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3,017 | This seems like a silly question, but I can't find a clear answer online. If Dr. Brainiac's Big Book of Science was first published in 1974, but I have the second edition, published in 1996, should I cite it as (Brainiac, 1974) or (Brainiac, 1996)?
I realise that this is the sort of thing that might come down to the p... | [
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3,022 | I just visited a [conference website](http://icml.cc/2012/call-for-papers/) where organizers, for the submitted paper review process, listed a date for paper submission, a date for **"author response"**, and another date for **"author notification"**.
It's the first time I see this double wording.
I suppose that "aut... | [
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3,023 | I've started narrowing down the scope of my dissertation, and I have one year before I need to defend my proposal. I'm curious to know what is expected from a dissertation proposal. What are the key elements that I should include / exclude? What criteria typically used to judge whether the proposal defense is successfu... | [
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"text": "Ultimately, **your committee has total say about what constitutes a successful thesis proposal**. As JeffE mentioned, y... | 2012/08/28 | [
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3,029 | As a young academic, I am struggling to set up a research group that produces papers or proposals on a regular and sustainable basis. I had my share of PhD students, but nothing structured in a proper group or centre. I am also aware that when an academic starts collaborating with others, s/he sooner or later realises ... | [
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"text": "**Coherent research focus**:\nTry to make sure that the members of your group work on topics that are close togethe... | 2012/08/28 | [
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3,036 | My speciality is statistics. I'm contemplating a PhD.
If I do a Masters first, that might take a different amount of time to reach the completion of my PhD from now, than if I just got a bachelors and then progress to the doctorate.
What factors would affect that? | [
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"text": "The answer, as oft seems true on this site, is that it depends. I'll lay out a couple things that might change how long ... | 2012/08/29 | [
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3,039 | >
> Short background: I started my PhD last November and now I am helping a master student writing his MSc thesis. I still have problems when I need to formulate a concise research question and even, at least in workshop papers, some publications fail in formulating clear research questions as well.
>
>
> The topic ... | [
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"text": "Have you tried the following: \n\n> \n> Turabian, Kiwe L. A Manual for Writers. Chicago: University of\n> Chicago, 198... | 2012/08/29 | [
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3,044 | Or, is it a good practice?
I found most papers that I read are "block by block": they have paragraphs that are not so long, and not so short. Is it a convention? Should I mimic that? | [
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"text": "If the result reads like a newspaper, I would say, no, it's not alright.\n\nIf it reads like [Tractatus Logico-Philo... | 2012/08/30 | [
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3,054 | What office package is good for academic writing purpose? These three are the most popular for a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) style rich text editor.
PS: Avoid LateX reference please. This question is for lazy writers like me who wants to write rapidly and with ease! | [
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"text": "all the major conferences and journals provide *templates* to use in order to format properly a submission, and they ar... | 2012/08/31 | [
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3,059 | When writing papers, one specific problem is how to effectively organize the data we want to present so as to enable the audience and readers to quickly understand what we want to demonstrate.
I've browsed a very good book before which shows you how to draw figures and tables in academic papers in the "right approach... | [
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"text": "Two really well presented and interesting books are in the well known O'Reilly collections:\n\n1. [Beautiful Visualizatio... | 2012/08/31 | [
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3,063 | We are interviewing some candidates for a part-time teaching faculty position to teach 2 upper level undergraduate courses in mathematics.
Since it is my first time to be in such committee and since this is a teaching job on the university level, I wanted to know what are the criteria/questions that are teaching-relat... | [
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"text": "You'll want to ask some standard questions that any experienced educator would ask a potential teacher:\n\n* Request to s... | 2012/08/31 | [
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3,065 | Publishing in a journal is a long process that might take a lot of time (> 1 year), and is possibly involved of several phases (submit, re-submit, re-re-submit...)
As the time passes, things change. Specifically, new results appear.
What should one do with the new stuff that happens between resubmissions?
* Do one ... | [
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"text": "Would like to add a partial answer. Don't know the answer to the first one.\n\nBut about the second: \n\n> \... | 2012/09/01 | [
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3,078 | I am trying to find a way to search for all the citations contained in an article. What I want to do is create a workflow for my research where:
1. I have a pool of articles that I have already read.
2. I want to find a new article to read, based on this pool of articles, so I find all the citations of all the read ar... | [
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"text": "There seems to be no service or tool that let's you download articles in bulk. This is probably so because mo... | 2012/09/02 | [
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3,079 | I have been in a tenure-track position for 3 years and am going back on the job market. Would I be expected to "explain" why I am leaving, especially when it is pre-tenure? I suspect that a search committee might think I'm leaving because I felt in danger of not receiving tenure -- that is not the case here. However, m... | [
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"text": "It's not uncommon for people to move because of two-body issues, and if you're not comfortable disclosing the specific re... | 2012/09/03 | [
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3,089 | Although I am an active user of SE, I have chosen to remain anonymous because of the nature of this question. I am currently a graduate student at a university that lands in the mid 70s among U.S. News' top graduate schools in mathematics, which by my understanding is very poor. My grades were quite good and although I... | [
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"text": "My opinion, which is worth what you are paying for it: \n\nThe most important thing is the quality of your dissertation... | 2012/09/04 | [
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3,097 | Today's world is electronic, there is vision of semantic web and yet we still submit references in numerous versions of various journals. In medicine, many journals have special rules about after how many authors you can put et. al. etc etc.
It is tedious to reformat references (even with EndNote or other reference ma... | [
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"text": "This is a horrible idea. DOIs are not meant for human consumption; bibliographies are.\n\n**You *cannot* assume that your r... | 2012/09/04 | [
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3,100 | So, I've seen a really nice figure in a paper; what's the best way to 'get a copy'?
Will it be on the publisher's website?
Do I need to draw my own version?
Email the author?
And, finally, how does the answer vary for (a) those wishing to republish the figure in their own work, (b) those not wishing to publish the fi... | [
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"text": "Unless the paper is available under a very permissive license, such as [Creative Commons Attribution](ht... | 2012/09/04 | [
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3,108 | Did anyone research the data about scientific productivity? I.e. what is the average number of articles written by author in a year in a specific field? I am referring to average, since this is maybe easiest to calculate, but it would be interesting to see the distribution data too. This of course depends on how many j... | [
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"text": "Though this is not a direct answer to your query, this hopes to lead to more productive / useful answers.\n\... | 2012/09/05 | [
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3,112 | I have recently been receiving number of visits from "academic book buyers" that are looking to buy books that I no longer want. It is never stated outright but they seem to be looking mainly for evaluation copies of textbooks. At least 2 of the cards that I have been given indicate that they are "recycling" the books,... | [
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"text": "There are good chances that they are selling the books back to students. Given the price of academic books, this is is t... | 2012/09/05 | [
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3,113 | A while ago, I spoke with a colleague of mine who advised me to beware of journals that require you to pay to publish your work, as they may be predatory. Today, I spoke with my advisor who informed me that even some reputable journals require payment to publish... even upwards of thousands of dollars! Is this really e... | [
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"text": "Well someone's got to pay. If it's the reader, then howls go up about Open Access. So that leaves the authors.\n\n**The c... | 2012/09/06 | [
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3,117 | Can you include books and/or professional society memberships in expenses under grants from agencies like NSF and NIH?
I've purchased lots of books under grants from DOE and the Air Force in the past, but I'm wondering if they're generally considered allowable. My quick searching uncovered the following:
* NIH seems... | [
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"text": "In my experience, professional society memberships generally fall into a gray area due to taxes. It is useful to spli... | 2012/09/06 | [
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3,119 | How much of an advantage does an Applied Mathematics PhD applicant have if he/she has a publication under his/her belt?
Of course, this depends on the "prestige" of the journal that he/she published in. I suppose publishing in a top tier journal like Nature or Science would be a major advantage, *but would the applica... | [
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3,121 | Last year, I wrote a paper and it got accepted and was presented at a conference.
This year, I am writing a more in-depth paper about a similar subject; but since one of the figures in my first paper is adequate for my purpose, I want to reuse that one (of course citing it adequately).
Am I OK in doing that, or is th... | [
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"text": "(**EDT**: \"in this case..\" ) There's no such thing as self-plagiarism. It's your figure. you drew it, you have the rig... | 2012/09/06 | [
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3,123 | It is often said that branch change is possible while going for MS/ PhD in USA. But almost all examples (as seen on university sites and various blogs) are of someone completing undergraduate studies (ie BE, BTech) from ‘Circuit’ branches of engineering i.e. Electrical, Electronics, Telecom, Instrumentation etc and joi... | [
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3,124 | I find myself in an awkward situation. Nearly two years ago I submitted a paper to a reputable mathematics journal. After 15 months it was rejected with the rationale that there had been papers published (most since the submission date) that contained results that I should have referenced. I found that a little spuriou... | [
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3,131 | Among the various indices for academic productivity/impact in the respective field, which is most accepted one?
You can see some productivity measures, used in academia, [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/42/what-are-the-common-productivity-measures-of-a-scientist-like-h-index) and [here](https://acad... | [
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3,133 | As I am reviewing sources for my thesis, I am citing my sources in an (APA style) annotated bibliography (as required). However, I am also finding some excellent points from other sources that are either not entirely on-topic or less-empirical (read: poorly referenced). I have (of course) kept track of them.
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3,142 | What sorts of restrictions do universities place on romantic or sexual relationships between faculty and graduate students, and what are the underlying issues that motivate these restrictions?
For example, suppose the student has previously taken a class from the professor but has no plans for further academic contact... | [
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3,144 | I will be applying to do a PhD in Applied Mathematics, and have been advised by some professors to consider doing a second masters degree if I do not get in. I have also approached researchers about collaborating on projects with them to improve my profile, and is currently working on one.
I was wondering: if I fail t... | [
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3,153 | I've always had an interest in electrical engineering (actually all engineering in general) and I've decided that I'd like to pursue a graduate degree. I guess I'm wondering if I should really try to do this or just keep it as a fun hobby I spend all my free time doing.
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3,163 | In context of a person's academic profile in a web application, I need to broadly classify the various degree/designations/stages in the academic career of the person.
For example I would like to clearly know what is the current stage the person , in his academic career path starting from a pre-university student & pr... | [
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3,166 | Does working for a prestigious company help in a PhD application? For example, suppose one does interesting work while at a prestigious company. Would this help an application? | [
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3,171 | I graduated with a B.S. degree and I have been working in industry for a few years as a software engineer. I am very interested in reinforcement learning, a sub-field of machine learning, and I am interested in performing research and publishing a paper on that topic.
The problem is, in my city there are no professors... | [
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3,172 | I'm currently doing a PhD in applied mathematics, I'm about to start my final year. The problem that I've been working on for the last 2 years was originally proposed by my advisor and one of his colleagues. The direction of research wasn't that good, the problem had already been studied by previous researchers and the... | [
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3,176 | I'm currently attending a conference, and considering that (almost) everybody has a smartphone, but not necessarily an Internet access (because of roaming charges), it could be nice to have an application that could cache the program, the local map, the list of attendees, that could be updated with program changes.
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3,182 | I'm an undergraduate with virtually no experience with the expectations of academia (so I apologize in advance for the silly question). I'm finishing up a paper describing my research and would like to include a figure to describe something in my "Background" section.
There is a graduate student in my lab who has a p... | [
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3,190 | I am a final year physics Master's student. I want to do a PhD after completing my masters. But instead of applying directly after completing masters, I wish to take a break from academics for a year and do a good research project with some professor unofficially, since doing good research is a big factor for PhD appli... | [
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3,195 | I have published a paper about the combinatorics of adding a mixture of chemicals to a compound and observing a number of spectral peaks for this, which allows the user to gain information about the compound involved, while keeping cross-chemical effects low.
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3,198 | I'm an undergraduate student about to apply for a Ph.D program this year. I am interested in knowing whether seeking co-advising from a related, but different department (in my case I'm applying for econometrics but thinking about looking for co-advising from the statistics department) is seen as a thing to be encourag... | [
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3,202 | I've [asked this question at math.stackexchange.com](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/195824/creating-a-book-based-on-an-article-copyright-issues), but a comment proposed me to ask this question at academia.stackexchange.com instead.
Here is my question:
Elsevier [explicitly permits](http://www.elsevier.com/w... | [
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3,208 | I graduated from an undergraduate maths course from a prestigious university. However, I was rejected from attending it's master's program due to poor showing in the final exams. I'd like to study at said university again sometime within the next few years, applying for the same course. In applying though, I will almos... | [
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3,210 | I have the opportunity to teach an undergraduate class in statistics. However, I've never taken statistics and the material and concepts are a little foreign to me. I'm concerned, as a graduate student, that it may take up a lot of my personal time just to learn the material, much less teach it. I really don't want to ... | [
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3,211 | I sometimes spend too much time on grading students' homework in the class I am a TA for. I am asking if there are some ways to improve grading speed? I hope that I can learn some useful tips from experienced people here.
For example, which one do you think will be faster, grading student by student, or problem by pro... | [
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3,232 | I like to use first names (or forename) to cite the work of others.
It has become even more relevent when I found that somebody working in my field shares my initial and surname.
However, this is not the most common practice and in many cases, I do not know the forenames of the people I would like to cite.
Do you kno... | [
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3,242 | I don't know how to put it. I have never published before. Previously my one paper was rejected, that was because the experiments were not ready and my advisor asked me to still submit it just to have practice.
Now, 6 months later, I am writing another paper (on a similar topic). I have done some experiments, some are... | [
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3,256 | Currently I'm finishing my master program in computing. I need to decide between going to industry and starting a PhD programme. Having worked a bit with research and industry I prefer the former so far, however I wouldn't like to close my career paths.
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3,260 | In epidemiology it is not uncommon to see papers written by a bunch of authors on behalf of a research group (say "the X research group"). See, for example, this paper (randomly chosen from pubmed):
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3,266 | Suppose a student complete 1 year of a masters degree (2 year program). She then decides to accept a job. Later on, she wants to apply to a PhD program. Would it look bad if she didn't finish the masters program? | [
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3,271 | As an academic, one has to publish. Often, an article is drafted, and you need feedback of a colleague. I see that quite often some perspective articles are often written by long-term collaborating pairs of authors.
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3,272 | Is it possible to be enrolled at a Masters program at one university and a PhD program in another university?
Is one allowed to do this? Or is this not possible in general? | [
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3,285 | Lots of people start PhD programs, but far fewer finish (in some programs the drop-out rate is 50% or higher). Some people are motivated to get a PhD by: wanting a **job in academia**, wanting a **job in industry**, **personal pride**, or simply a **lack of direction** and an aptitude for the field of their PhD program... | [
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3,286 | Assuming the following scenario:
Person A is a recognized senior researcher, and Person B is an enthusiastic junior researcher. Both of them have been working more or less equally on a research project and are interested in submit the results of the project to a particular venue. Based on the report written by Person ... | [
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3,312 | I see places like Coursera, Udacity and EdX offer certificates upon successful completion of course work. Also most of the people doing recorded teaching at these places are famous and well known professors.
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3,327 | What do different people in the department expect from a postdoc?
By different people I mean the advisor, graduate students and PhD students.
I know it mainly depends on the job description but there are few basic things that a postdoc must be expected to do. How aggressive (proactive) must one be? This question is im... | [
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3,357 | I have looked at a number of academic resumes to get a feeling for what people expect. I see that the number of referees that people give at the bottom of their resume varies quite a bit.
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3,378 | Are MIT courses much different from MIT OpenCourseWare? I am curious, because as a high schooler, I have some intent to study from MIT OpenCourseWare.
Will this allow me to be more comfortable if I am admitted to MIT?
Also, how are MIT courses so different from those at other places? I heard that these courses are ha... | [
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3,400 | While pursuing a PhD in an experimental field, one usually researches a given topic and conducts experiments that are rather closely related to this topic and one another. I imagine this specialization can be beneficial as one attains expertise in the research field and can work in a timely and focused manner.
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3,407 | My question is along the lines of [How do professors usually discover "new" research interests?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1449/how-do-professors-usually-discover-new-research-interests) but more to do with "HOW"? The above question deals with how professors discover new areas, my question is once a ... | [
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3,420 | For a new project I want to compile a literature review to determine the state of the art and possible approaches to start with.
Last time I adhered to the following scheme, but it felt very inefficient.
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3,424 | Being somewhat familiar with referencing of academic papers as a source, it has struck me as odd why authors would leave out some date on their paper. The date could be the day the author completed the paper on or submit date or published date etc.
Certainly it would be of help to others who would want to reference the... | [
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3,426 | Are there any age limits (formal, informal, or guidelines) that schools use when deciding to accept someone into a PhD program? I'm most curious about the upper age limits. For example, will most schools accept someone in their 40's? How about their 50's? | [
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3,428 | In primary publications, such as journals or conference proceedings, it is a common practise not to use the title or designation of authors in the front-matter.
What are the most compelling reasons for not including those information? Or in other words, are there any disadvantages? | [
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3,430 | Is adjunct faculty's duty limited to teaching? Do they have any role in course design, grading, etc.?
What are the other responsibilities, as an adjunct faculty? | [
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3,439 | Is there an easy way or existing tool to generate a historical chart with the occurrence of one or more user-specified keyword(s) (combinations) in academic publications, based on the words in the title and/or abstract of a paper?
There is a almost-what-I-was-looking-for tool called [Google Scholar Trend Miner](http:/... | [
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"text": "If you have access to it, you can very easily do that with Thomson Reuters’ [Web of Science](http://www.webofknowledge.com... | 2012/09/26 | [
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3,445 | Recently I found a paper that has a number of typographical errors, esp in equations. Should one notify the authors or the publishers on such issues? How do the approach change if the article is somewhat aged?
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3,446 | While looking at [this *Science* paper](http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/176.abstract), I noticed that a few of the authors have a lot of affiliations: the first author has five affiliations, including four different departments or programs at Harvard University, and the last author has seven, all of them at ... | [
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3,456 | After posting a preprint on arXiv, or after an accepted paper appears online, how to bring other's attention to it?
(Unless one is already a big name in one's field, or one proves a long-standing and well-known open problem, I doubt that just waiting for things to happen is going to suffice.)
For sure one can give ta... | [
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3,458 | There seem to exist many bibliographic reference styles and many universities have their own guidelines too. I wonder, whether there exist any universal guidelines for formatting bibliographic references in publications? | [
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3,462 | Though fewer and fewer scientists actually read dead-tree editions of journals, being featured on a journal cover is still a nice way to highlight your paper to a large community, and is usually considered a great recognition of one’s work. So, how does one go about getting on a journal cover? If you feel you have extr... | [
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3,466 | Suppose I've done some research as part of a (small) group, and this research has been published as a paper with all group members listed as co-authors. Then I go to give a presentation on this research at a conference, but I prepare the presentation and the writeup for the conference proceedings mostly on my own. Is i... | [
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3,473 | What is the etiquette for addressing senior research staff and faculty members in an academic setting in the USA? A postdoc is no longer a student but at the same time he or she is (in general) not at the level of senior research engineers/scientists and professors. How should he or she address them ("FirstName" or "Dr... | [
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3,475 | I have a question about two possible career paths, for which I was unable to come up a better title. Let me explain what I mean:
Path 1, Working in an area: By this I mean, *making a career* by adding to the knowledge of a field of study. This may include sorting out open questions in that field or identifying new iss... | [
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3,479 | Is it unprofessional to write (in a paper) that something is "really cool", for example, when describing a colliding black hole simulation? | [
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3,481 | What is the point in a "list of figures" in the following cases?
1. Masters thesis
2. Ph.D. thesis
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3,488 | In a master's thesis the author provided a seemingly incorrect citation. ( [Link to paper](http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01182002-134625/unrestricted/ThesisB.pdf) citation 4)
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3,490 | **The problem**
When doing a literature review at the start of a process of addressing a specific problem, it's easy to miss related material, if I don't know that it **is** related.
**The example**
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3,501 | Inspired by the recent question on [list of figures](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/3481/whats-the-point-in-a-list-of-figures): what is the point of ending your introduction with a paragraph saying "The paper is structured as follows: in Section 1 we do BLAH, then in Section 2 we do BLAH, we move on with ... | [
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3,503 | I am a physics undergrad, and plan to pursue a PhD in mathematical physics (string theory?). I have heard from a lot of people, who have personally seen the research scenario at universities both in the US and Europe, that it is much easier to get a PhD from a European university, that it takes about 3-4 years in a goo... | [
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3,518 | If I publish a Master's thesis, does that count as a "publication" (ie protect me from other people publishing my work as their own?)
If I think I can get a paper out of my thesis, am I forfeiting this possibility by sending copies of my thesis around to other people to look at? | [
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3,522 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [EU Ph.D. in Germany: Calling yourself “Dr.” or “Ph.D.”](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1930/eu-ph-d-in-germany-calling-yourself-dr-or-ph-d)
>
>
>
I'm asking this question in relation to my doctoral studies in Germany. However, my question may be relevant to regula... | [
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3,531 | I recently received the reviews/comments for an article submitted few months back to a journal. All the reviewers overall appreciated the content and the usefulness, but also suggested corrections (varying from minor to major) : typos, better title and abstract, reorganizing the material, better exposition at certain p... | [
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3,537 | Does doing multidisciplinary research enhance one's employment opportunities compared to doing a degree in "basic" sciences?
For example, is a Ph.D. in NeniCN-science/NeniCN-technology in any way better than a Ph.D. in Physics or Chemistry, considering employment in India or in Asia? Would like to hear perspectives fr... | [
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3,540 | Is it acceptable to list the journals you have reviewed papers for on your CV? Is it common? Do you think it’s recommended?
On the one hand, it shows that you are engaged in this necessary part of scientific research that is peer-review. On the other hand, it sounds a bit useless, because everyone actually reviews pap... | [
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3,545 | PhD supervisors usually get paid to supervise. They also have the prestige of having lots of students under their belt.
It's common to also have co-supervisor (I think it's mandatory in many fields, in Australia at least). What do these people get in return for their services? Put another way: if I'm asking someone to... | [
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3,554 | Lately I've been reading lots of statistics books. Many of them have exercises after each chapter that I'm eager to solve, but I'm a beginner and can't solve most of them, and those that I think I can solve I can't check because there are no solutions and no solution manuals available.
I think the point in providing e... | [
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3,560 | This summer I graduated from college, majoring in physics, but for reasons outside my academic career, I won't be able to attend graduate school for at least a couple of years. Despite that, I'd rather not neglect my physics education until grad school becomes possible.
I realize that a B.Sc. doesn't mean I should be ... | [
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3,563 | I am preparing to give a conference presentation from scratch.
What is an effective ratio of introduction / methods / results / conclusion slides?
How can I balance the details of research without loosing the audience on key points?
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3,572 | A professor requested that I exchange my paper with another student, to get their suggestions. Every student in the course must exchange their papers in this way, before the teacher will look at it. I have never encountered another professor with such a policy and am concerned of the possibility that a student might cl... | [
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3,575 | Most academics are involved to some level in teaching classes and evaluating students. I never got a proper education in teaching, unlike what we had for research, and neither did any of the lecturers and professors in my community: we learnt on the job, and for the most part reproduce what we have seen others do.
The... | [
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3,583 | Does anyone know of a website or resource that identifies the nearest journal neighbours to journal X (any specific journal) in terms of content (perhaps defined by some distance metric defined on article keywords?). In other words, if I am rejected by journal X, which journals might consider the same paper? | [
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3,591 | I am wondering if a referee can reveal the title of the papers he/she has refereed for a journal (either by talking about it in the pub, posting it on facebook or another mean) after the decision has been made.
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3,592 | I'm currently studying for an MSc in theoretical particle physics in Israel. After I finish it I would like to study for a PhD abroad.
In the UK it seems that a PhD degree does not generally require taking any courses. In the US, on the other hand, all of the PhD programs I checked require at least one or two years of... | [
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3,597 | I have started a MS program in Computer Engineering. This is my first year and it is a 2 year program. I want to do a master thesis about Machine Learning (I have an artificial intelligence and genetic algorithms background from my MS but I can work on different topics within Machine Learning).
I am interested in doi... | [
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3,600 | In an [answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2022/can-i-show-my-co-author-the-final-version-of-an-accepted-publication-i-reviewed/2024#2024) to a question about the confidentiality of reviews, I basically said you cannot reveal information about the review until the paper is publicly available. This [que... | [
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3,608 | That is, should it be present tense or past tense?
Should there be a difference between the abstract, main body and the conclusion?
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3,613 | I am a new doctoral candidate of information and computer science and about to initiate my research, and typically collaborate with my supervisor and other group members. But seldom will a researcher limit his collaborators to those within the department he's in; he has to enlarge his network. I believe energetically p... | [
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3,628 | At what stage of research career one can write a 'review article'?
Obviously a graduate student in the beginning stages cannot/may not write one. But how experienced does one need to be before attempting to write reviews? Does authoring a number of papers in the relevant field equips one for that?
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3,630 | Of late I have been receiving a number of e-mails with subject 'Call for Paper' and invitations to contribute to new and/or open-access publications. While most of them immediately qualify for the trash bin, some do have a professional looking layout and language. Sometimes their publisher name looks very similar to re... | [
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3,643 | As we know, citation counts are important to judge one's research activity. Is it good to cite one's previous works? Will it be viewed as an act of advertisement or self-promotion? | [
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3,655 | As different journals and Conference proceedings have different reference styles, it is very much important to quickly identify the specific reference style they prefer.
To do this, is there any reference style analyzer which can analyze a given example reference style and give the name of the style? | [
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3,658 | During coursework, there are sessions where a problem set is distributed beforehand and a TA works out the solutions in front of the class in a stipulated session.
Given the student works out the problems himself and is confident of the material being covered, is it alright to skip such sessions? Is this viewed advers... | [
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