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The CED—le DEC: Common European doctorate, or doctorate Europeen commune or dissertations on the internet

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An international electronic thesis system is proposed to provide ready access to doctoral dissertations and ensure uniform standards. To establish common criteria, the publication-based Dutch doctoral degree system was assessed and compared with studies of other national systems. Current Dutch doctoral theses in biomedical fields were of a high standard. 93% of theses were based on published work. The median number of papers per thesis was four, with five authors per paper. The candidate was the key author on 84%. Representative journals of publication ranked in the top quartile of theScience Citation Index with a median rank of 241.

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  1. Department of Chemical Pathology and Human Metabolism Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London, NW3 2QG, London, UK

    L. H. Breimer

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Leiden, Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research, PO Box 9503, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Breimer, L.H., Breimer, D.D. The CED—le DEC: Common European doctorate, or doctorate Europeen commune or dissertations on the internet. Scientometrics 35, 347–353 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016905

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