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Tips for compiling your integrated thesis

Introduction

When you compile your integrated thesis, you will need to interfile manuscripts where you are the author/co-author, within your written text. This will need to be done according to Bournemouth University's 8A Code of Practice for Research Degrees (Policy, Procedure and Guidelines) and also in line with copyright assigned by a publisher. Depending on whether a manuscript is published or in preparation for publication, you will need to insert an appropriate version (see the Quick Reference section for definitions of terminology below). 

Published works:

  • Gold Open Access: you should include the Version of Record (publisher copy) of the article, in its published form.
  • Green Open Access: you should include the Author Accepted Manuscript with references (AAM). 

Works accepted for publication but not yet published:

  • You should include the Author Accepted Manuscript with references (AAM). 

Works not yet submitted for review:

  • You should include the draft manuscript (pre-print) with references

 

Important: you should prefix any inserted published manuscript with a full citation and DOI, including an indication of copyright. Examples are included below. 

 

Examples of inserted manuscripts by type

The tabs in this section give examples of how to insert different manuscript types into your integrated thesis. In general there are 3 inserted sections, repeated around each manuscript you insert.

Text body of your thesis 

Introduction to inserted manuscript
Citation + Indication of copyright (if published) 
Inserted manuscript
Expand on manuscript if required, e.g., more detail on method section

Text body of your thesis 

 

[Text body of your thesis]


[Introduction to manuscript]

[Citation + indication of copyright]

Example:

Albisser, A., Schweinhardt, P., Bussières, A. and Baechler, M., 2022. Self-reported attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among Swiss chiropractors: a national survey. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 30 (1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00462-0

Article published under a [include the licence assigned to the manuscript, e.g. CC BY 4.0] (the article will usually have the licence printed somewhere on it, see bottom of the image below as an example)

[Inserted manuscript]

[Expand on manuscript if required, e.g., more detail on method section]


[Text body of your thesis]

 

Because the VoR in this example requires subscription access, you would normally include the AAM instead (see relevant tab). It might be possible to obtain permission from the publisher, to insert the Version of Record, if you contact them directly. If you do receive permission, you should prefix the manuscript with a statement from the publisher indicating copyright, e.g. reproduced with permission of... and indicating copyright assigned by the publisher.

Example:

[Text body of your thesis]


[Introduction to manuscript]

[Citation + indication of copyright]

[Manuscript]

[Expand on manuscript if required, e.g., more detail on method section]


[Text body of your thesis]

 

Please do not include the VoR if you do not have permission for us to upload, as we would need to permanently restrict access to that section; you should use the AAM instead.

[Text body of your thesis]


[Introduction to manuscript]

[Citation + indication of copyright]

(Example for a journal article) Surname/Family Name, INITIALS., Year. Title of journal article. Title of Academic Journal Publication, Volume number and (part number or issue number or date), Page numbers or e-number of article (if available). DOI

Article published under a [include the licence assigned to the manuscript, e.g. CC BY NC 4.0]*

[Manuscript]

[Expand on manuscript if required, e.g., more detail on method section]


[Text body of your thesis]

 

 

* To confirm which licence to include, there are a number of options
  1. Contact the publisher of the journal
  2. Look up your journal in Jisc's open policy finder
  3. Contact buro@bournemouth.ac.uk (please send a reference to the article, along with an indication that this if for an integrated thesis)

 

[Text body of your thesis]


[Introduction to manuscript]

[Manuscript]

[Expand on manuscript if required, e.g., more detail on method section]


[Text body of your thesis]

 

Most major publishers have a Pre-print policy you can review, e.g.

Frequently asked questions

  • Can I adapt my previously published/accepted manuscript and insert in my thesis?

Please do not adapt a published manuscript, whether it is a Version of Record or the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM). If you are asked or would like to expand on the content, please do so as a postscript after the inserted manuscript. Although in some instances copyright assigned to a manuscript would permit this, it makes it much harder for us to process.

  • Reference list

Please include references associated to a manuscript with them, as opposed to interfiling them with the references list at the end of the thesis.

Quick Reference

Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM)

The final author generated copy of an article, including corrections requested as part of peer review, but excluding editing and typesetting by the publisher

Gold Open Access

The publisher version of an article is made accessible to anyone online in full text, without subscription, from the point of publication. 

Green Open Access

The final author generated copy of an article, including corrections requested as part of peer review, but excluding editing and typesetting by the publisher, is made accessible to anyone in full text, possibly after an embargo period. This version is usually know as the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM).

Pre-print

The version of a manuscript you send to a publisher for review

Version of Record (VoR)

Final publisher produced version of a manuscript, e.g. article or chapter. This may be published Gold Open Access or require access via a subscription.

Filling in the 4A form

Please remember to fill in all the details requested in the 4A Depost of and Access to a Thesis form, especially information that applies to integrated theses.