According to the Regulations on the Management of Postgraduate Education of Nanjing Forestry University, professional degree graduates need to finish their dissertations and publish academic papers before they can defend their dissertations. Among them, master students need to publish at least one academic paper related to the paper before the thesis defense, and the paper should be accepted by recognized academic journals or conferences at home and abroad. Therefore, Nanjing Forestry University needs to publish papers after graduation.

Publishing papers is one of the necessary conditions for graduate students to obtain professional degrees, and it is also an important index to evaluate their academic level and scientific research ability.