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It is wildly different, true. In some areas, it is not uncommon to see PhD "thesis" that is essentially an intro stapled to 3-4 papers. It's also true that pu
by ska 3y ago
It is wildly different, true. In some areas, it is not uncommon to see PhD "thesis" that is essentially an intro stapled to 3-4 papers.
It's also true that publication rates post PhD vary wildly as well, e.g. expectations for a tenure packet.
However, it's also fair to say that expected publication rate has significantly grown universally. A generation or two ago, a solid career could be built on a handful of high impact papers. That's hard to imagine now.
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- jampekka 3y agoThat thesis format is the norm in Finland in sciency fields and also in some arts. You can write a monograph (essentially a book) instead but that's frowned upon. Especially by admin because the papers bring the univerisity more money than monographs. Nowadays piles of inconsequential papers where you contributed little but your name is almost a requirement for a solid career. It's horrible.