Within the subject of Medical Science, the thesis should be written in English. A compilation thesis should contain at least four studies with the doctoral student as first author of three of them. Usually, at least two studies have been published or accepted for publication in refereed journals, but what is central to the examining committee’s assessment of the thesis project is the doctoral student’s contribution and how this contribution corresponds to the learning outcomes. Systematic overview papers and meta- analyses/syntheses may be included in the thesis. A scientific paper should not be included in more than two theses. The extent of the respective doctoral student’s scientific contribution should be clearly stated.
On the web page Thesis production you will find information to help you as a doctoral student when writing your thesis. You will among other things find essential advice on planning and structuring your work, submission, and publication edition. There are also examples of design recommendations.
Journals shall be contacted prior to the public defence for permission to reprint the articles including images/tables in the thesis (feel free to use this template for this purpose).
Contact with the printing office
No later than 15 weeks (preferably earlier) before the public defence is to take place, the doctoral student shall get in touch with the printing office Repro at ORU regarding production of your thesis, by filling out the Form for time plan. In this form you shall specify the series to which the thesis belongs: Örebro Studies in Medicine. You shall also specify your subject (Medical Science) and your specialisation (Biomedicine, Medicine or Surgical Sciences). This information will be printed on your thesis.
Language review (Proofreading)
The introductory chapter shall be subjected to language review. The faculty board allocates funds for this purpose. If you have any questions regarding language review, please contact your study and research administration.
Plagiarism check of the introductory chapter
A plagiarism check shall be run on the introductory chapter of the thesis. According to ”Guidelines for plagiarism check of introductory chapters prior to the public defence of doctoral theses and licentiate seminar for the subject areas of medical science and disability science” (ORU 1.2.1-06334/2017), the doctoral student is responsible for sending the introductory chapter excluding the list of references to the study and research administration, no later than 3 weeks before the planned printing of the thesis. The study and research administration in turn submits it to the plagiarism detection system Urkund.
The specialisation coordinator/head of subject informs the study and research administration about the result of the plagiarism check. The administration informs the printing office that the thesis is OK to print and informs the doctoral student and the principal supervisor thereof.
In the event that possible plagiarism is detected, the specialisation coordinator/head of subject will contact the principal supervisor and the doctoral student immediately. The printing office is also contacted, to stop the printing of the thesis.
Printing and distribution of the thesis
157 copies of the thesis are printed and paid for by the University. 120 of these (including two spiral bound copies) go to the school. The study and research administration sends the thesis to the faculty examiner (one spiral bound copy), the members of the examining committee including the substitute, and the chair of the defence. The administration also makes sure there is a special copy for the announcement ceremony and saves a few copies of the printed thesis for the Archive. On the day of the public defence the administration will bring the remaining copies of the thesis to the lecture hall. Any copies that remain after the public defence are for the doctoral student to keep. The doctoral student distributes the thesis to the persons concerned within the school as well as other contacts.
The remaining 37 copies belong to ORU and are used for distribution to the National Library, all university libraries in Sweden, and internally at ORU (Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, research communicators, University Library, Medical Library, as well as the local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda). Any remaining copies are available for sale. Distribution and sales is handled by Repro.
The doctoral student may order extra copies at their own expense. It is considerably cheaper to do this in conjunction with the first edition, rather than placing a new printing order later.