Publication Strategy

What to publish during a PhD? 
by Aidi Ahmi, 13 June 2023 

PhD research journeys offer an array of opportunities to contribute to academic discourse beyond the final thesis or dissertation. Each stage of the research process provides a chance to generate output that can inform and impact the scientific community. This article uncovers these opportunities, detailing potential academic outputs for every step of the research journey. The journey spans fifteen stages: defining the research problem, conducting literature reviews, formulating research questions and hypotheses, defining theoretical and conceptual frameworks, choosing appropriate research methodologies, crafting research proposals, conducting pilot studies, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, and finally, submitting the final thesis. At each stage, this article offers examples of types of papers that can be published, thereby illustrating how a single research project can enrich academic discourse in multifaceted ways.