SCI-PhD may have the following advantages: for non-English-speaking students, many English skills and writing skills are necessary, so SCI-PhD thesis can help students learn and master writing skills quickly; Secondly, the research theories, data analysis and conclusions in some SCI documents are complicated and need some practical experience and professional knowledge to understand. At this time, by transforming it into a doctoral thesis, students can better understand the content of the thesis. However, there are some shortcomings in converting SCI to PhD: some institutions plagiarize papers, and some institutions have limited translation quality of the original papers, which may have a negative impact on academic achievements; In addition, changing from SCI to PhD will weaken students' writing ability, and doctoral studies will be quick. After obtaining the diploma, they may find that their writing ability still needs to be further improved.
SCI-to-PhD is usually suitable for the following groups: academic graduate students need to quickly complete their doctoral degrees and quickly convert SCI papers into doctoral papers; R&D personnel or engineers who want to make a breakthrough in the technical field need to write a paper as a display of their research results, but they find that their English is not up to the level of paper writing. In addition, changing from SCI to PhD can greatly reduce the burden and pressure of thesis writing, and let students have more time and energy to do other things, such as further in-depth research and scientific experiments.