On: Is the doctoral thesis obsolete?

[shasta]

If you're simple, clear and first, you're going to get plenty of citations, though.

[seanmcdirmid → shasta]

For CS? Not in your thesis, but maybe in a paper based on the thesis.

[sampo → seanmcdirmid]

In natural sciences, thesis is based on papers. In CS, paper is based on thesis.

[seanmcdirmid → sampo]

Both actually. Its just that your thesis won't get many if any non-self citations, even if it is really good. People will cite your paper, which they bother to take time reading (hopefully).