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> Excellent. Which then leaves the author with the question of what to do > if s/he can't publish in Nature. Check the publisher of the journal they want to publish in, rather than relying on hearsay and rumour? David On 31 Jan 2011, at 19:56, Charles Christacopoulos wrote: > On 31/01/2011 19:40, David Prosser wrote: >>> You are correct in what you are thinking. You must not publish a thesis >>> if its author is intending to publish it as articles, book etc. >> >> Actually, is there any actual evidence that this is true, or is it just >> hearsay? Could you point us to some publisher statements to support > > On my part 2nd level hearsay about "publishers", and first hand > information for what (I believe) our Library is doing. Not impossible > to have had more hearsay in the Library too. > >> this? I'm sure that it varies from publisher to publisher and between >> subject areas. But here, for example, is the statement from Nature: >> >>> The Nature journals are happy to consider submissions containing >>> material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic >>> thesis which has been published according to the requirements of the >>> institution awarding the qualification. >>> http://www.nature.com/authors/policies/duplicate.html > > Excellent. Which then leaves the author with the question of what to do > if s/he can't publish in Nature. > > Kind Regards > Charles > > -- > Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer, > Strategic Information Management, ICS, University of Dundee, > Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. > Tel: 44(0)1382-384891. http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ > > The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.