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72,909 | I joined a research group of a faculty member in 201x, and worked with her for three years. During that time, I collaborated with a large hospital to perform research in the domain of medical informatics. I spoke about my research at two conferences; one was a talk, and the other was a poster presentation. My advisor a... | [
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"text": "A paper must not be published without the (explicit or implicit) consent of all coauthors. This holds true for prepri... | 2016/07/17 | [
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72,915 | What is the possibility for an international student to do a PhD in Monash Australia without a scholarship? Scholarship application to the university was unsuccessful. | [
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"text": "There are certain funding schemes like Endeavour Australia that might be available to you, potentially. Perhaps dep... | 2016/07/17 | [
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72,933 | I'm doing my Masters right now and I am a new lab member (I've been there for just 4 months). A undergrad student didn't like it when I told her to follow biosafety rules when handling dangerous chemical reagents. So by e-mail she said she would tell our advisor lies about me and that he will believe in her because she... | [
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"text": "Assuming US here. If she continues to fail to follow basic lab safety procedures, you may have to report her to... | 2016/07/17 | [
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72,950 | A student turned in a bunch of homework assignments, poorly organized and many not labeled. One of them was on a topic for several weeks from now. The student turned in a short essay for the assignment, which I have not given.
Notes:
Most of the course material was prepared by someone else and is normally used by ... | [
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"text": "This is clear cut plagiarism. And not only is it plagiarism, it is also very poorly conducted plagiarism, which is a... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,959 | I have been peer reviewing scholarly manuscripts for more than 10 years, and I am always concerned that the quality of my reviews might be impacted by the fact that my name is made public to authors or other people, instead of the typical scenario in which authors are blinded to the reviewers' identity. This is becomin... | [
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"text": "I have a similar history of reviewing papers at around eight years, though in the fields of engineering and robo... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,963 | While helping a friend with a research assignment (basically find some studies on a topic, compare them, and then evaluate the work as a whole), I noticed that the professor had provided a sample paper.
They had one paragraph for every study, and they were all in the same exact format. For example:
>
> [Authors] con... | [
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"text": "I am not sure of the question exactly, but there are \"standards\" for writing academic papers.\n\nThis is ... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,970 | After a lengthy review process, I finally published my first paper. Unfortunately, upon seeing it in print, I was immediately dismayed.
During the proofing process, formatting errors appeared on the table, presumably as a result of the conversion to the journal's table template. The table in question was supposed to h... | [
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"text": "> \n> How cut and dry is the rule of not being able to correct articles once they are published?\n> \n> \n> \n\n... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,973 | Recently I refereed a paper in pure mathematics. Although I recommended a "major revision", I was quite impressed with the paper, and indeed I would like to: (1) describe his results in a grant proposal I am writing, and (2) eventually apply the author's techniques in my own work.
The author has not yet made his paper... | [
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"text": "No. It's a standard expectation that you'll keep confidential anything in the papers you referee. Once the pa... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,985 | In computer science, many conferences have a rebuttal phase, where reviewers ask questions to the authors and then, basing on the answers, decide wether to accept or reject the paper. However this seems to be ambiguous on what I can say to the reviewers.
For example, in a paper I submitted to a conference, reviewers l... | [
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"text": "This has probably been resolved already, but if it were in fact \"easy\" to add those experiments, then I woul... | 2016/07/18 | [
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72,995 | Recently I have communicated a manuscript to Springer journal. In editorial system I was required to furnish funding information. If the funding information is available then does that mean that I have to publish my work through open access by paying fee from funds that have been sanctioned to me?
Although the journal... | [
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"text": "Funding information is often required even when a journal has no open source option to it. The source of funding is a m... | 2016/07/19 | [
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73,009 | I have a paper that is currently in review but that has been available via bioRxiv for a while. While my paper was in review, a paper was published elsewhere which essentially scoops my paper. I am wondering how this could affect my paper in review seeing as my results were available earlier.
To clarify, I guess my q... | [
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"text": "Do you know that they were aware of the preprint? Scoops are bound to be common if many groups are working on t... | 2016/07/19 | [
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73,017 | A friend asked me to post this.
I am an **A** grade undergraduate student who participated in many competitions and won many trophies for the Uni.
So basically, during a final exam, a proctor felt that there is something under my hand. So I simply gave him the cheat sheet. He flagged the incident. The dean came immedi... | [
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73,023 | Ill be going into my first year of college fairly soon, with a prominent interest in studying and researching (as a career) pure/theoretical mathematics (especially number theory). However, the college I'll be entering only offers an "Applied Mathematics" major, which I understand may be more suitable for engineers, ec... | [
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"text": "Applied math is basically applications of pure math. That is, it is the math that is used in \"field research\" rather ... | 2016/07/19 | [
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73,024 | When I applied to grad schools I was accepted with full tuition wavers and stipends to all but one. That one gave me a good stipend and reduced tuition to a trivial fee ($300). They say you can even defer the fee until payday.
In general, why might a university not reduce stipend amount by the fees rather than charge... | [
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"text": "The grad school wants to retain the right to raise, or otherwise \"move\" fees. Yes, it costs a bit more bureaucratical... | 2016/07/19 | [
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73,037 | (It is important to note that the articles are generally written by people for whom English is not their first language)
I recently got my first article to edit, and realized very quickly how uncertain I was about how detailed I was supposed to be in my editing. The article was very wooden though and required a lot of... | [
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"text": "I think a reasonable rule to follow when editing an accepted manuscript prior to publication is to make the *minimum* c... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,043 | I want to get into specifically top schools (in materials science and engineering) because I want to have a decent shot at being a professor.
I am aware that quite a few people have successfully done an MS and went on to top PhD programs, but my concern is that because the MS GPA is so inflated, it won't help me in my... | [
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"text": "First, let me state that I am currently in a PhD program in a top school in the US. My undergrad GPA was from ... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,045 | For a while ResearchGate provided something called **impact points**. It was calculated as the sum of the impact factors of all the publications an academic had. For example, if an author had been an author on four papers with impact factors 0, 2, 4, and 3. They would have 0 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 9 impact points. They've recen... | [
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"text": "I'm not aware of any specific tools like ResearchGate which provide an average impact factor for a researcher... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,051 | I was recently asked to referee a paper for a "moderate" but perfectly acceptable Elsevier journal, with an impact factor of around 1. The article in question was very poorly written, had several significant misconceptions in the introduction, but looked potentially quite interesting: I submitted a recommendation of ma... | [
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"text": "Transparency is key. If you suspect some kind of fraud, be open with the editor, and send an email ... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,058 | I have submitted my paper to a reputed APS journal. It has been 65 days, and I still did not get any response. Should I contact the editor regarding this? I have two papers published in this journal and last two times it only took around 45-50 days. However, I am in a dilemma, if I contact the editor will he get mad at... | [
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73,064 | I want to start writing on an article that is probably going to be published in one of the IOP journals. There is a template for their publications, but it lacks some (for me) essential packages. Since I've never submitted an article myself, I want to be sure the editing process goes as smooth as possible by eliminatin... | [
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"text": "Unless explicitly forbidden, adding packages is usually ok and fully expected - e.g. in order to add support f... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,068 | While looking around for an answer to this, I have been getting conflicting opinions/answers, so I decided to ask here: Is publishing a great research paper as an undergrad more important than great letters from your professors when applying to grad school?
Another phrasing: If you had only one of these (great researc... | [
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"text": "Short answer: In practice, letters are more important.\n\nLong answer: Doing great research is great, but if I'm on an ... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,089 | I'm currently getting ready to apply to graduate programs in Chemistry, and am beginning to contact potential advisors. My problem is that until recently, I was planning to focus on field X, but have realized that I cannot see myself doing a PhD in this field.
After reading some papers in field Y, I am really excited ... | [
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"text": "Some of the other students in my lab came from different fields. They always showed an interest in what we were w... | 2016/07/20 | [
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73,092 | I'm a new graduate student in a computational lab, and the workstations provided by the lab I'm in right now are...slightly subpar. Long story short, a lot of it is nearing a decade old, and there doesn't seem to be a push to replace it with new hardware anytime soon. Since our lab tends to work with pretty demanding p... | [
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"text": "At least here in Germany there is this thing that (at least in public institutions) electrically powered machines (eve... | 2016/07/21 | [
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73,109 | I am suggesting a chair rotation for a department in sciences. I was wondering about pitfalls and advantages, things to watch out for, best practices and general advice. If you have organized such an an arrangement or have been part of one I would like to hear your recommendations. | [
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73,114 | I recently reviewed a paper for which I recommended rejection. I wrote a comprehensive review with a list of items that needed fixing to motivate my decision. I spent some time (between a day and a day and a half, perhaps) carefully reading the manuscript, writing and motivation my review.
Today I was curious to see w... | [
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73,116 | Is there some standard software for creating framework diagrams for computer science such as [this](https://ai2-s2-public.s3.amazonaws.com/figures/2016-03-25/15433a87b41e7bbbd5faeec5df03a84477c33d30/6-Figure2-1.png) or [this](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Kalbacher/publication/283565445/figure/fig4/AS:293... | [
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73,117 | I have recently submitted 2 papers to a top tier IEEE conference; both were rejected.
The reviews for paper B included two accepts and one reject.
However, some of the comments the reviewer who rejected gave us seem to relate to paper A. In fact, he actually **named** an algorithm appearing in paper A (in his review ... | [
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73,130 | Is it unethical or illegal to grade a proof exam without reading all of the proofs? Someone I know would give students 0 points if they do not use theorems presented in lectures, or if they have one solution that solves multiple problems at once will ignore it. Also would make up criteria to fit his/her own agenda for ... | [
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73,135 | FYI: I am teaching undergraduates, and am fairly recently out of grad school myself.
I find myself unconsciously treating/regarding students differently based on their engagement with the class. I find that I tend to favor students who do their work, arrive on time, and participate in discussions over those who do not... | [
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"text": "The issue of favoritism has been extensively studied at the primary and high school level (K12) but not so m... | 2016/07/22 | [
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73,162 | I am writing an article in which I need to reproduce a section of my previous paper. This section includes standard math formulations and very little text. Although I am including this section with some minor changes but overall structure of section would be same. I will include proper citation but still I am worried i... | [
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"text": "**The legal issue regarding copyright is what concerns me**. You need to investigate that. I don't think self... | 2016/07/22 | [
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73,179 | I submitted one of my research paper in a fake conference by mistake. Now I want to withdraw my paper from it, But I am facing problem in withdrawal as no email id is given on that website. The problem is that now my paper has been accepted by another conference. But according to Turnitin, my abstract is already publis... | [
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"text": "This is a horrible situation for you. Until this moment, I never heard of \"fake conferences\". I just read a... | 2016/07/23 | [
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73,180 | My papers were rejected from a top conference venue in computer science due to laughably fallacious arguments. The reject decisions were based upon the following comments:
1. The one's complement checksum of an all zero bit sequence is zero!
2. O(n2) can be more efficient than O(n), because for n = 0.9, 0.92 < 0.9 !
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73,196 | In my current study. I am trying to solve a problem A by using a technology B. My supervisors consider themselves as experts in B. I have a scholarship for 3 years and 1.5 years are over. I have passed my exams and my Ph.D. proposal presentation was passed 6 months back. But now I realize that B=evolutionary computatio... | [
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73,201 | Why does CollegeBoard (the organization that does the SAT, GRE, etc.) exist? Why don't universities just give their own entrance exams? It seems such centralization of power in CollegeBoard would be a bad thing for diversity in the universities. | [
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73,216 | I am applying for a PhD position for last few months but all the Professors say they need a masters whereas I have quite good lab experiences than a masters student even. I am very much depressed nowadays. What should I do now? If the professors do not trust the skills written in the CV, they can give a conditional off... | [
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73,223 | Sometimes I give a talk for a limited number of persons (typically well below 15). Here, the audience consists of persons from different subfields of the same fields. Consequently, I am often not familiar with the background of all persons in the audience. In the past, I sometimes was unsure whether all the attending p... | [
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73,234 | I am a student at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, but did research over the summer at Duke with a mentor from Duke, as part of a program run by NCSSM. I am currently creating a poster to present my work, and I do not know which institution's logo it would be appropriate to include. When I am addin... | [
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73,236 | I am 28 years old and did my PhD last year at an applied math institute and left. However, I am still in good contact with my old working group and my PhD adviser told me I should come back.
At the moment I am a self-employed programmer. Although I really like my current job, I sometimes wonder if I should give the ac... | [
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73,243 | I have published a monograph and now would like to see it reviewed by a/some journal(s) in the field. Given that there are many other books they could publish a review on, they might not find a reviewer who is interested (I have already contacted them).
So I was thinking of asking a colleague to review the book (I hav... | [
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73,246 | Four months in my postdoc and I feel the mess, up to the point that I can't further do any, any work in my office. Nothing. My passion, bioinformatics, is gone.
An office with 12 students where just 8 should be, and plenty of disorganised stuff, people coming in and out, chatting, not very clean... I would say it's m... | [
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73,264 | In many European countries, PhD salaries are incredibly low if compared with industry salaries. In my field, computer science, a young programmer can gain in one in one year what a PhD student gains during all the PhD. Which are the practical reasons of this?
Some possibilities:
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73,272 | I am a parent of disabled teenager. My career has been interrupted, as has my academic path. My son is in and out of hospital and school. But now I am doing a PhD at a top UK university and am winning awards for my projects and am devising and teaching courses. Only problem, I can't get funding. I keep missing out on S... | [
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73,276 | I'm writing a journal article that involves many comparisons within and across groups. Visually, these comparisons are quite easily understood. However, describing them in text requires the use of long sentences with several acronyms and numerous references back to sub-parts of the figures.
In general is it acceptabl... | [
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73,292 | In recent years there has been much talk of difficulties in the academic job market, and of many PhDs transitioning out of academia into the private sector. From what I've observed, it seems that those PhDs that did get private jobs experienced pay and hours much better than what they would have gotten as academic post... | [
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73,298 | If an academic researcher wants to ask research related question or to start a collaboration etc. with another academic researcher, it is usually a matter of a polite and specific email. I have seem such initiatives from academic researchers towards industrial researchers (e.g., a postdoc asking about technicalities of... | [
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73,300 | My wife and I are both PhD candidate in major-but-not-elite French universities. We study in completely different fields.
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73,313 | I have two papers published in a APS journal and another paper just got accepted to the same journal (the journal is a reputed one in my field). It has been almost two years for my PhD. So I have started drafting my next research outcome. My plan was to try another journal this time. However, my supervisor is suggestin... | [
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73,318 | I'm in the middle of my PhD and published 2 conference papers only with my supervisor, But i always want to have collaborations with other academic people in the field. Unfortunately i am a bit confused there!
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73,324 | Some months ago I was contacted by a friend who works in my scientific field, regarding a **collaboration project** (we're both postdocs). We exchanged some emails and considerations. He provided me the dataset, and I developed a simple program able to make some interesting scientific discoveries (at least, from my und... | [
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73,327 | For context, i'll describe the problem. I'm working in chromatography, and the first part of the work was to do TLC experiments to narrow mobile phase compositions for separation of valuable components of plant extracts through column chromatography. In these experiments, we found that there were impurities that could ... | [
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73,333 | Many studies are mainly revolved around solving optimization problems; formulating a cost function and getting the gradient w.r.t some elements. This part can be somewhat challenging mathematically and is required to solve the problem in practice. Or at least, it used to be. I note that I'm not talking about the resear... | [
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73,334 | I'm doing research in two different subfields, one of which usually orders names alphabetically and one of which usually orders by contribution. My last name starts with Z, so I'll always be last author in the former field. Both fields are close enough to the divide that it's not clear to an outsider which convention t... | [
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73,336 | I have chosen to work under a associate professor as my PhD advisor. He has a small research group -a group of 3 graduate students and some Undergraduates. I see colleagues of my advisor have groups of 10-12 students with 3 postdocs.
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73,340 | I am putting together an application for an academic position that has been advertised as either level D or E at an Australian university (equivalent to full professor or chair professor in the US). The selection criteria are slightly different, depending on the level at which I apply, and I need to specify which level... | [
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73,341 | A little background... I attended a community college for 2 years, then transferred to Northwestern University where I studied mathematics. After spending seven years in the workforce, I am now planning to apply to graduate programs to study machine learning, and am looking back to see who I could ask for letters of re... | [
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73,345 | I'm a fairly new Assistant Professor at a 4-year university. As is often the case our teaching load is high and we are also expected to do research. Personally, I like both teaching and doing research.
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73,375 | In U.S., Canadian and European universities do new professors have to pass a drug test before starting their career? Or is it only required when they are promoted to full-time tenure professors? | [
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73,392 | When I was preparing the camera-ready version of a paper, one of my co-author asked me to put in the acknowledgements section that his research was funded by the grant N12345.
Just out of curiosity, I searched the grant number, and found its description: "applying technique X on problem A".
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73,393 | I'm about to submit my first scholarly manuscript to the top journal in my field, which has an acceptance rate of 20-25%. One of the co-authors on my paper, besides being generally well-known in this field, happens to be on the editorial board of this journal as an associate editor. Obviously I imagine that he'll autom... | [
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73,403 | I am a PhD holder in Analytical Chemistry from Iran and now, I am very interested in applying for a PhD program in a somewhat different field like Nanotechnology in the US and Canada. I have invested much time and effort on preparing for taking GRE and TOEFL exams and I have a strong research background, but now I hear... | [
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73,411 | I am about ready to sumbit a paper in mathematics, but I have one worry. While researching, I came across a sentence in the introduction of an old paper that I really want to use (with a very minor modification) in my abstract. It has been in all of my drafts for a long while now, and I can't see getting rid of it!!!
... | [
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73,416 | On Google Scholar, you can do an author search based on keywords. For example, if I find an author who has "Robotics" as a keyword, and I click on that keyword, it lists all the authors with that keyword, in order of the number of citations.
What I would like to do, is see that same list, but:
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73,430 | I just received my diploma from my university. I'm very happy and my results aren't that bad either. Now, as the result is already known, I would like to thank my professor and my supervisor for their support.
Would it be acceptable, if I make them a gift to express my thankfulness?
I was thinking of a bottle of a ... | [
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73,452 | I am writing a job application which lists the universities I have given invited talks at. What I would like some advice on, is whether I should always write each university out in full, or whether I should always use the common acronym / abbreviation associated with that university (if any), or whether it should depen... | [
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73,467 | I submitted a paper to a journal and got the referee report. In the first referee report the same surname has been repeated 10 times, and since then the referee has insisted on a discussion about that paper.
I've read the paper, and the paper is dealing with a different subject. It can seldom be considered as relevan... | [
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"text": "> \n> Apart from the editors, should there be a way to control this excessive use of the refereeing power?\n> \n> ... | 2016/07/29 | [
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73,477 | Every morning, at the institution where I work, I attend a lecture series with on the order of 100 other students. The lecture hall is very central on campus, and large meetings are often held nearby -- almost right outside -- at the same time. Very frequently, tables equipt with refreshments accompany these meetings. ... | [
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"text": "A useful way to think about free food/coffee is to try to determine its purpose. Why did someone spend time an... | 2016/07/29 | [
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73,478 | Most scientific papers refer to almost any *formula* that contains the "=" sign by the word "equation". Consider this case:
Let `value = function(input) (1)` where `input` is a *known* input value and `value` is the result of the `function` computation. In this situation, there are no effective unknowns (we are guaran... | [
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73,480 | Say person A and person B are collaborating on a mathematics paper. It goes like this: person A repeatedly suggests proofs, and person B repeatedly finds flaws in them. Over time, this process culminates in a correct proof.
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73,487 | I am getting ready to apply to some biomedical engineering programs this coming fall and I am a bit concerned about explaining why I am applying so late in life. A lot has happened in the ~15 years since I graduated with my first undergraduate degree.
I am concerned about how it will read. If I am honest, I will desc... | [
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73,498 | In the copyright transfer agreement of a journal there is the following sentence:
>
> "The Author warrants that the Work has not been published before in
> any form except as a preprint."
>
>
>
Nowhere do they mention ArXiv specifically, but does "published to ArXiv" fall under "published as a preprint"? | [
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73,524 | A friend of mine who is doing a PhD has finished writing the first draft of her thesis. In her school, it's a common practice that a supervisor will read the first draft and then provide feedback and suggestions for improvement.
However, my friend's supervisor is too busy at the moment and explicitly says that he won'... | [
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73,525 | We at a company would like to publish a whitepaper to be included in the proceedings of an academic conference. The specified format requires us to list all authors together with their e-mail addresses.
One author (who did about 5% of the work) had parted ways with the company about half a year ago and had no connecti... | [
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73,536 | I'm undergraduate student in Physics, I wonder what is the point in publishing a paper in a journal rather than arXiv ?
As far as I know, there is a fee which must be paid for publishing in a journal (It may not be valid for all journal or fields, I guess).I'm asking because If I do some publishable work on my underg... | [
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73,540 | Most scientific articles are written as if the research followed some kind of [waterfall model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model). In other words, a typical paper proceeds pretty linearly from the idea to the results to the implications of the research, hiding the fact that one thing might have lead to ano... | [
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73,544 | In [here](http://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process), they say there is a problem with results not being replicated. I know a PhD is supposed to be "original" research. But could you do a PhD solely on replicating the results of others? Especially given that there is a... | [
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73,550 | I am part of a group that wants to publish a new journal in the field of economic sciences. I am coming up with the journal name and will then register a domain in that name. But I have to be sure about distinctiveness of the name.
How can I check that the journal name has not been used by others earlier? Is there a... | [
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73,553 | I would like to know how journals improve their impact score? It seems that great journals have almost always been great and second tier journals have always been second tier. How does a journal go from obscurity to highly respected? | [
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73,585 | I have just completed my undergraduate studies in the United States this June. I have completed all degree requirements and have paid off all financial obligations. I received a scholarship for my masters for a school in Europe but I need to upload a scanned copy of my Diploma by the 15th of this month to be able to ma... | [
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73,588 | I am an assistant professor in a business discipline. A couple of months ago, I came across (through casual chat) that a senior colleague of mine plans to pursue a research idea that I myself was also planning to pursue. I asked whether I could join her and her co-author on the project and she declined. But she said I ... | [
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73,594 | I am applying to a PhD program at my alma mater this fall, and I am trying to make my application as strong as possible. A friend who went through the program suggested that having people lined up to be on my dissertation committee before I applied would help my application.
I have a professor who has agreed to be my ... | [
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73,596 | I love pure math and currently I am at a very low ranked US math PhD programme. My area is Complex and Algebraic Geometry which I love it. But, after some semesters of being a TA, I realized that I detest teaching. Repeating and repeating again. And furthermore, having to deal with those annoying undergrads is horrible... | [
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73,597 | This past term, I was teaching in a collaborative classroom where students sit together at round tables. This works well for in-class activities and peer learning, but is the not exactly the best configuration on the day of a midterm or final.
Concerned that some students might have wandering eyes – either inadverten... | [
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73,604 | I'm an undergraduate Physics and Mathematics student, who is planning to do a PhD. I have seen many PhD students on this website who are struggling to solve problems about their advisor in authorship, advising, relationship or in unethical manners, etc. and also many answers which are strongly suggesting that they shou... | [
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73,609 | I have to write the definition for a term in my Paper. I find the best definition for the term in a particular paper, say paper1. I would like to quote the definition as it is in my paper. I believe this is not wrong and is not plagiarism, as I am quoting the definition with proper references. Please correct me if I am... | [
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73,611 | I am currently a visiting assistant professor in Computer Science in the United States. I was wondering If there are any avenues (ARC programs) for someone like me to apply for research grants in Australia. | [
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73,612 | If there is a web article (or even a website) without a date of publication, is there a chance to determine a year of publication for a complete reference of it? Or should it omitted in the reference? | [
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73,613 | For a study, we sent out a questionnaire to members of the general public. The questionnaire was containing items related to well-being and happiness, among other items that are completely related to my field (computer science).
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73,619 | It is clear how a conclusion is necessary for an original research article as it summarized the main aspects of the procedure, experimental results, or inferences drawn from the results. But in a survey or review paper, is it necessary?
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73,633 | I just finished my BSc Hons. in Mathematics and CS from one of the leading research institutes in India (Not IITs). Now I'm going to continue my masters in CS. I like ML. But I haven't done any proper course. I wish to apply for PhD in this area. Can anybody tell me a detailed idea about the courses that I need to take... | [
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73,660 | What is an acceptable way to state that you are very happy to have been offered funding for a research proposal?
"I am honored to have this offer of funding for my research"
"I am grateful for this offer..."
etc
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73,661 | I am using a number of equations from a different paper. I am using those to derive another quantity.
Is it appropriate to just mention them one after another, without stating the assumptions behind the equations etc, since I am already citing the previous paper like
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Equation 2 -- (2)
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73,669 | I am a biomedical engineer; I was offered a PhD position in Germany. They already prepared my contract but never mentioned my salary. I was wondering if there is a polite way to ask how much will be my salary. | [
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73,676 | I have been working on a project for almost a year now. This project involves the implementation of a computational method to calculate material properties and the application to different material systems. I have also done original modifications to the method during the course of the implementation.
At the moment I a... | [
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73,686 | Heyall, just asking a question out of curiousity.
I'm a mathematics undergraduate, who likes to write quite detailed notes from textbooks as a method of revising. These notes tend to follow roughly the structure of the textbook chapters - with the same definitions, theorems, etc - but often with differing proofs and ... | [
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74,707 | Often, when searching Google Scholar, I get a single result with a bit of text "Showing the best result for this search. *See all results*" and I have to click on that hyperlink at the end to actually see a full set of results. **Is there any setting to automatically have that clicked so that Google Scholar displays a ... | [
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74,708 | I have a BS in math (2.9) and a MA in teaching (Pass/fail online program)
I am teaching math at a high school but now miss my college days and the upper level material. My end goal would be a PhD in Physics at a US university.
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74,709 | I noticed while doing practice math PhD exams that the newer exams tend to be a bit easier than the older exams. The online archive goes back about ten years or so, but I was able to dig up some old exams from the mid-80s. I was absolutely shocked. I would get wrecked if they gave me one of these. I don't even think I ... | [
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74,725 | I have created several images for Wikipedia and would like to use them for my own poster/talks as well. However I am concerned that my colleagues will assume that I took them from Wikipedia and will consider it bad practice to use images from Wikipedia instead of my own and secondly to not reference them. How would you... | [
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74,729 | On this website, there are 120 questions tagged [citation-style](/questions/tagged/citation-style "show questions tagged 'citation-style'"), and probably many more without the tag (a search for APA returns 244 results).
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74,732 | I'm an undergraduate student in Physics and Mathematics, who plans to do a PhD in Physics or Mathematics. I know when you are doing a PhD, you can be a TA or RA if it is provided, so that you can handle financial issues or you could be accepted into the PhD program with funding or scholarship (I don't remember the corr... | [
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