ROAD TO DISSERTATION

Compendium or monograph?
Compendium
‣ Summary of 30-60 pages of
research area +
published/accepted papers.
Results from the articles are not
to be reproduced in the
introductory part
+ Easier to write
+ Faster to review
- Not well-recognized outside
Finland (make sure that
Reviewers understand the
concept)
Monograph
‣ Own contributions are
incorporated in the thesis body;
your publications are only given
as references (not added in the
thesis)
+ Unified notations/formulas
+ Can copy&paste from your
articles, but need to use same
notations within the thesis
+ May include articles still under
review process
+ Most countries have monographtype
of theses
- May take longer to write and
review