publication in a quality journal is important for the student's CV, and for the possibility of an academic career.

100% PhD scholars obey the conditions of PhD degree requirements.

Muhammad Jahangir Khan The question is percent of graudates who published and it is not who obey or didn't obey the regulation.

The PhD students have the obligation to publish at least two articles/chapters before presenting their thesis. In my opinion, It is difficult to articulate the innovative research of the Thesis with this related papers, but still more divulgative than a book.

In my department (Environmental Engineering) we don't make exact statistics on this. At least 80% fulfill the 2 paper criteria. There is no criteria about impact factor 3, but most journals we use are above 3.

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In my group 100% obtained such a score :)

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This is a very good question for academic discourse. It is a worthy criterion on its own for beaming light into research advancement in any country, developed or developing.

@kamoru most universities don't keep data on students publications used for graduation. Yet the curriculum drafted the regulations. Future students want to measure themselves against the data and such data is highly valuable both for students and university. It will give transparency and fair treatment to PhD students. I realized that some students get intentional support without the quality of their work being considered. Without much work they get praise and awards while others were treated unfairly while they had produced far more than their colleagues. So, I thought such data should be revealed and phd students need to know it . This prepares them to produce more and stand for the right to be treated fairly.

Good Question

Irrespective of the university requirements for a PhD, in my opinion, every PhD candidate should aim at producing at least 3 publications from their work before graduation. This is good for their future academic career rating in sourcing for research grants. It is also a proof that someone has attained the international basics of academic competence (knowledge generation, packaging and dissemination) in their field of expertise. As for the percentage of those who attain this, i have no idea.

Peter Wilberforce Olupot Do you think the data is useful? Because a PhD student may want to measure herself/himself before defending his/her PhD. In most natural science departments the rate of PhD publications is very low. Some may publish before starting their PhDs or later after defending their thesis. But that doesn't count as a PhD work. PhD work is bounded by so many factors: course work, time (3 years mostly) and other research constraints. So, in my observations very few students publish 2 or more in their 3 years of stay as a PhD student. That means at least 1 publication per year. Plus I observed those who publish well don't get credits sometimes and this is why such data is useful because it gives the student in what percent his/her performance lies and gives the confidence. Otherwise, with the current situation, where there is no data, anyone with low academic reputation may target students who perform very well. Such data can avoid such biases towards students.

In my opinion, almost all top universities ask their students to publish TWO or more good journal papers before submitting the Ph.D. thesis. These good journals are indexed (preferably SCI). Therefore, it has some impact factor (IF) allotted by the Web of Science. I am not sure that the IF is often more than 3 because some reputed journals have IF even less than 3. In some special cases, professors allow their students to submit the thesis with just ONE journal paper or without any journal papers. However, such cases are exceptional and have several reasons for it (one of the main reasons include many years of working in the area, i.e., 5 or more). In top Indian universities (engineering) such as IITs and NITs, TWO journal papers are necessary before submitting the thesis but not compulsory. As per my observations, over 90% of Ph.D. scholars get TWO or more SCI journals before they request their supervisors to allow the thesis to be submitted. In reality, supervisors believe that having quality publications as proof of the leadership quality among the scholars to handle future challenges of their respective field which is the ultimate quality of a Ph.D. holder. Therefore, they push the students to come with SCI papers with good IF preferably more than 2. This more than 2 IF is based on my observation and not necessarily asked by professors. Rather, the professor asks the students to publish in reputed journals which they have listed as per their experience.

One more thing, professors do not like paid journals even though they have high IF. There are many SCI journals which are paid, although peer-reviewed not preferred by the Professor. Even in fully Open Access (OA) journals (not hybrid one i.e, optional OA) which are peer-reviewed, it is less likely for a professor to allow their students to publish in such journals.

Hope that I have answered this question properly.

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This is depending on the university and team research...

See, it does not matter much what the Impact factor (IF) of the journal is. What matter is it should be SCI/SCIE indexed (and non-paid). Various reputed journal have low IF. Having low IF does not mean its quality is bad. It can be opposite. For example, IF depends upon the number of citations a journal papers received. Now if the journal publishes very less paper then it is obvious that its IF will be less as compared to journals which receives and publish more papers. The reason for publishing less paper could be the time the paper undergoes for review. Thus, it might be tough to publish in low IF journal. Instead of counting how many papers one publish what should matter is the quality of the content in the paper. As long as the contribution is significant then 2 or 3 papers publication is enough for submitting the Ph.D. (since there must be at least 2 or 3 papers so that the thesis can be written!).

Following.

I published 21 papers during my phd (10 as first and 6 as last author) on international journals with impact factor

This might be a silly question, but I'd ask anyway, so when you guys talk about publications, does it include book review? Thank you.

Hi,

I assume that this percent is low. Usually doctorate students publish their first paper as an extension of their thesis or dissertation, and this might take a long time since they are involved mostly with finishing their degree.

Karolinska Institutet, where I did my PhD, requires 4 papers — and st least 2 published before the thesis defense. Every docotral candidate meets this requirement.

In my opinion, PhD candidates should try to produce at least two-three papers and publish in impact factor journals before completing their doctorate. It will be extremely helpful in their academic career after graduation.

I agree with @Muhammad Salman. Irrespective of the university requirements make sure you produce two or three publications before graduation as a PhD student.

Many reputable universities abroad use the approaches outlined by Peter Bai James. Personally, the conventional monograph PhD academic route has outlived its usefulness because of open science.

Hi,

It depends on the discipline, and the dynamic of publishing in ones' area of research. I know that in physics and in computer science it is expected that the student will publish several papers before completing their dissertation. In the social sciences this is not a must. In the humanities it is not an obligation.

It will be cumbersome to place one's neck on the exact proportion of doctoral students who publish in high impact factor destinations but the numbers have been appreciable currently. Irrespective of the PhD requirements, most young people have seen the relevance of scientific publications. Several of them even publish before they commence a PhD. It nowadays appears that the majority of PhD students publish from their methodologies, theoretical underpinnings, PhD data, or other related data before they graduate compared to some 10 years ago.

For me, there are no criteria and IF also does not matter in Ph.D. It depends on the quality of work and solutions related to your problem.

In my opinion, this largely depends on the discipline, philosophy of training and the expected outcomes regarding the capacity of doctoral graduates. From a management science perspective at UP, we were only required to submit to a reputable journal to graduate. Though this is after a rigorous examination process which is a combination of external and internal assessors. In my case, I eventually published 4 journal articles from my doctoral research work, and this because I stayed back for a couple of years for postdoc training. By and large, publications are necessary particularly for PhDs who intend to follow through with academia, as it amplifies your scholarly voice and provides visibility. However, it should not be a prerequisite to a doctorate.

I think it depends on the policy of the school. For some schools, students are required to publish a specific number of journal articles before their final defense, while this is not the case with some other schools. But in my own opinion, a Ph.D. candidate should be capable of carrying out independent research, and it should be made a policy that every candidate of a doctorate should have published at least 2 papers focusing on specific directions of their theses before they are allowed to do their final examinations.