Thesis including Published Works : Faculty of Information Technology Guidelines

Number of Papers	A minimum of TWO papers is required.
Publication Status	Only papers that are published, accepted for publication, or accepted for publication subject to minor revisions, count towards the minimum of two papers. Papers that are under review can be included in their submitted state, but do not count towards the minimum of two publications. Papers that have been rejected before, even if currently under review, cannot be included in their submitted state, but can be included in the format of a traditional thesis chapter.
Student Contribution	The student must be the sole or first author, with a contribution of at least 50%. "Joint first-author" publications, or publications with a contribution of less than 50%, cannot be included in their submitted/published state; the student's contributions from these papers can be included in a traditional thesis chapter format.
Quality of Publications	The Faculty of Information Technology has established criteria for high quality conferences and journals, including a list of those outlets, at https://www.intranet.monash/it/research/performance. Only papers that meet these criteria count towards the minimum of two papers. Publications that do not meet these criteria can be included in their submitted/accepted state, but do not count towards the minimum of two papers.
Declarations	All papers, including those that are still under review or do not meet the high quality criteria, must be included in the authorship declaration.
Exceptions	Exceptions to the above may be approved at the discretion of the Associate Dean Graduate Research.

Students are encouraged to discuss with their supervisors or the relevant Department Director of Graduate Research if they are unsure of the publication requirements.