Examples of thesis and chapter formats when including publications

The following examples are acceptable ways of formatting your thesis and chapters when including one or more publications.

Essential requirements

All theses with publications must have the following:

Title page
Abstract
Declaration
Preface – noting collaborations, and contributions to authorship
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
List of tables, figures & illustrations
Main text/chapters
Bibliography or list of references
Appendices

Main text examples

Example one

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature review
Chapter 3: Methods
Chapter 4: Paper 1 and general discussion
Chapter 5: Paper 2
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter – results
Chapter 7: Regular thesis chapter/general discussion tying in published and unpublished work
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Appendices: May include CD, DVD or other material, also reviews and methods papers

Example two

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Methods
Chapter 3: Paper 1
Chapter 4: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 5: Paper 2
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter, final preliminary study
Chapter 7: General discussion

Example three

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Methods
Chapter 3: Paper 1
Chapter 4: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 5: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter
Chapter 7: Regular thesis chapter, final preliminary study
Chapter 8: General discussion

Example four

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Methods
Chapter 3: Paper 1
Chapter 4: Paper 2 - eg data paper, including meta analyses
Chapter 5: Paper 3
Chapter 6: Paper 4
Chapter 7: Paper 5
Chapter 8: General discussion

Example five

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Methods
Chapter 3: Major paper
Chapter 4: Normal thesis chapter, final preliminary study
Chapter 5: General discussion

Chapter examples

Example one

Introduction – including specific aims and hypotheses
Paper 1

Example two

Introduction: including specific aims, hypotheses
Methods: results (including validation, preliminary) not included in the paper
Results (including validation, preliminary) not included in paper
Paper 1
Discussion: expansion of paper discussion, further method development