Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

A doctoral thesis must be an independent research project or research and development project that meets Ukrainian regulations with regard to ethical requirements, academic level and methodology used in the research field. The thesis must contribute to the development of new knowledge and achieve a level meriting publication or public disclosure in a suitable format as part of research-based knowledge development in the field.

The dissertation must be made available to the scientific community in an appropriate manner by copying and distributing it. T

Paragraph 11 from the Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) provides the following requirements to publications :

The main scientific results of the dissertation must be covered in at least three scientific publications that reveal the main content of the dissertation.  Such scientific publications include:

-         at least one article in periodical scientific journals of other states (that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and / or the European Union) in the scientific field in which the applicant's dissertation was prepared. Such publication may be equated to the publication in journals included in the list of scientific professional journals of Ukraine that belong to category "A", or in foreign publications indexed in the databases Web of Science Core Collection and / or Scopus;

-         articles in scientific journals included in the list of scientific professional journals of Ukraine with the assignment of category "Б" (instead of one article, a monograph or a chapter in the monograph published in co-authorship may be accepted).

-         A scientific publication in the journal referred to the first - third quartiles (Q 1 - Q 3) according to the classification SCImago Journal and Country Rank or Journal Citation Reports is equated to two publications, which are accepted according to the first paragraph.

Scientific publications are credited on the theme of the dissertation on the following conditions:

- substantiation of the obtained scientific results in accordance with the purpose of the article (tasks) and conclusions;

- publication of articles in scientific professional journals, which on the date of their publication are included in the list of scientific professional journals of Ukraine, approved in the manner prescribed by law;

- publication of articles in scientific periodicals of other states in the scientific field in which the applicant's dissertation was prepared, provided there is full presentation of dissertation materials;

- publication of not more than one article in one issue of a scientific edition.

Scientific publications in which scientific results are repeated or include the ones that have been published earlier in other scientific journals are not credited on the theme of the dissertation.