Rules for Submitting a Doctoral Thesis Using a Compendium
of Publications
Agreement of the Official Postgraduate Programme Committee of 7 July 2010, modified
by the Doctoral Academic Committee on 13 October 2015.
Introduction
In its academic regulations for doctoral studies, (Agreement of the Governing Council of May
2, 2007, amended by agreement of the Governing Council on October 6, 2008), Universitat
Pompeu Fabra establishes the following procedures regarding the submission of a thesis using
a compendium of publications:
Article 10. Paragraph 7.1: The doctoral thesis should consist of original research
following one of the lines of research of the doctorate. With the permission of the
thesis director, t he thesis may also consist of a series of articles that have recently
been published or are in press. In the latter case, the doctoral thesis must include a
report presenting the thesis defended, with an introductory chapter and final
conclusions. Articles that are included in a thesis cannot be included as part of another
thesis.
These rules come into force for students of the doctoral course 2015-2016. However, students
currently enrolled in courses prior to the Doctoral Programme of the Department of
Communication of the UPF may voluntarily avail themselves to them.
Rules
1. MODALITY A
This modality requires a set of publications consisting of three articles with the following
characteristics:
 All articles must have been published or have been accepted for publication in
academic peer-reviewed journals that are part of repertoires such as Web of Science
(ISI) or Scopus.
 The doctoral candidate must be the first author in all articles.
 At least one article must be published in English.
2. MODALITY B
This modality requires a set of four items, at least two of which must be articles in academic
journals with the following characteristics:
 All articles must have been published or have been accepted for publication in
academic peer-reviewed journals that are part of repertoires such as Web of Science
(ISI) or Scopus.
 The doctoral candidate must be the first author in all articles.
 At least one article must be published in English.
The two remaining items in this modality may be the following:
 Articles published in academic peer-reviewed journals that are part of repertoires
accepted by evaluation agencies (see annex).
 Chapters in books published by academic publishers.
 Papers presented at academic conferences, provided that the paper has been accepted
to be published as part of the proceedings.
REQUIREMENTS
All items must have been published or accepted for publication after the registration in the
Doctoral Programme.
Items used in a thesis cannot be included as part of another doctoral candidate’s thesis. In both
modalities, co-authors who do not have doctorates must present a waiver authorizing use of
the article in the doctoral candidate’s thesis.
REPORT
The report, where the research and the unity of the published research is presented and
justified, must contain a minimum of 20,000 words (excluding the annex) and must include at
least the following sections: Theoretical framework / Objectives / Research questions /
Methodology / Results / Conclusions.
Complete reference information must be provided for each item, including the ISSN number
(for journals) or the ISBN number (for books). Items (articles, chapters, communications) making
up the research work must be included. In case the complete published document cannot be
attached, the first page and the acceptance letter or email by the corresponding publisher must
be provided, along with the complete original document.
Annex: Catalogue of scientific journals used by evaluation agencies
 CARHUS plus+
http://www10.gencat.cat/agaur_web/AppJava/catala/a_info.jsp?contingut=carhus_2014
 MIAR
http://miar.ub.edu/
 RESH
http://epuc.cchs.csic.es/resh/que_es
 DICE
http://d
ice.cindoc.csic.es/index.php
 JCR
http://adminapps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/JCR?PointOfEntry=Home&SID=N14cQ4fzHVUEDPYVkzB
 SJR
http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php