提交的博士论文应当是一项(在适当水平上)给现有知识带来重大贡献的原创工作(original work with substantial contribution to existing knowledge, at appropriate levels)。简言之,有满足所属学科、专业和研究小组对博士论文要求的创新成果。虽然具体的成果形式和创新程度千差万别,但这种创新成果可以从是否带来了新知识(如带来原创知识、完善了现有知识或者拓展了现有知识的边界)来衡量。
三种新知识的基本形式举例
二、完善了现有知识,例如:
一、整体科学质量高
二、对知识与学科的贡献大
具备(可)公开发表和(可)参考的价值
三、写作能力强
参考标准综合来源
【1】Ana Baptista et al 2015 The doctorate as an original contribution to knowledge: Considering relationships between originality, creativity, and innovation,Frontline Learning Research Vol.3 No. 3 Special Issue, 51 - 63
【2】Find a PhD, What are the Criteria for a PhD? Extract from: The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. (Open University Press) by Marian Petre & Gordon Rugg https://www.findaphd.com/advice/finding/criteria-for-phd.aspx
【3】Marian Petre, Gordon Rugg 2004 The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. Open University Press https://www.findaphd.com/advice/finding/criteria-for-phd.aspx
【4】University of Minnesota Duluth, Ph.D. Dissertation Research Proposal Rubric Evaluation https://www.gradschool.umd.edu/sites/gradschool.umd.edu/files/uploads/DGOA/loa__rubric_dissertation_research_proposal_purdue.pdf
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