Publishing your dissertation.

摘要

I often caution friends facing major surgery to save energy for the rehabilitation phase. Surviving surgery is not the only objective; the ultimate goal is to reclaim or surpass preoperative health. The metaphor is apropos for doctoral candidates beginning a dissertation. Delivering the completed dissertation to the graduate school is not the only objective; the ultimate goal is to disseminate the results through published articles. When young scholars fail to save energy for the dissemination phase, timely publication is jeopardized and failure to publish is an all-too-real possibility.