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8,529 | I've not seen this question before, so I'll ask it after feedback I received on [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8106/how-to-gain-research-experience-after-master-program).
I've finished my MBA in the UK and was awarded distinction but would like to find a research group to work with. I'm n... | [
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8,542 | I'm finishing a PhD in Sweden this year and seeking a post-doc in the United States (atmospheric remote sensing). It is clear that a job in academia is not a *nine to five job*; nor do I want it to be. I often work late in the evening when I'm on a productive spur. When an important dead-line is coming up, one needs to... | [
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"text": "**TL; DR: 51 work hours a week with 12 vacation days a year**\n\nIt is very difficult to assess how hard someone works... | 2013/03/11 | [
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8,547 | Many times, the page number in pdf is different than the printed page number. How to make sure the other person doesn't get confused when we say "it's on Nth page". | [
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"text": "Refrain from referring to the printed/PDF page number at all, and refer to something more concrete, like \"in sect... | 2013/03/12 | [
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8,557 | The [Wikipedia definition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatical) of sabbatical doesn't match how I think of an academic sabbatical. What does it mean to go on academic sabbatical, and does it depend on the country? | [
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"text": "The definition of sabbatical in Wikipedia refers to labor terminology rather than academic sabbatical leave. As a priv... | 2013/03/12 | [
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8,564 | My problem is a bit unusual and I would love to get some advice…
I'm a first year PhD student in social-sciences and I already got my proposal approved. I moved back to my home country (where I am currently doing a PhD) after completing an undergraduate and an MSc. I am very unhappy here.
I would like to have a futu... | [
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"text": "1. **PhD without challenge is meaningless,**\n2. **Most of us don't know what is PhD until we are broken in like a ba... | 2013/03/12 | [
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8,570 | I catch myself too often thinking about how to become more visible and present online instead of doing Great Research™.
But how important is it to be very visible online for academics and researcher anyway?
Here are my assumptions, numbered only for easy referencing.
The bad:
1. Tenure committees and such don't car... | [
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"text": "The first general answer that comes to mind is that it depends on what you do online. Adding professional mater... | 2013/03/13 | [
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8,574 | I have submitted a paper several years ago and its referee process took about three years and I had to revise the paper six times to get the final approval. The paper had two helpful and knowledgable referees and I appreciate their comments and suggestions, but I have also had the following problems with their suggesti... | [
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"text": "> \n> You perhaps know that journals often have this policy that you either should implement all the ch... | 2013/03/13 | [
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8,578 | I have a bit of a meta-question about academics.
I am a graduate student and teaching assistant. I often find myself flipping, organizing, and searching through stacks of hundreds and hundreds of sheets of paper, whether I'm grading, reading, or doing research.
I seem to have an issue where my hands get dry quickly, ... | [
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"text": "Some 20 years ago before all the electronics changed our ways of dealing with stuff, post and bank employees who had... | 2013/03/13 | [
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8,579 | I am currently taking a brief course in Technical/Academic Writing. At one point, in passing, the lecturer (who's a researcher in linguistics himself) mentioned that one should not confuse a conference abstract with an article abstract, with the exact phrasing "... that's a whole different story."
Unfortunately, at t... | [
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"text": "I think your professor was talking about **extended abstracts** (see [this question](https://academia.stackexch... | 2013/03/13 | [
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8,586 | To explain, let me pick a particular statement: "the electrostatic force is mediated by the exchange of photons".
When a physicist (or a lecturer) says this, they mean one thing: the process described in detail by QED. When a student (or an amateur) hears this, they think of two electrons, and they imagine photons fly... | [
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"text": "Yes, this is a real issue and yes, we are obligated as a community to address it because we ourselves are the source of... | 2013/03/13 | [
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8,593 | A PhD student has started his research about two year ago by research scholarship from university. His supervisor won a huge grant on a topic very close to his research project couple of months earlier. He and his supervisor submitted a 6 page paper to a journal for publication. Editor's decision is that the paper shou... | [
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"text": "1. You already have the answer from your advisor. He is the one who knows the circumstances and can make the call if ... | 2013/03/14 | [
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8,597 | A [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8593/shrink-the-paper-or-pay-for-extra-page-charges#comment15088_8593) in [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/8593/1033) says: *but spending some money to publish in a high rank journal can open more funding opportunities in future, doesn't it?*.... | [
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"text": "There is probably not a single truth here but I would make the following statements:\n\n*Having a good publicati... | 2013/03/14 | [
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8,599 | I have an adviser who wants to know every minor details of my work and spend countless amount of time arguing with me over insignificant things. Basically, she tries to control everything I do, from number of hours I spend on homework, what books/papers I read, what font/color I use in my presentations, to whom I talk ... | [
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"text": "Advisors come in many flavors, from those who are very hands-off, to those who micromanage. If you are really spe... | 2013/03/14 | [
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8,603 | 1. Is it possible to publish under a *nom de plume* (pen name, pseudonym)?
2. ... and still take credit for the work?
I may have a chance to publish with the professor I am working with soon and if I am on the list of authors I would like to use a *nom de plume*, but I would also like to use the publication to apply t... | [
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"text": "No. You cannot simultaneously be anonymous and still receive credit for your work. \n\nTheoretically, your pseudonym coul... | 2013/03/14 | [
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8,606 | My advisor introduced a model 15 years ago, published a lot of papers (including PNAS). Now, he makes me incorporate this model into well-established model from the neighboring field of research. I think he just tries to stay in the known waters (cite his own papers, etc). Of course, he is well aware (but not proficien... | [
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"text": "If you are already very far along in your PhD (which I assume you are doing) I would finish the PhD. If you are... | 2013/03/14 | [
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8,617 | I am not sure whether this question is suitable for academia, if not it would be great to know the site where I should ask this. I am a finishing Ph.D. student in Mathematics at a decent school in the US, and my postdoctoral job applications so far have gone in vein, although I do have published paper in recognized jou... | [
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"text": "In several European countries, for example Germany, Switzerland, or Austria, it will be possible to fill positions in ... | 2013/03/15 | [
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8,618 | I have been doing research into graduate programs and have noticed that some departments have a representation of their own PhD graduates as professors while others have an absence.
For example, a department I have looked at in a top university in Canada had a faculty completely composed of PhD graduates from top Amer... | [
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8,621 | Let's suppose you write a paper and you post it on arXiv. If a paper is sent to a journal for peer-review, should you always include this information in the paper comments (including the name of the journal where the paper was sent)?
If the paper is accepted, is it necessary to include in the comments that the paper h... | [
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"text": "I believe you should never include \"Submitted to Journal of Blah\"; it conveys no information and it's tacky. (And ... | 2013/03/15 | [
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8,627 | I'm aware of many mailing-list and RSS feeds advertising about calls for papers/participation, available positions, events, etc, but I find it much harder to know about funding opportunities, such as calls for proposal, grant applications, etc. I'm based in the UK, and there are many funding agencies, including of cour... | [
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"text": "The biggest problem with such repositories is that someone has to maintain them. All the small funding agencies/founda... | 2013/03/15 | [
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8,629 | I am a physics undergrad, who is also interested in pure mathematics. I am not very sure what I want to pursue for my PhD. Though I have specific interests in each of the two, and also inter-linked interests, in general I am very confused. My question is it legally and practically allowed for you to chose a guide from ... | [
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8,638 | I heard of this rule/recommendation (or may be its opposite) - `Always let the figures come after they are described in the text.`
What is the correct rule? What's the logic? Is it always followed?
What if (in a single column format) there are two smaller figures side-by-side and second figure's description comes la... | [
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"text": "I've had it as a requirement by an editor at a journal (after mention in text). I guess the rational is that figures are ... | 2013/03/15 | [
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8,639 | I just saw an ad in mathjobs.org about an opening in a Catholic university, see [here](http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/4682). I am not christian. So I was wondering to be eligible for employment in a university or college affiliated with a specific religion, should the applicant have the same religion, or other peopl... | [
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8,640 | I'm reviewing a paper whose work is quite related to some of my early PhD work, that was about 2 years ago. I have a paper published in a Journal that proved that method A had good solutions for the problem X.
Now I'm asked to review a paper that does a variation on method A, although they never cite my paper at all, ... | [
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8,648 | I just started teaching three courses at small medical training college: anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and microbiology. Most of the students have a weak background in the sciences, and come from varying professional/educational backgrounds.
I currently end up preparing 4-5 hours for each hour that I e... | [
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8,649 | I did my masters in Computer Science last year and it was a taught masters so I didn't do any type of 'Research'. The problem that I encounter now is that I'm going to start my PhD in the next few days and I don't have any idea about how to do it (I don't know how to write a literature review, for example.)
So, Is it ... | [
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8,658 | Master studies start per semester, and in some places PhD studies do, too.
What about post-docs or other positions that do not heavily rely on teaching?
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8,668 | Here I am talking about teaching positions in Mathematics. In the US, we know of many positions in the US (also in Canada?) that is teaching position or teaching-oriented position. For example
1) Some universities need 'regular postdocs' like other places, but they have more teaching load (3+2 courses or 3+3 courses f... | [
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8,675 | Some conferences do maintain a percentage for the number of accepted papers to the total number of submissions.
Does this mean some good papers will be *inevitably rejected* just to maintain the acceptance rate? How conference chairs deal with the acceptance rate? or it is not related at all to the acceptance/reject... | [
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8,686 | I am an engineering student, however, my graduate research is more inter-disciplinary (computational science). Which is good for me in some ways, because one of my better skills is programming, since I've been doing it avidly as a hobby for a very long time. Because of this, it would be much easier for me to create a w... | [
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8,690 | I recently received a rejection letter from one of my top colleges for graduate studies. In addition to the standard rejection letter(for Program 1), I got another note from the chair of another program(Program 2) at the same university, suggesting that I opt for that program.
The difference between the two programs i... | [
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8,693 | Is there a way we can get money for our research paper? Do research journals pay us for a research paper? Or can we sell the research paper? | [
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8,702 | I am a graduate student studying Education. I am currently working on my thesis, am about half-done with this and I expect to finish in one year. For the research, I am visiting classrooms at various public schools.
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8,709 | I have heard that it is 'bad' to continue to publish with your adviser after you get your PhD. Or is this something that is debated in the academic community?
In my situation, after my PhD, I can get a job in industry, but I am allowed time (half a day a week) to continue my research at my local university. This allow... | [
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8,713 | I am a new assistant professor in my department. While all faculty members have been welcoming so far to me, I find there are two or three distinct groups or *coteries* within the department. The coteries are distinct and comprise set of people who wouldn't mingle with people from another coterie. It is a bit awkward f... | [
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8,717 | I require photocopies of "Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats" from the Library of Congress. They have a collection from one author which has otherwise unpublished technical documents that are very relevant to my area of expertise. Judging by the indicies, there are at least 20 boxes (out of 106) that are relevant. None ... | [
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8,720 | I'm working on my Computer Science thesis. I have a two solution proposals until this moment, and I've been wondering about the following:
Sometimes **you know** that if you implement it correctly, it **will** work (eg. when building a website or a desktop app for some trivial purpose, etc), but some other times you t... | [
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8,732 | I have recently started my PhD studies. My advisor, as member of a program committee, has delegated a the review of a conference paper to me. This is my second peer review.
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8,737 | I am about to become a Ph.D student in mathematics. I am having some doubts about where I should do my Ph.D and I would appreciate some advice, or anything really.
1. I could do research with a very competent professor that is internationally well-known and is also very interested in me succeeding, having helped me wi... | [
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8,741 | Since reviewers don't check the experimental results by trying to reproduce the experiment, is it possible for someone to submit a paper which basically says "Method X was proposed in paper Y and according to them it improved performance by 15% as compared to baseline. However when we tried it, it didn't work so well (... | [
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8,747 | Is it achievable to perform a doctorate while working in a private company (not in college) full time (8 hours per day, 5 days per week)? Or is it too much work or stress? | [
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8,755 | From Nature's "[Getting Published with Nature](http://www.nature.com/nature/authors/get_published/)" guidelines:
>
> Nature has space to publish only 8% or so of the 200 papers submitted each week, hence its selection criteria are rigorous. Many submissions are declined without being sent for review.
>
>
>
This l... | [
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"text": "**Edited:** *I found a better answer to the question, the original indicative answer is left below.*\n\n[Here](http:... | 2013/03/20 | [
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8,766 | I am currently travelling for faculty interviews. Some professors and other interviewers have asked me where else I have interviewed. Should I tell interviewers where else I've interviewed?
Intuitively I would like to give them less information, but I also don't want to appear guarded and defensive as a person, either... | [
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8,798 | I want to pursue M.S. from USA.
I know that it is required to have a background of publishing technical papers for getting admit in a good University.
But I wanted to know whether is there anything else apart from publishing a paper that constitutes as "Research" by the Admission authorities?
Thank You. | [
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8,800 | As a post-doctoral researcher, I am employed directly by a university. Due to the economic crisis, funds are not overabundant right now, and a lot of expenses have been scaled back or even cut out completely in the last few months (library access, public hall lighting, building opening hours, research consumables, etc.... | [
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"text": "**Step 0**: Document all your efforts to find a solution to this situation. Save a copy of that email from your chai... | 2013/03/22 | [
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8,802 | I am wondering how many research interest should be included in a statement of purpose. Is it better to include just one core interest or to include up to three as in my case? | [
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8,804 | If I write a report and a whole paragraph is based on one source but not cited verbally it seems unnecessary to include the reference after every sentence:
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8,808 | I recently had my first paper to review. Since it was the first one, I took great care to be as constructive as possible and to formulate correct and accurate questions / suggestions. At that time, I recommended two major changes for the paper and a couple of minor ones (figures, typos, ...).
I just received the revis... | [
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8,812 | There is a [small difference](http://www4.caes.hku.hk/acadgrammar/general/argue/citation/subtopics/sec7refsvsbibl.htm) between a bibliography and a reference: the former includes all works consulted and the latter only those that are cited in the paper. Should we maintain this technical distinction when writing a paper... | [
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8,824 | I just had my first paper accepted for publication (hooray!), but I'm wondering how copyright works for the paper. I know that for this publication, the publishing house owns the copyright of the final version, but I'm wondering if that means that I still have rights to distribute earlier versions (e.g., on academia.ed... | [
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"text": "A little more googling would have served me well - another answer directed me to <http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo>, which lo... | 2013/03/23 | [
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8,829 | My engineering university offers a relatively new option to do an article-based dissertation, where the primary research is submitted (and hopefully published) in several scientific journals (at my university it's 3). The dissertation is then shorter than a typical PhD, because it describes how the articles fit togethe... | [
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8,834 | My advisor sets the problem. I implement the solution for this particular problem and for the set of similar problems using a programming language.
My question is, can I put the code in the public domain, if I decide to do so. And can I run the code for other people in exchange of co-authorship for their papers?
Agai... | [
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8,835 | I feel like the answer to this question should be obvious, but it doesn't seem to be.
Anyway, in my second year on the tenure track, I find myself more confined to my corner of the ivory tower than I intended to be, and would like to branch out and meet other faculty in other areas.
My research (in theoretical math)... | [
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"text": "I think this problem is very common.\n\nI'm no expert in making new friends but I can tell you what work out for me... | 2013/03/23 | [
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8,837 | I am asking this on behalf of a relative of mine. He has a PhD with a concentration in Policy Analysis and Environmental Science and is trying to get a position in either a university/public sector or the private sector (research/policy analysis). He has been searching for a while and has had little success and is gett... | [
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8,847 | Speculative applications, i.e. application without a job announcement being published, are common (well, at least normal) in non-academic jobs. But I am not sure the situation is the same in academia. Somebody has suggested me to send speculative applications to different departments for teaching or research jobs. I wa... | [
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"text": "I have a specific email folder for speculative applications, whether it's for jobs of any grade, PhDs, or Masters cours... | 2013/03/24 | [
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8,855 | I've recently started teaching undergraduate students using the case method (management subjects). However, I'm finding that most of the students simply don't do the reading at home. Even though I (so far) have used only short cases (just a few pages), they still just don't do the work.
For those unfamiliar with the c... | [
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8,870 | How would names with 'van', written in the Dutch style - e.g. van Beukering, J., be ordered in a bibliography?
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8,873 | While reading the **PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH** section of some completed NSF award abstracts, I expected to find papers only within the limited scope of the goals of the proposal. To my surprise, I have found [some papers](http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0914840) in completely ... | [
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8,886 | There are a handful of students in my course who came to class, did acceptably well on the midterm, and contributed to the (group) assignments, but did poorly on the final exam. The exam was a combination of multiple choice and long-answer "problem solving" questions. The class is heavily applied and has a strong empha... | [
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8,888 | I am currently in the process of completing my dissertation.
I am a big fan of unit tests, so I would like to implement a procedure that corrects my writing ( or removes bugs so to speak.)
A few examples:
* check spelling of all text
* do all figures have a description that is up to date with the picture
* search fo... | [
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8,891 | I'm new to the journal publishing world, and I can't but help wonder why the review process isn't completely blind? By blind, I mean the reviewers don't know who performed the research or (more importantly) what university the research came from. It seems that knowing the identity of the authors could influence the rev... | [
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8,897 | An academic usually is a member of a professional association. E.g., a professor in meteorology can be a member of American Association of Meteorology. Sometimes, the fee can be something like $300 per year. Is it always the case, that such membership fees are covered by the University (department) or a research instit... | [
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8,911 | I'm looking to apply to a Ph.D program in mathematics. I was going to apply last year, but ended up getting cold feet because I wasn't sure how having a *learning* disability would affect (1) being admitted (application process), and (2) if I were to had been so fortunate, whether faculty would treat me any differently... | [
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"text": "*Edit*: For some reason I mis-read the question as \"physical\" disability, rather than \"learning disability.\" ... | 2013/03/27 | [
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8,915 | I'm a very early stage researcher and my first two conference papers could have been better, but that doesn't stop new journals spamming me with offers to publish my work. This morning I received two emails from:
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2. International Journal of A... | [
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8,923 | En route to academia, are professional society memberships useful? So far, I feel like I have been paying ~$100/year for a few societies (with student discounts), just to receive copies of their monthly magazines that I only end up skimming over once. I get tons of emails that are vaguely aimed towards keeping people u... | [
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8,930 | My problem is the following: I teach an honors course in an engineering discipline at a small university. (It is not exactly that, but "teaching an honors course" is a good approximation to what I do). Large US companies sometimes ask me to recommend the best students for an interview, and they are often hired. The pol... | [
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8,939 | I am thinking of getting my M.S. in Computer Science. I chose C.S. because I enjoy programming and because its a solid choice, career wise. Low unemployment, good pay, all that jazz.
But my real passions has always been math and lately I have been thinking about swapping and going for my graduate degree in Mozh. If I ... | [
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8,948 | This question is closely related to [How should I cite a website URL?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8098/how-to-cite-a-website-url) but more concrete.
I'm currently writing my master thesis. In the section "related work" I give an overview which also includes concrete products (normally software). Usua... | [
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"text": "According to the [APA](http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/):\n\n> \n> Do not cite standard office software... | 2013/03/28 | [
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8,957 | The referencing style I am using for online newspaper articles is thus:
Karlsen, T.-K. (2013) For scouts, the South American youth tournament is hard slog, not high life. Guardian [Online] 28 January. Available at: <http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/mar/28/scout-south-american-youth-championship-football> [... | [
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8,959 | I'm a graduate student with, so far, one published article in a peer-reviewed journal. Since the article came out, I've been receiving increasing amounts of "academic e-mail spam" from people wanting me to attend their conferences, publish in their (usually pay-to-publish) journals or order research supplies from them.... | [
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8,967 | I'm writing a proposal to acquire funding for a competition to be hosted at my university. The competitors are restricted to graduate students who are engaged in *research* under the auspicies of a faculty advisor from my university. In the process of making my proposal more clear and precise, I find myself struggling ... | [
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"text": "How about trying to define research would it help to spcify \"Scientific Research\". Since research is a searc... | 2013/03/29 | [
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8,968 | Are there any standards in higher education (any country) on when lecturers (any level, any field) have a private office or a shared office?
I know it's a good idea to provide 'consultation time' for students as one-on-one teaching helps the student in so many ways. However, in a shared office it seems that some of th... | [
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8,970 | I have completed Bachelor in IT from a third world country in 2008. I have achieved 49% marks.
I am 30 and working in a bank.
Now I want to study MSc in CS in the USA and eventually PhD.
I believe that this world is not all out for me.
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8,978 | I don't know if this is the case at other institutions but at my university dissertations are published as A5-size books/booklets. There are some regulations on how the formatting is supposed to be but it's pretty relaxed otherwise. Common practice is that the PhD candidate designs the cover themselves.
Typically the... | [
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8,983 | My name is Jorge Fernández de Cossío Díaz. In my country, we have two last names: the first (Fernández de Cossío) comes from the father side, and the second (Díaz) comes from the mother side.
I have been suggested various signatures:
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8,984 | So far, what I have is
```
First and Last Name
Title
Group/Lab Name
School Name
Address and Phone
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8,988 | I am writing my dissertation (word-limit 10,000 words) and am wondering if I should include a separate *List of Figures* and *List of Tables* Section after my Table of Contents? The university guidelines do not specify whether they're required or not.
I will have about 3 figures and 4 tables when I'm finished. | [
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8,995 | I'm publishing my first paper soon with three collaborators. We made a conjecture towards the end of the paper and intended to publish with the question still open. Another mathematician heard of the problem and found a solution to the conjecture. Now we have two options:
1. publish our current paper on our own, with... | [
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9,003 | My wife has publications under both her maiden name and her married name. How should she indicate that this is the case on her CV, if she wants to mention publications from both time periods? | [
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9,011 | I am a master's student currently deciding between two different Ph. D. programs in mathematics. The two programs have very different teaching opportunities as a grad student. One of the two programs I'm applying to allows (and encourages) students to teach a first-year calculus course, and the other one does not. Howe... | [
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9,014 | An annoying aspect of working with a "strict" grading system (e.g., 90%+ = A, 85% = A-, 80% = B+, etc.) is what I call the "grade grubbing" phenomenon: the people who feel compelled to raise complaints about the grading because they didn't get the final score they want—but have no real argument in support of a higher g... | [
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9,017 | I'm an Undergrad student from one of the Indian Institutes of Technology and I still have a year left to complete my Dual-degree course in Computer Science(offers me M.Tech & B.Tech by the end of June 2014). I've a not-so-proud-of gpa of 7.5/10 which is around 3.0/4.0 which I assume is pretty low when compared to my se... | [
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9,026 | Recently I created a project report for the project that me and my classmate are working on. The project report goes to the external examiner to whom later we have to give a demo on our project.
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9,031 | If you're citing a personal correspondence, e.g.:
"Cats are vicious" (Bill Bobson, personal correspondence, March 12, 2012)
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9,039 | Though I did my bachelor's at a top-notch college, because of low GPA I had to settle down for PhD at a low ranked university. Now I see that there is lack of intellectual atmosphere and very few people to discuss academic stuff in and around my area of research. I discuss with faculty, but it would have been nice if t... | [
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9,044 | I was recently doing some research on [PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) and I noticed that, in my field of research (plant science), some articles are referenced and others are not, even for two articles in the same journal...
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9,053 | I got an offer for a PhD position which, due to my financial status, I can only accept if I am awarded a scholarship, which is currently in consideration. Recently, I receive a job offer which have to be answered before the scholarship announcement date. I cannot delay on that because there are few other potential cand... | [
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9,058 | I'm trying to figure out the equivalence between grade schemes in different countries.
According to some Google results:
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9,065 | I'd like to learn about the state of the art in [network science](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science) and which problems researchers are actively working on. In particular, I'm interested in the applications, but the theory is also interesting.
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9,068 | The "research portion" of my paper is mostly done, but I'm having trouble putting together my research. (Keep in mind this is at the undergraduate level). It's not so much that I don't know how to organize my thoughts; in fact, I've written a very detailed outline. I seem to have a two questions I'm wrestling with (I a... | [
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9,071 | What effect does a good research paper have on a university's worldwide rankings? | [
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9,076 | I gave an application for a funded project to a student as reference material for his Masters thesis. He wants to put a reference to this text into his bibliography. What is the necessary "bibliographic" information to include in this case, and what would be the recommended way to format such a reference? | [
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9,079 | Are people doing research for Microsoft, Apple, Intel experienced researchers/scientists or just experienced programmers using other people's research? Do they hire full time researchers for their research or do they take experienced/skilled professionals who are familiar working with java, C++ and other commercial tec... | [
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9,082 | In my CV, I include my dissertation topic within my education part like this:
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From start-time to end-time
Master of something, University at somewhere
Dissertation title: something
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9,085 | After lecturing for 3-4 hours my throat is often quite sore. Some days, I must lecturer for 6 hours (in past semesters, I've had some days which require lecturing for 8 hours). The problem is that for my later classes I have difficulty speaking comfortably.
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9,101 | A researcher in my field has written to ask me high resolution files for 5 figures from 3 different papers of mine. He states:
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9,104 | I see a [number of answers](https://academia.stackexchange.com/search?q=beer) in this site where building contacts over a glass of beer is encouraged. Moreover the cream of academia belongs to the Western world, where beer culture is common. Unfortunately though, I am a rigid teetotaler and I do not know about the ins-... | [
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9,122 | As I have heard it is not possible to get a second PhD in Europe if you have obtained first PhD in Europe. Is it true? My 1st PhD is in Theoretical Physics which I won't find a fair job related to that. so I am trying to apply for second PhD in Mechanical engineering or applied Physics. | [
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9,123 | My daughter has a strong interest in theoretical computer science, and she has just been admitted to several different universities as a freshman. She is just a bright student, not a genius, with a bit of research experience in cryptography and randomness stuff, and a semifinalist in a couple of national competitions. ... | [
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9,127 | I have been working as a entry-level web developer for approximately a year now. I am looking to go back to school to get a Master's Degree in hopes that I will be able to teach programming/development at the community college level (which requires a Master's Degree). I'm not interested in a PhD because I have to work ... | [
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9,133 | My university (in France) is having a debate about the relevance of taking rules for preventing too many of its PhDs to be recruited here, or asking them to have some postdoc outside the region before. The same rules are also debated about the promotion to full professor (from what is called maître de conférence and is... | [
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