Wikidata:WikiCite/Theses and dissertations
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About[edit]
This page summarizes efforts to collect and structure data about theses and dissertations in Wikidata. The project is part of WikiCite.
Scope[edit]
Instance of thesis (Q1266946) and its subclasses.
General theses and dissertations[edit]
Use of these classes should be avoided in favour of a more specific subclass.
- thesis (Q1266946): general term for a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree; Use Q187685 for PhD thesis or Q1385450 for dissertation in general
- dissertation (Q1385450): written document submitted in order to obtain an academic degree; e.g. doctoral thesis, habilitation, etc
Specific types of theses and dissertations[edit]
- doctoral thesis (Q187685): document submitted in support of candidature for a doctorate
- Doctor of Science thesis (Q51282999): academic thesis
- habilitation thesis (Q1414362): type of thesis necessary for teaching in German universities
- masters with honours thesis (Q111476177): thesis produced for the degree of master's with honours
- master's thesis (Q1907875): thesis submitted in support of candidature for a master's degree
- bachelor's with honors thesis (Q111475835): thesis produced for the degree of bachelor's with honors
- bachelor's thesis (Q798134): thesis reporting a research project undertaken as part of an undergraduate course of education leading to a bachelor's degree
- postgraduate diploma thesis (Q111475860): thesis produced for a postgraduate diploma
- diploma thesis (Q30749496): type of thesis
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Properties[edit]
See Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData for general properties for bibliographic items. The following list of additional properties is preliminary with details to be discussed.
On thesis item
On person item
- academic degree (P512)
- conferred by (P1027)
- doctoral advisor (P184)
- doctoral student (P185)
- student (P802)
- student of (P1066)
- educated at (P69)
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Identifiers[edit]
- Theses.fr person ID (P4285)
- Ecole des chartes thesis abstract ID (P4465)
- EThOS thesis ID (P4536)
- OCLC control number (P243)
- Handle ID (P1184)
- DOI (P356)
- ProQuest document ID (P6572)
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Example data schemas[edit]
Example items[edit]
- A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud (Q28971627)
- Properties of expanding universes (Q42307084)
- X-ray crystallography and the chemistry of the sterols (Q50560072)
- Double diffraction dissociation at large momentum transfer (Q50560459)
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Data Sources[edit]
Dashboards[edit]
- Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData/Theses by institution
- User:DrThneed/All theses dashboard (theses by type rather than by institution)