Co-authored Article Based on a Thesis

Jamk aims to highlight students’ expertise more broadly and showcase the educational impact of Jamk. One way to achieve these goals is by creating articles (and other publications) based on completed theses. This guide describes the co-authoring process at Jamk, primarily targeting articles written from Master’s level (YAMK) theses. However, it does not exclude publications based on particularly suitable Bachelor’s level (AMK) theses.

1. Initiating the Discussion on Writing an Article

The main supervisor of the thesis evaluates the possibility of co-authoring an article during the thesis process. The evaluation considers the topic, data, methods, relevance, novelty, and any commissioning aspects. The actual process begins after the thesis is completed and the article writing should not delay the student’s graduation. The article cannot be a summary of the thesis, but it must produce new knowledge. Ideas and perspectives for generating new knowledge can be found on the separate page.

2. Publication Channels

Choosing the publication channel should be considered early, taking into account the channel’s requirements and the time needed for the process. The selection is made together by the authors. The main target is professional articles (D-class in the Ministry’s publication categories). Depending on the field, other types of publications may also be possible, such as:

• Professional article in a field-specific magazine (e.g., Jamk Arena)
• Peer-reviewed scientific article in a suitable journal
• Other audiovisual productions

3. Division of Work, Resourcing, Affiliation, and Process Management

The thesis supervisor discusses with the student whether they are interested in developing the thesis into a professional and/or scientific article.
If the student agrees, the authors need to agree on the division of work and the resources to be used.

1. Selection of a Jamk expert for the article (referred to as JAT). The JAT may be the thesis supervisor or another Jamk expert. Other contributors may include Jamk RDI experts or representatives from working life.
2. JAT is the responsible leader of the co-authoring process. They coordinate for example the authors’ roles and responsibilities, timeline, publication channel and the author order in the final publication
3. All authors must have a significant contribution to the article.
   • If new data collection is needed for the article, the JAT handles the research permits, data management, data protection and the authorship and copyright issues
4. JAT also acts as the contact person during the article review and publication phase. Jamk allocates working hours (for example 30–40 hours) of JAT’s working time for the article publication. The co-authoring process typically results in 1–3 versions, and time must be reserved for meetings, finalizing the article, and adapting it to the chosen publication channel.
5. JAT submits the article details for publication data collection (JUSTUS, https://justus.csc.fi).
   • If the article was published in the Jamk Arena, the publication data collection gets the details automatically