STUDIES
SUBMISSION OF ETD
Procedure for submission of electronic documents (ETD) of LSMU final theses and doctoral dissertations to LSMU Science Information System CRIS Storage.
20 calendar days before the public defense date, students submit the ETD to the Repository according to the ETD submission instructions.
Main stages of ETD submission:
- Student registration in the Repository and login;
- Metadata* about the student, title, 3-5 key words, summaries in Lithuanian and English, ETD responsible persons and other submission data;
- Submission of the ETD work file (the main file must be submitted in PDF format);
- Approval of the license agreement;
- The student will receive confirmation information about the submission of the ETD to LSMU CRIS by e-mail. Students must forward the received email to the persons responsible for their final work (supervisor, reviewers, doctoral students – to the entire defense commission).
When writing a thesis, it is recommended to use the Vancouver citation style:
| Source type | Examples for citation in the text | Template of source description in bibliography | An example of source description in a bibliography |
| Book | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Book title. Edition. Publisher; Year. | Doherty P. An insider’s plague year. Melbourne University Press; 2021 |
| e-book (with DOI) | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Book title. Edition. Publisher; Year. doi:xxxxx | Glenn RW. Come hell or high fever: readying the world’s megacities for disaster. ANU Press; 2023. doi:10.22459/CHHF.2023 |
| e-book (with URL) | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Book title. Edition. Publisher; Year. Date of Access. URL | Keech BM, Laterza RD. Anesthesia Secrets. 6 Ed. Elesevier; 2021. Accessed 15 September, 2023. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/book/3-s2.0- B9780323640152099881 |
| Article | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Article title. Journal title. Year;Volume(Number):Pages. | Odle TG. Precision Medicine in Breast Cancer. Radiol Technol. 2017;88(4):401M- 421M. |
| Electronic article (with DOI) | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Article title. Journal title. Year;Volume(Number):Pages. doi:xxxxx | Tian YE, Cropley V, Maier AB, Lautenschlager NT, Breakspear M, Zalesky A. Heterogeneous aging across multiple organ systems and prediction of chronic disease and mortality. Nat Med. 2023;29(5):1221-1231. doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02296-6 |
| Electronic article (with URL) | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Article title. Journal title. Year;Volume(Number):Pages. URL | Sauliūnė S, Kalėdienė R, Kaselienė S, Jaruševičienė L. Health profile of the urban community members in Lithuania: do socio-demographic factors matter? Medicina (Kaunas). 2014;50(6):360-5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X14001098?via%3Dihub |
| Thesis | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Title. Thesis type. University in which the thesis was defended; date of thesis defence. | Baubilienė A. Kai kurie miokardo infarkto epidemiologijos klausimai Lietuvos TSR sąlygomis : disertacija medicinos mokslų daktaro laipsniui įgyti. Dissertation. Kauno medicinos institutas. 1964. |
| Electronic thesis | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Title. Thesis type. University in which the thesis was defended; date of thesis defence. Date of Access. URL | Tumienė D. Bendrosios praktikos gydytojų ir jų pacientų požiūrio į natūraliąją mediciną vertinimas. Dissertation. Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas; 2007. Accessed 21 June 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12512/102269 |
| Website | (1); [1]; 1 | Author. Title of the piece. Website title. Date of publication. Update date. Date of Access. URL | Pelenis A. Baltijos jūros pakrantėje aptiko kardžuvę: siekė daugiau nei pusantro metro. Delfi. 11 September, 2023. Accessed 14 September, 2023. https://www.delfi.lt/grynas/gamta/baltijos-juros-pakranteje-aptiko-kardzuve-sieke- daugiau-nei-pusantro-metro-94482749 |
| AI | (1); [1]; 1 | Author: If there is no individual author, specify the organization’s name (e.g., OpenAI, Google, etc.). Title: The name of the tool (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.). Place of publication and publisher: If known, include the company’s location and name. Date: First specify, the publication year, followed by the access date ([cited …]). URL/access link: It is essential to provide the exact source (typically the official website or platform where the tool was used). | OpenAI. ChatGPT [Internet]. San Francisco (CA): OpenAI; 2023 [cited 2025 Apr 22]. Available from: https://chat.openai.com/ |
Updated: 22/04/2025
TEXT MATCH CHECK
The text matching tool Oxsico has changed its name and will now be known as Identific. The tool’s functionality remains the same and continues to be intended exclusively for checking electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Please note that only thesis supervisors and reviewers are authorized to use the tool. Students do not have access.
Login credentials for Identific remain unchanged. Please be aware that accounts created earlier may have been registered with @lsmuni.lt email addresses – use that email when logging in.
If you do not have an account and would like to create one, please contact Laura Petrauskiene.
If you are unable to log in, please contact: support@identific.com
SETTLING THE BILL WITH THE LIBRARY
Payment procedures for settling their bill with the library for graduates and students who discontinue their studies.
Billing for graduates or dropping out students is approved when:
– all publications borrowed from the Library are returned;
– does not have late fees.
For graduates who do not have debts, settlement is automatically marked on LSMUSIS at least 5 working days before the scheduled day of awarding diplomas, there is no need to apply anywhere else.
Students discontinuing their studies must contact any librarian of the Customer Service Department directly, for payment confirmation, at LSMUSIS – phone: +370 37 39 60 45
Library publications can only be returned to the library where they were borrowed. If you are unable to come, send by mail to:
LSMU Library and Information Centre, Eivenių str. 6, LT – 50162, Kaunas.
LSMU VA Library, Tilžės str.18, LT – 47181, Kaunas.
Payments of late fees are possible at any of the above-mentioned Libraries by bank card or cash, as well as electronically.