This document discusses turning a thesis into a publication. It notes that undergrad theses must be published in a scientific journal, master's theses in a national journal, and PhD theses in an international journal. It explains that reframing the thesis scope narrowly, selecting the most relevant research questions and results, and rewriting parts to trim the length are needed to adapt the thesis for publication. An example is provided of reframing a geology thesis title to be more intriguing for publications. The document stresses that converting a thesis to a publication is about marketing the interesting parts of the work.

1. Turning your thesis to publication
Dasapta Erwin Irawan
2015-09-05
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2. introduction
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3. a bit about myself
Working at: Applied Geology Research Group, Faculty of Earth
Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
Contact me at: dasaptaerwin [@] gmail [.] com
Blogging at: http://derwinirawan.wordpress.com
Tweeting at: @dasaptaerwin
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4. background
is it a must?
unfortunately yes
Surat Edaran Dirjen Dikti No. 152/E/T/2012
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5. details
Undergrad: scientific journal
Master: National-accredited journal
PhD: International journal
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6. why is it important
disseminating your work
self (scientific) reputation
polish your CV
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7. thesis vs publication
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8. characteristics
chars thesis publication
scope general specific
readers less more
rules uni’s editor’s
length 100 p 10-20 p
abstract 300-350 150-250
research question several one to two
general image dull interesting
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9. can we directly send thesis to journal’s editor
sadly no
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10. what do we need?
you will need:
reframing: narrow your scope
selecting: research question and result
rewriting: trimming the length by rewriting any important stuff
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11. reframing
let’s play our role as movie director
the director tells a story in some different perspectives, then pick
the one that sells
so an example if your thesis is about geological mapping in an area,
choose an interesting frame out of it:
strong structural deformation makes an interesting fault pattern
many eruption sources, difficult to delineate the boundary and
predicting the flow
it was a flat area, hard to look for outcrops
etc
more proportion on such frame and take out the other parts
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12. selecting
select the components in the following sections that correspond to the
chosen frame
introduction
methods
results
analysis
discussion
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13. rewriting
rewrite those sections to get a new story
make sure to take out all the unrelated stuff
check and recheck the flow of the story
make
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14. an example
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15. suppose you have a thesis
typical title in geology
Geologi dan hidrogeologi daerah Cibuni dan sekitarnya
what do you think?
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16. now what happens
another set of title
Interaksi sistem air di S. Cibuni dan relasinya dengan sistem
geotermal Patuha
A bit sophisticated huh. It’s the same material, with different way of
story telling.
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17. closing
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18. converting your thesis to publication is really a matter of
marketing your work
exposing only the intriguing part of your thesis
put some convincing words on the title
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