Doctoral dissertation from articles on Biotechnical faculty
Adopted at senat of the Biotechical faculty, 26. 9. 2022
A doctoral dissertation may consist of at least three of the doctoral candidate's original scientific articles that have been published or accepted for publication (with proof that the article has been accepted for publication).
Scientific articles included must have been accepted for publication or have been published in journals indexed by SCI, SSCI or AHCI, as original scientific articles and have a factor of influence (according to ISI). The required citation index (SCI, SSCI or AHCI) is noted in the conditions of study for an individual study program.
At least two scientific articles must be published in journals that are ranked in the first three quartiles of the field. A candidate must be cited as first author of at least two works, if the works are in co-authorship.
All publications related to research work in the framework of the doctoral studies must indicate the affiliation "University of Ljubljana". This also applies if the doctoral candidate, supervisor and co-supervisor are employed by another organisation.
The original scientific articles must be thematically related (complementary) and be the result of the PhD student's work on an approved disposition. If it is suitable and necessary for the totality of the work, a candidate may add not yet published results or articles submitted for publication, for contextual links between published articles.
In addition to the articles, the PhD student is required to write an Introduction and a Dissertation Conclusion, presenting the theoretical and methodological framework of his/her research, linking the content of the individual articles and presenting the key findings.
For accepted but not yet published scientific articles, the PhD student must declare in writing that the version of the article in the PhD thesis is identical to the version accepted for publication. He/she must obtain consents from the publishers to whom he/she has previously exclusively transferred the material copyright in the articles for inclusion in the electronic form of the thesis. The publishers' consents must allow the University of Ljubljana to store the dissertation in electronic form and to reproduce it free of charge, non-exclusively, spatially and temporally unlimited, and to make the dissertation available to the public online via the UL Repository.
Confirmation from the publisher must be included in the doctoral dissertation in the chapter Annexes.
If the publisher does not grant the University non-exclusive material copyright, the PhD student agrees with the publisher to make the content temporarily unavailable (embargo) for a period of 12 months and applies for temporary unavailability of the content of the work in accordance with the Regulations on similarity shecking and semporary snavailability of content. In the case of a longer embargo (e.g., 24 months), the supervisor and the PhD student shall apply to the publisher for an extension of the period of temporary unavailability of the content for a further period of another 12 months.
The format of the PhD thesis consisting of articles should follow as much as possible the established format, i.e. the requirements for the PhD thesis at the Biotechnical Faculty.
More detailed instructions on how to create a doctoral dissertation from scientific articles are available on the Faculty of Biotechnics website, in the Libraries section:
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION FROM ARTICLES - STRUCTURE OF THE WORK
Key words documentation (KWD)
Ključna dokumentacijska informacija (KDI)
Index of contents
Index of scientific works (they should be cited in accordance with the rules for citing literature)
Index of tables (from the presentation of the problem and hypotheses, discussion and conclusions; not from articles)
Index of figures (from the presentation of the problem and hypotheses, discussion and conclusions; not from articles)
Index of annexes (permissions from publishers for the publication of articles in the printed and electronic versions of the doctoral dissertation are compulsory annexes)
Abbreviations and symbols (from the presentation of the problem and hypotheses, discussion and conclusions; not from articles)
1 PRESENTATION OF THE PROBLEM AND HYPOTHESES
Presentation of the problem and hypotheses in the Slovene language (or in the English language if writing the work in English has been approved). Recommendation: at least ten pages of text.
2 SCIENTIFIC WORKS
Variate A:
2.1 TITLE IN SLOVENE OF THE FIRST COMPULSORY SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
It follows the title of the work in the original language, authors, journal, year, number, pages, abstract in Slovene, then the original article.
2.2 TITLE IN SLOVENE OF THE SECOND COMPULSORY SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE...
Second variate, insofar as the candidate has still unpublished work ...
Variate B:
2.1 PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC WORKS
2.1.1 Title in Slovene of the first compulsory scientific article
It follows the title of the work in the original language, authors, journal, year, number, pages, abstract in Slovene, then the original article.
2.1.2 Title in Slovene of the second compulsory scientific article...
2.2 REMAINING LINKING SCIENTIFIC WORK
This includes still unpublished works that are of key importance for the doctoral dissertation...
This text is inserted in the dissertation in the place to which it belongs contextually (may be before or after point 2.1)
3 RESULTS
4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
In the Slovene language (or in the English language if writing the work in English has been approved). Recommendation: at least ten pages of text.
4.1 DISCUSSION
4.2 CONCLUSIONS
5 SUMMARY
Summary must be written in the Slovene language and in the English language. If writing the work in English has been approved, the Slovenian summary must comprise at least 10% of the text of the doctoral thesis. In the summary, the introduction, hypotheses, methods, conclusions and results must be combined and suitable professional terminology from the scientific field of the dissertation used.
5.1 SUMMARY
5.2 POVZETEK (in Slovene)
6 REFERENCES
(from the presentation of the problem and hypotheses, discussion, conclusions; not from articles)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ANNEXES
(permissions from publishers for the publication of articles in the printed and electronic versions of the doctoral dissertation are compulsory annexes)