this thesis; this article; the article under consideration
Used in academic or formal writing to refer to the current paper or thesis. The prefix 本- means 'this' or 'the present'.
In this thesis, we discuss this issue in detail.
The purpose of this article is to propose a new method.
Compound of 本 (hon, 'this' or 'the present') + 論文 (ronbun, 'thesis' or 'article'). The prefix 本- is a common Sino-Japanese element used to refer to the current document or entity.