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PhD by publication usually takes a bit more work. I think they tend to want 3 related papers in a field.
by pclmulqdq 1y ago
PhD by publication usually takes a bit more work. I think they tend to want 3 related papers in a field.
- stogot 1y agoWhat level or type of publication is required?
- pclmulqdq 1y agoThey must be peer-reviewed journal papers and I believe they tend to prefer if at least one is well-cited or significant, especially if you have only three papers. It is generally harder to get a PhD by publication than to get a PhD the normal way.
- almostgotcaught 1y agoThat's a rule of thumb for applied sciences. Plenty of theory PhDs graduate with 1 or 0 papers.
- pclmulqdq 1y agoNobody gets a PhD by publication with 0 publications. This is usually a backdoor for people who have done a lot of work in a field, certainly far more than a PhD thesis, and have just never gotten the credential.
- almostgotcaught 1y ago> Nobody gets a PhD by publication with 0 publications. Do you have a PhD from a theory department? I do. You're wrong.
- pclmulqdq 1y agoLots of people get PhDs with no publications. Nobody gets a PhD by publication without publications. It's literally axiomatic.
- almostgotcaught 1y agoIt's amazing how many people on hn are experts on things they do not have the qualifications to be expert on. > It's literally axiomatic. You've made up some axiomatic definition of "by publication" that does not bear any resemblance to the actual definition. Consider that it's possible to 1. Submit a preprint to arxiv and have it count 2. Submit a preprint to a journal and defend before it accepted (or rejected) 3. Not submit anything anywhere and have the PhD itself count (almost all PhDs get an ORCID)
- pclmulqdq 1y agoAre you aware that "PhD by publication" is a real thing that is a separate path than a normal PhD? It is relatively common for schools in some European countries to offer these, but not that common outside Europe. This is a process where you can write your "dissertation" by putting an intro and a conclusion on ~3 papers you have already published and get a PhD that way. You enroll in the school for ~3 months, write the missing parts, and that's it. This is a flexible path to a PhD for industry researchers or other people who have a lot of expertise and have pushed the boundaries of a field but did not do a formal PhD program. I have never heard of anyone doing this with ArXiV preprints or any school accepting this path if they are not referreed papers. I would love to see an actual counterexample if you have one.
- pcrh 1y ago>You enroll in the school for ~3 months, write the missing parts, and that's it. There are degree mills that do what you describe. There is also the format in countries such as Germany or the Netherlands where one typically "bundles" one's publications into a thesis. However, the work is typically done in the context of supervised doctoral programmes and no less rigorous than that done under different PhD studies formats.
- pclmulqdq 1y agoTIL Cambridge University is a degree mill. https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/exams/students/postgraduate-exam-information/higher-degrees/phd-under-special-regulations https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/exams/students/postg... Like I said above, this is not usually offered unless you are clearly doing work of sufficient quality. 3 ArXiV preprints can get you a PhD just fine, but it won't cut it if you wrote them when nobody is watching.
- pcrh 1y agoA PhD thesis is itself a publication. PhDs "by publication" refers to not having to submit work additional that already published to the examining committee.