It's a doctoral dissertation. Typically this means that it itself is not published in a peer-reviewed journal, but was reviewed and accepted by the person's dis

It's a doctoral dissertation. Typically this means that it itself is not published in a peer-reviewed journal, but was reviewed and accepted by the person's dissertation committee. That being said, dissertations typically contain information that the candidate has previously published during the pursuit of their degree. You can find the author's published works here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m0y4wxsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m0y4wxsAAAAJ&hl=en...