Paper-based thesis and dissertations: analysis of fundamental characteristics for achieving a robust structure

Abstract

Pressure for publications has been growing in the academic environment. Consequently, there is also an increasing interest in the development of the paper-based thesis (PBT); this interest is growing because of the competition in the academic research sector, which is continuously rising, with more candidates disputing for decreasing funding resources (Rowland, 2017;Jowsey et al., 2019). Australia, South Africa, and some European countries (e.g., England and Ireland) have led this process, while this is an uncommon model in the United States of America and Canada (