“Until the starting of the degree-awarding procedure, the doctoral student shall provide proof of at least one publication (the publication presented for the admission does not count). The candidate shall, by the time of the start of the degree-conferment procedure, have at least four publications (with publications presented for the admission to the programme not counting), in any of the high-quality, refereed journals as determined by the council of the doctoral school (an editor’s letter of acceptance is also acceptable); the publications shall be related to the topic of the dissertation. At least two of the four publications shall be longer papers comparable to a dissertation chapter (one may be a shorter paper). A publication in a prestigious foreign periodical shall be counted as the equivalent of two publications in Hungary. At least half of the required four publications required for the degree awarding shall be single-author or first-author publications. A further condition of the commencement of the degree conferment procedure is also participation at a conference (other than the OTDK – National Student Competition, which does not count).” (Rules and Regulations of DCAH)
It is a key expectation in the SLCS that the applicant, before submitting the dissertation, publish their work in respected academic forums. The dissertation supervisors support the publication activity of the students under their supervision by advising them about appropriate venues, while they are also responsible for the academic standard of he submitted work. The content requirements of the dissertation are determined by the dissertation supervisor, while the formal criteria are prescribed in DSz.