Current trend has changed to publication route (3 ISI papers compulsary)

Err... what do you mean "traditional" bro? 
Traditional as in need to submit thesis?

UM actually allows students to omit the submission of thesis if they publish 3 ISI (Q1/Q2) articles iinm. I've achieved that requirement, but since my scholarship will give extra incentives for writing thesis, why not write? 

Unfortunately no, I'm doing phD in Biotechnology
Published 4 ISI (3Q1, 1Q2) within 2 years, hope I can get 2-3 more before I leave

Yeah, under BrightSpark How you know? You also from UM?   
More like I'm lucky to publish 4 in 2 years 

I see, grats grats!! Graduating this Oct I guess?   
Science, depends on the field... Bio and medicine pretty competitive... Engineering should be easier 

Interestingly concluded! The social sciences (anthropology, archaeology, criminology, economics, history, linguistics, law, communication studies, political science, international relations, sociology, human geography, and psychology) have a rich tradition, as shown by its various authors and theories found throughout written history. But, are the social sciences really- and merely- sciences?

The subject matter of social sciences is mysterious. But social science is also integrated into our systems of education, medicine, justice, politics, economics, etc.—and this gives it great power, hence great responsibility. Power must be exercised with humility, in the face of the mystery of being human.

For this mystery, though proven by physical science, is not even expressible in the language of physics or chemistry. Physical science examines the things of this world in terms of their physical parameters, but meaning, the collection, transformation, storage, communication, etc., of information, is not captured in physical parameters.