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Imagine that one wanted to present a list of (a) published academic papers and theses, and (b) unpublished papers and/or essays (I'm not sure if there is a real difference between these two concepts). Which headings would make most sense to separate the two? Papers and essays? Official papers and unofficial papers?

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Published papers and Unpublished papers seem adequate to me.

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Are theses considered as published? In that case, it's a good suggestion. – Speldosa Nov 14 '11 at 9:18
@Speldosa: If a thesis is published it seems reasonable to call it a published paper. It depends on the practice of the particular academic institution, I suppose. – Barrie England Nov 14 '11 at 9:23
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If you label the section: "Published papers and theses", you leave it ambiguous whether the thesis was actually published. You can then use "Unpublished papers and essays" as the other section heading. – Peter Shor Nov 14 '11 at 13:46
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How about "releases" and "internal drafts"?

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Well, doesn't "draft" imply more of an unfinished work? (The dictionary says: "A preliminary version of a piece of writing.") – Speldosa Nov 14 '11 at 9:17
Well, in that case you can call it "internal release" or "internally released papers". I got the impression that internally written papers are released once they're published, but I don't know how your organization has defined that workflow. – Raku Nov 14 '11 at 13:50

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