In the United States and Canada, it is far from enough for graduate students to finish their master's thesis or doctoral thesis only by virtue of their outstanding achievements, and then they want to get a good teaching or research job after graduation, or they want to continue to study for doctoral students in famous universities. Therefore, many postgraduates, especially doctoral students, will strive to publish peer-reviewed journal papers during their postgraduate study.

According to stoilescu & McDougall (2010), publishing papers should not be driven by external pressure and employment pressure, but should be driven by internal motivation to become a scholar.

When we are recruiting assistant professors, in addition to the terminal degree is necessary (I have already made several comments on the terminal degree in Science Blog, which will not be repeated here), we still hope that the candidate's resume has the experience of doing research and the evidence of publishing peer reviewed journal papers. Even if the terminal degree of Librarian in my field is ala accredited master of Library Science and information, if we want to recruit tenure track, we will give priority to those who have published peer-reviewed journal papers, have done research projects, have a good knowledge of Library Science and technology And candidates who have delivered speeches or papers at academic conferences. This will be explained in many job advertisements, and it will be considered in practice.

Postgraduates generally choose to publish some achievements and findings of research projects closely related to their doctoral or master's research fields in peer-reviewed journals (not necessarily SCI / SSCI / A & HCI / esci) in relevant fields before the completion of their dissertations, because now due to the open movement, some open journals are also good choices, In particular, some emerging disciplines and interdisciplinary, and has begun to have a certain impact, individual journals even more than the impact of traditional journals. Universities in the United States and Canada do not have very high requirements for general master's degree students, and the master's degree study time is short, so it is a good choice to attend academic conferences and deliver presentations or academic posters.

This is especially important for international students who want to obtain teaching positions or do post doctoral research in the United States and Canada. Just like terminal degree, it is a necessary stepping stone. For postgraduates with master's degree, if they want to further study for doctor's degree, publishing a thesis or giving a speech at a conference is also a strong evidence that they have the potential to do research, and there are also bonus points for the application.

There are different rules in every school about whether students must publish their dissertations before they get their doctorate or master's degree, or most schools do not have a mandatory and clear rule that students must publish their dissertations before they get their degree. Some scholars argue that publishing their dissertations is not a prerequisite for completing their doctoral dissertations (moradi, 2019), but the benefits of publishing their dissertations are obvious, In addition to the above job-hunting and further education needs, the candidates will also be highly praised by the defense committee when they graduate. They think that this candidate has the potential to become an excellent researcher. When students are looking for relevant teaching and research positions, the recommender also has sufficient reasons and examples to recommend.

According to this blog post

（ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/08/20/a-phd-by-publication-is-a-great-way-to-build-your-academic-profile-but-be-mindful-of-its-challenges/ ）The number of journal papers published by postgraduates in Australian universities before completing doctoral dissertations is 4.5 (sample range is 1-12). But the blogger also pointed out that the quality of published articles should take precedence over the quantity.

However, this paper hopes that graduate students should not only publish papers for the purpose of publishing papers, but also pay attention to the combination of existing theories and concepts, the design of research methods and the verification of research results, and the citation of relevant research (attention should be paid to the citation of peer-reviewed articles, blog articles should be cited when writing bloggers, and avoid citation when writing academic papers), And pay attention to the journal requirements and citation format (such as APA in this paper), use standard and objective language (the so-called objective, try to avoid exaggerated words and quote previous research results or opinions to organize narration), and write an excellent journal paper. As for how to write journal papers, I also have many blog articles on science net. Interested readers can find and read them by themselves.

reference:

Moradi, Sharif. (2019). Publication should not be a prerequisite to obtaining a PhD. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(10), 1025–1025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0690-7

Stoilescu, Dorian, & McDougall, Douglas. (2010). Starting to Publish Academic Research as a Doctoral Student. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 5, 79–92. https://doi.org/10.28945/1333