Amendment to Ankara Social Sciences University Graduate Education Regulation
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The amendment changes the publication requirement for doctoral students at Ankara Social Sciences University before they can submit their thesis. Doctoral students must have at least one qualifying publication, or an acceptance letter, co-authored with their thesis adviser or another approved university faculty member, with the student listed as first author. The publication must appear in an approved indexed peer-reviewed journal, or as an international scientific book or book chapter from a publisher indexed in Book Citation Index-WoS, excluding textbooks and non-original review books. The university’s name must appear in the publication. Students enrolled before the 2026-2027 academic year remain under the previous rules.
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Key Changes
- Sets a revised publication requirement for doctoral students before thesis submission
- Requires the student to be first author and to co-author with the adviser or an approved university faculty member
- Keeps the previous rules for students enrolled before the 2026-2027 academic year
Obligations
What this law requires
Doctoral students must, before submitting their thesis, have at least one qualifying publication published or have received an acceptance letter for such publication.
The qualifying publication must be co-authored with the thesis adviser or with another Ankara Social Sciences University faculty member approved by the thesis adviser, and the doctoral student must be listed as the first author.
A qualifying article must be published in a peer-reviewed journal indexed in indexes approved by the relevant department.
A qualifying international scientific book or book chapter must be published by a publisher indexed in Book Citation Index-WoS; textbooks and non-original review books do not qualify.
The qualifying publication must mention Ankara Social Sciences University by name.