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ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index

The ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (PQDT) is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses, offering over 5.5 million records representing dissertations and theses from thousands of universities around the world.

Extending from they early 1600s to present, PQDT coverage is broadly multidisciplinary and includes foundational research in the life sciences, mathematics, computer science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities. Within dissertations and theses is a wealth of scholarship, yet it is often overlooked because most go unpublished.

Key Features

The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index will be a standalone database and included in an All Databases search by default. WoS users also have filter options available in each search so that they can search broadly and then narrow focus on a particular collection, subject category, document type, etc. If a user wants to locate dissertations or theses specifically, they can also search of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index only.

Standalone and aggregated search

PQDT is included in ALL Database search and can also be searched as a unique collection.

Track citation activity in Web of Science Core Collection

Dissertations and theses that have been cited by Web of Science Core Collection records will include a citation count and a link to the citing articles.

Claim dissertation or theses to a Web of Science Researcher Profiles

Researchers can manually claim their dissertation or thesis to their Web of Science Researcher Profile and make it part of the public view of their profile.

Links to Full Text of dissertations and theses on ProQuest platform

Institutions that subscribe to PQDT Global on the ProQuest platform will be able to link directly to their entitled full text.

Note: ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Citation Index will be released to customers in two phases. Phase 1: In July 2023, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Citation Index will go live with metadata records for 5.5+ million dissertations and theses. The records will not include cited reference indexing, which means that functionality such as Related Records and Cited References lists and associated navigation will not display. Phase 2: In late 2023, Linked Cited References lists and Related Records will be released to fully connect dissertations to the Web of Science citation network. If you have any questions regarding PQDT entitlement or functionality, please contact the Web of Science support team .

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Thesis & dissertation, what is an electronic thesis or dissertation.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has entered into an agreement with ProQuest to accept Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD). Students submit their documents directly to Proquest, and the Graduate School evaluates them online for formatting and legibility. If you need to make corrections, you’ll receive an email from the Graduate School detailing what needs to be done.

Once all corrections are made, the Graduate School accepts the document, and, provided you have passed all necessary departmental and university checks (see your department and the Graduate School for more info) for graduation, you are cleared to graduate. After this process is complete, the Graduate School “delivers” the documents officially to ProQuest, who logs, indexes and publishes them on Digital Dissertations , a nationwide clearinghouse of theses and dissertations, to which the vast majority of U.S. theses and dissertations are submitted. After delivery, if you need to make corrections or changes, you will deal directly with ProQuest, as administration of the documents shifts to them.

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Graduate School deadlines for thesis and dissertation submission are listed here. These deadlines indicate the date by which your academically complete document must be submitted to the system. An academically complete document is one to which all examining committee-ordered revisions have been made.

• Fall: December 1
• Summer: August 1
• Spring: May 1

As long as your academically complete document is submitted by the deadline (even without correct Graduate School formatting), it is considered to have met the deadline. Any formatting changes requested by the Graduate School can be made after the ETD editors evaluate your document during the submission process.

Materials Available to Help You

The Graduate School’s requirements for all theses and dissertations are outlined in detail in the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Style Guide . Anyone submitting a Thesis or Dissertation document should consult these requirements prior to beginning the ETD process.

In addition, thesis and dissertation templates for Word and LATEx are available. The documents come pre-formatted to the standards set forth in the Style Guide.

• Instructions for Using the Dissertation and Thesis Templates
• Full Template for Dissertations
• Full Template for Theses
• Thesis and Dissertation Template for LaTeX

ProQuest also provides a guide for Preparing your Manuscript for Submission.

Policy on the Remote Participation of Committee Members

All members of the Final Defense Committee must be physically or remotely present for Masters Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation defenses. Remote participation must occur in a synchronous form of communication that allows the Committee Members and the Degree Candidate to see and hear each other. This is considered a hybrid defense. In addition, the Candidate must ensure that the remote participant(s) has access to the thesis or dissertation and the presentation.  Doctoral Degree Candidates must provide the web address of hybrid or remote defenses to the Graduate School at the time that they submit their Announcement of Defense forms.

The Report of Examining Committee form will be sent to the committee via DocuSign prior to the start of the defense. All committee members, whether physically or remotely present, are responsible for signing the Report of Examining form within 48 hours of the conclusion of the defense. Once the DocuSign form is complete, it will automatically be sent to the appropriate Graduation Coordinator in the Graduate School.

The Graduate School strongly encourages using Webex for hybrid and remote defenses. Information on setting up a Webex defense can be found here:

https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Webex

Serving On Committees After Leaving In Good Standing

The following are guidelines approved by the Graduate Council for serving on Thesis and Dissertation committees for Regular or Associate Graduate Faculty who have left the University in good standing.

At the discretion of the Dean or Associate Dean:

• For committees that were formed before the faculty member left the University, faculty may retain their graduate faculty status to fulfill minimum number of associate or regular members on a committee. Faculty who leave the University cannot Chair an existing committee but may serve as co-Chair. The time limit for this rule shall be two (2) years with an option for the program to reconfirm for additional two-year periods.
• Faculty who maintain an adjunct appointment may continue as an Associate member and thus can chair a thesis committee but not a dissertation committee.
• For all committees formed after the faculty member has left, the former faculty member serves as an Outside Member and a CV is required. Special Graduate Faculty status is not required.
• With prior approval by the department and/or program, faculty who have been granted emeritus status, and who are actively involved in research and their department, may retain their graduate faculty status, including chairing a committee.
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ProQuest is the website USF uses to facilitate the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Review. It saves all versions of the ETD, and allows us to work with you on revising your document to meet the format requirements. 

To start, you'll need to create a new account and then upload your thesis or dissertation in PDF format for review. You will receive a confirmation email once you've submitted the ETD.

Initial review of the ETD generally takes 5-10 business days (and begins only once all submission requirements [ETD Registration, COA Packet, and ProQuest Submission] have been completed by the student). Note that ETDs submitted close to or on the deadline may require longer review times.  Keep an eye on your email inbox so you don't miss any updates to your submission. 

NOTE: Please double-check your inbox and spam folder for emails from ProQuest before reaching out to the ETD Administrators for an update on your submission.

Making Revisions & Submitting the Revised ETD

If the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) requires modifications to the submitted ETD, the student will receive an email with instructions on how to view the requested revisions. In order to see the comments, download the PDF, containing the ETD Administrator's commentary, from ProQuest and then open it. 

NOTE: Make the needed revisions in the Word or LaTeX document you originally used. Do not try to make corrections to the ProQuest PDF or try to save the PDF as a Word document. Doing so messes with the formatting and makes it nearly impossible to make the corrections. We strongly suggest saving the revised word document as a new copy so that you have the original version. This protects your work if anything happens to the document as you revise it.

The student must make all corrections and resubmit the corrected ETD to ProQuest at least a few days before the OGS deadline. 

Be sure to click all "Submit Revision" confirmations within ProQuest – this lets us know you are ready for your revisions to be annotated!

The Office of Graduate Studies will then re-review the corrected ETD as described above. 

Reviews may require an additional 5-7 business days - depending on the current number of ETDs in review and the level of revision required.

Late ETD Submission

ETDs submitted after the respective deadline without an extension request form from the Dean of Graduate Studies may not be processed for that semester's graduation. You may have to register again in the following semester.

Publishing Options - Embargo

An Embargo allows students to withhold the release of their ETD for one year (1Y) . Reasons for an embargo include patentable rights; sensitive/classified information; interest of academic/commercial press in acquiring the rights to publish as a book; or content likely to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.

If you would like to embargo your ETD for one year, you must select the correct option in ProQuest.

ProQuest Asks: Delaying Release “Do you want your work to be available in ProQuest as soon as it is published?” Choose either:

○ Yes (Immediate Worldwide Access – No Embargo) ○ No (One-Year Embargo)

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