Can you get a PhD with no publications?

The short answer is no. Publications are not required to apply for a PhD. The longer answer is that the admissions committee wants to see that you have the potential to become an excellent researcher. While publications are one indication of this, they are not the only way to show that you have strong research skills.

How many citations are considered good?

What is a good number of citations? With 10 or more citations, your work is now in the top 24\% of the most cited work worldwide; this increased to the top 1.8\% as you reach 100 or more citations. Main take home message: the average citation per manuscript is clearly below 10!

Is it bad to get a citation?

You may also contest a citation that you disagree with. If you don’t pay your citation by its due date or attend your scheduled court date, you may face late fees, legal repercussions, or increased insurance premiums. One of the worst parts of receiving a citation is how it can increase your car insurance payments.

Is it hard to publish as a doctoral student?

It’s no secret that doctoral students have busy schedules that seldom allow for outside – or sometimes, even related – interests to take up much of their days. Because publishing is not a degree requirement, carving out the time needed to research, write, and edit the type of paper required for publishing can feel impossible.

How many words should you put in a PhD paper?

The answer I always give is: as many as you can, but not more than eight. At RMIT we set a maximum of 90,000 words, with no minimum. Most examiners will have to read a PhD in their spare time, so I always advise to aim for as few words as you can get away with.

Is it hard to get published as a grad student?

Getting published as a grad student can feel overwhelming at first, because there’s so much to learn about the process and expectations surrounding it. With a bit of research, however, students can familiarize themselves with the specific language surrounding publishing and make in-roads towards getting their first paper published.

Is it possible to get a PhD by writing a thesis?

There has been a fair bit of, in my view, un-warrented snobbery about this mode of getting a PhD. This, in addition to some confusion about how copyright works, has meant that including whole papers in a PhD thesis, which enables the author to graduate with an already populated resume, is not as popular as perhaps it should be.