ROAD TO DISSERTATION

Review process –things to
consider
• If you send your thesis before summer/winter holidays =>
reduced chances that Reviewers will read it during the
holiday months =>some additional time is lost
• Risks:
‣ Reviewers not satisfied with the quality or quantity and asking for
additional publications. Mitigation: have sufficient publications when
submitting the thesis and check the requirements of a PhD thesis in
the country where the Reviewer comes from (e.g., 'Compendium'
concept is sometimes difficult to be understood outside Nordic
countries)
‣ Reviewers not exactly in your research field => comments hard to
understand or comply with. Mitigation: chose people close to your
research area.
‣ Delays in the review process. Mitigation: it helps if the supervisor
knows the Reviewers enough such that he can push them in
completing the review within a certain period.