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26,235 | As a student I had free access to thousands of scholarly articles through my universities in databases/archives such as JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Econlit, PubMed, etc, etc.
With no subscription, glancing at the full text of any 1 article costs anywhere from $20 to $60.
For any one project or paper I'd use at... | [
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"text": "* Many papers are freely available on authors' websites, and preprint servers (use search engine to find those).\n*... | 2014/07/22 | [
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26,241 | How do I know my results are significant enough to be published?
I am a physicist and I have found a very common mistake that appears in every paper in my area of interest. I thought it would be nice to let the people know it should be corrected. However, it is a very simple mistake, very basic math. I thought at fir... | [
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"text": "You should talk to colleagues from that area of interest to check whether it actually is a mistake or maybe a common ... | 2014/07/22 | [
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26,251 | Can one list all the people who have written letters of recommendations for him in his reference part of his CV regardless to where those recommendations are written? Or he should specially prepare his CV for the company/university including only the reference people who have written letters of recommendation for him t... | [
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"text": "Edited for clarity, since the question in the title is somewhat opposite to that in the body: do *not* list all yo... | 2014/07/22 | [
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26,258 | A publication I submitted to said that I need to include a biography in the paper. I don't have many formal qualifications, aside from my degree. I have done my research on my own, and am unaffiliated. What can I put in the biography? | [
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"text": "If you don't have strong qualifications or your own research history it is best to focus on your interests and g... | 2014/07/22 | [
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26,262 | I'm a PhD student working on a research project consisting of 2 teams. My team (team A) is on the practical side, we provide the problems related to our research and evaluate the theoretical solutions provided by the other team (team B).
Few months ago, I had an idea related to the work of team B and thought it would ... | [
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"text": "Congratulations on publishing a paper in the face of a lack of initial interest from Team B and your supervisor. Tha... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,273 | I am an Electronics & Communication Engineer and I want to pursue a masters degree. After completing the degree, I would like to work in industry with zero inclination towards a PhD.
I am considering two institutions and two possible specializations (e.g., VLSI vs. Signal Processing). I prefer one institution over the... | [
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"text": "If your interest is in \"industry,\" I'd choose a school based on the institution. Most employers look at that as the \"... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,276 | I graduated with a B.S. in statistics earlier this year and have been working as an actuary for the past two months. In all honesty, I'm not very happy with the job position in the little amount of time I've been working at it. I am very close to becoming a credentialed actuary (ASA for those of you who have heard of i... | [
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"text": "If your interest is in \"industry,\" I'd choose a school based on the institution. Most employers look at that as the \"... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,277 | Many people, including myself, are fascinated by [TED](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_%28conference%29) speakers. They provide us a new perspective. For example, see the TED talk *[The best stats you've ever seen](http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen)* by [Hivs Rosling](https:/... | [
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"text": "[TED talks](http://www.ted.com/) are for popularizing ideas in science, technology and arts, as emphasized in their... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,288 | Some of the students are doing research in another language than English because they are living and studying in a non-English speaking country; they may be doing research in their mother-tongue language because they are studying in their own country or they are studying in another country in which the language is not ... | [
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"text": "In an academic mathematics context: it's not a question of English itself, neither of the paper itself nor of the... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,293 | I am a student who graduated with a Master from a German university in April this year, ***majored in materials science***, willing to further pursue a PHD degree in a European university (or possibly a university in the USA if I can not get anything in the EU). I have already applied to a certain amount of universitie... | [
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"text": "As for the question in your title (which originally was: \"Is it really that difficult finding a funded PHD posi... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,297 | I am finalising a paper that is around 85 pages long. It consists of six main sections with a bunch of subsections. Should every subsection start on a new page? What is the convention concerning this? And should a subject also start on a new page after an introductory paragraph of its parent section? For instance:
---... | [
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"text": "Depending on the length and complexity of the work, you choose the top level sectioning.\n\n* For **short works** -- scie... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,310 | While it is generally accepted to write papers using the collective we, what is a common practice for writing peer-reviews: I, this reviewer, or something else?
For example,
>
> This reviewer has a minor concern with how pink elephants are defined in this paper. It would have been helpful if authors defined an eleph... | [
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"text": "If you're writing a review that will be read only by the editor, you can use \"I\", but if you want to simplify t... | 2014/07/23 | [
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26,326 | I'm looking for an M.S. in Computer Science and I found it difficult to properly navigate all the available degrees. I'm interested in a particular focus (computer graphics, not modelling and that kind of stuff but how to do use algorithms in order to create graphics). I also have some constraints on language: I curren... | [
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"text": "The most useful I found (which also helped me finding one for me) is [Find a masters](http://www.findamasters... | 2014/07/24 | [
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26,337 | My PhD Supervisor asked me to submit one of my work at an upcoming International Conference. He is amongst the program committee members. I was having a look at its committee members, the Advisory committee etc. It boasts of researchers from reputed Universities- with some of them quite well established (I know some of... | [
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"text": "I think that is very field-dependent. In my field there are two conferences that are not affiliated with IEEE. They ... | 2014/07/24 | [
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26,339 | I want my thesis to be the best it possibly can be. My supervisor is away for one month right before my thesis submission. Is it inappropriate or poor etiquette to ask another professor in the field who has shown interest in the topic to read the paper and offer any suggestions? This other professor teaches at a differ... | [
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"text": "If you have an existing relationship with this professor, you could ask, but be prepared to hear \"sorry, I do... | 2014/07/24 | [
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26,354 | **Background:** I started my Ph.D two and half years ago in engineering/computer science field. I was pushed by my supervisor into a direction which he thought would be good (He switched directions and he knows nothing about the field, just because there were better prospects for getting grants). I never felt connected... | [
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"text": "One word. \n\n**Yes !**\n\nIt is absolutely normal. I am a doctoral student in, what is arguably a top 5 CS department/... | 2014/07/24 | [
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26,355 | I want to do phd in organisational behaviour. However, I am confused about how to chose a topic.
Beyond [general strategies for choosing a topic discussed here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/117/how-to-find-a-good-topic-for-a-phd-research-proposal?rq=1) are there any specific strategies for choosing a ... | [
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"text": "Find a supervisor\n-----------------\n\nA supervisor will typically help you refine your PhD topic.\nSo the first ... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,370 | I am writing a physics paper, and I have decided not to write down explicit equations I have found since they are incredibly long. Instead I just report plots showing the behaviour resulting from these equations.
Is it deprecable to say something like the following?
>
> We have found analytic results, but we do not ... | [
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"text": "Can you add an appendix to the paper? If not, I think whether it is reasonable to add the statement you... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,388 | I emailed my professor about two weeks ago, but there was no response to my first email. I sent a follow up, and got a reply saying they'd be happy to write one for me on the following weekend. I waited, the weekend passed, and nothing happened. I followed up again, and again no response to my email.
Now I am thinkin... | [
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"text": "No -- it's totally inappropriate.\n\nSeriously. Think about it. Unless you're at a school where profs phone grad... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,392 | The [Wikipedia rules](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COI#Writing_about_yourself_and_your_work) about citing yourself state:
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> Using material you have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant, conforms to the content policies, ... and is not excessive.
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>
>
While the W... | [
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"text": "1. it should be peer-reviewed, otherwise wikipedia would be working nearly as a primary source (anyone could write so... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,398 | Background: My supervisor wants to quit my supervision due to reasons beyond his control. He suggested few colleagues to replace him. My only concern is that I be asked to switch my current research direction to meet that of my potential new supervisor. I have spent considerable amount of reading and review, designing ... | [
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"text": "You are not obligated to start over. Talk to your provost or ombudsman if there isn't an immediate/good replacement... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,401 | Many times while reading papers (especially engineering), many concepts, algorithms or results are taken for granted because they are already established in research. Sadly, at this point, many are not even referenced directly or some authors refer to other publications which use them. Is there a good and a fast method... | [
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26,404 | Does anyone know of a good way to obtain data on the number of publications per year on a given subject? Scholar has an option to sort search results by date, but there does not seem to be an automated way of generating a report. In the worst case I will write a script that extracts the data I need, but perhaps someone... | [
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"text": "I don't know of a solution for arbitrary field and subject; I suspect none exists at present. But in mathematics... | 2014/07/25 | [
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26,415 | I am looking for Research Methodology textbooks in the field of Computer Science. Most books I came across are useful to social science, economics etc.
In our part of the world a person who wants to do research should study a course in research methodology. But most books in research methodology are from social scienc... | [
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"text": "Research methodologies are usually independent of your area. Often, the application of some methods and the example... | 2014/07/26 | [
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26,416 | It is quite common in almost all position opening announcements in academic institutes to demonstrate EXCELLENT teaching capabilities. For instance sentences like below:
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> Applicants are expected to demonstrate excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching capabilities
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>
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But the question is HOW to demonstr... | [
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26,417 | I am currently writing the introduction to my PhD thesis and have one specific doubt about how to include or cite a review article that I have published with jointly with my supervisors.
In my opinion, a review article and the thesis introduction are quite similar - they review a specific field for fellow researchers.... | [
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"text": "I suggest that you implement Option 2, but with some modifications.\n\nPrior to the review sections of the In... | 2014/07/26 | [
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26,419 | I have recently read the following statistics in the book "The Survival of a Mathematician: From Tenure to Emeritus" by Steven G. Krantz, which seems a little odd:
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> It is a hard fact that more than 90% of American Ph.D. mathematicians
> never write a paper. Of those who do, most write just one paper based
> on t... | [
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26,423 | I graduated from a European University with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Engineering Degree) and I'm about to move in the United States.
My specialization/ major would be Telecommunications Engineering.
What is the US equivalent of this ? I've noticed US colleges usually have EE(Electrical Engineering programs), whi... | [
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26,430 | I'm taking a two day workshop at a technical institute, the instructor has said that all accredited courses must have final exams. Fair enough.
Since this is such a short course the exam will be on the same day that we are also being presented new material. This seems very strange to me, to be given an exam after app... | [
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"text": "The university I'm at recently had a class with lecture in the morning, lab that afternoon, exam an hour after that, ... | 2014/07/26 | [
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26,434 | Do many universities allow students to get a PhD in mathematics without publishing a paper? | [
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26,440 | My paper is accepted for poster presentation for a conference. Is it allowed sent it again to other conferences without withdrawing it from first conference? I am looking for oral presentation. | [
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"text": "Most computer science conferences do not allow this, look for the conferences' dual submission policy."
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26,455 | Call it stupidity or bad luck but I am guilty of submitting my research article to a journal which is listed in [**Beall's List of Predatory Publishers**](http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/).
It is my first article and I don't have much experience publishing articles. I was searching for a top impact factor journal an... | [
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26,458 | One of the reviewers of my conference paper (computer science), which got a *revise & resubmit,* criticized that my conclusions are not well founded in my experiment and that they don’t show my hypothesis. (In detail, there was no control variable, which he correctly remarked.)
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26,472 | My students often request letters of reference from me. Sometimes to attend graduate school in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and sometimes in countries not internationally known for their education system.
Quite often the student says the university wants them to enclose the letters of recommendation and clearly some ... | [
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26,479 | For my thesis I have had to go through many different sources to find relevant literature. I want to share my reading list with others to make it easier for people who want to study the same topic to find relevant information. I have set up a little database with meta info (title / journal / author / date / abstract). ... | [
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26,483 | I am an undergraduate working with an advisor, but I do not know how to pronounce his/her last name. I have talked with several different people who work in the department, and have heard the name pronounced several different ways.
Is there a polite way of asking an advisor how to pronounce his/her last name? | [
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26,487 | This is a simple question but I am not sure how to find out the answer. Where in the world are the salaries of (senior) academics published and freely available? I found this [amazing web page](http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/2012/univer12g.html) from Canada. Is it unique?
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26,489 | I am informed that submitted paper supposed to be sent to the typesetters today. I am advised to check the mails. Until now there is no acknowledgement except the first mail. I am curious about the typesetters job in this process. Do they make considerable updates? Do I have much work to do, after typesetter is done wi... | [
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26,494 | I'm a non-native author and I have a revised paper that has been edited for good English before the first review. Now I made major changes, but still a large part of my essay remained as before. What is the best way to get my revised paper edited for English and flow without having to get charged for the whole (relativ... | [
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26,496 | Currently, I am a M.S. student in Applied Mathematics division, and I will graduate in the coming Dec, 2014.
But I want to apply to a PhD. program to continue my study. But I have a complicated situation:
1. I had a bachelor's degree in software engineering outside US with GPA 3.7. But I'm pursing a M.S. degree in Ap... | [
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26,506 | The phd area is Computer Science and the other area can be anything - if this info makes any difference...
I am asking from the practical point of view, specially something that can be evidenced by real examples. Some career that requires/rewards the degree despite of being completely outside its scope would be a good... | [
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26,526 | I am writing an article comparing three pieces of software. I have taken screen shots of all of them and would like to use them in a non-open access article. Given the intended journal, there is a reasonable chance of the images being on the cover. What are the copyright issues associated with screen shots?
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26,532 | I'm a recent math PhD, working in Subject X. I had the good luck to give a counterexample to a conjecture in Subject Y, using ideas from X. I don't know much about Y -- in fact I learned the conjecture in a "Y for dummies"-type paper and immediately saw the example. The people I met in Y seemed to be pretty happy about... | [
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26,538 | Earlier this year I entered into a high-profile molecular biology lab and started doing wet lab work (I am an undergraduate). Knowing that I have a computational background, my PI asked that I also help with a project that had been conducted over the last two years and was nearing its completion. I was told that if I m... | [
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26,550 | I see [JeffE](https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/65/jeffe) mentioned the existence of a faculty mentor in his [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11903/as-a-dissertation-advisor-how-can-i-best-help-a-typical-graduate-student#comment21937_11903) on [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.... | [
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26,553 | Typical disclaimer is now just common fodder for all papers and books. Any advice on a more original take to this generic statement would be appreciated! | [
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26,557 | So when writing a manuscript I usually go about as follows:
When reading papers on my topic I copy/paste or summarise those parts, which may be relevant for me and collect all these bits in a Word Document. It'll look like this:
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Species A grew taller than Species B (Smith et al. 2013)
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26,570 | I have seen that students have two ways to write their thesis,
1. They have a separate chapter to write an introduction to their thesis. This chapter usually consists of a literature review of their research topic.
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26,573 | I'm just starting to investigate doctoral programs in education in the United States, and I'm considering how to handle the GRE requirement:
1. **Hardline Activism:** submit my incomplete application with a well-researched essay justifying my refusal to take the GRE.
2. **Soft Activism:** submit my complete applicatio... | [
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26,585 | I applied for a tenure-track faculty position at a particular institution in the U.S. I was selected for a skype interview, but was not invited for an on-campus visit. I snooped around on the department seminar web page, but did not find any evidence that this particular department actually ever invited anybody for an ... | [
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26,586 | In the acknowledgement section of a thesis or paper, the authors usually thank the funding institution of their research project and people who had significant impact on their publication.
When acknowledging companies/institutions in a publication, should they be informed beforehand? I mean, should authors ask for per... | [
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26,595 | I am doing BS Computer Science. I will be starting my final year in August and my CGPA is 3.05. I don't have any research experience yet but I am pretty sure that I want to get a PhD degree.
Will 3-4 months of research experience be enough if I involve in a research project now (considering the 15 December deadline fo... | [
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26,596 | As the lone experimentalist in my group, I end up supervising most of the students (M.S., B.S. and high school) who do experimentation-focused research in my lab.
I am always trying to improve my mentoring and supervision skills. So I would like to ask my current students for some feedback at the end of the summer.
H... | [
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26,598 | During my studies I've read a number of published articles where spelling mistakes have somehow squeaked through the review process. For example, I have found a paper with a section entitled *Turbulance Model* when the title should be *Turbulence Model*. I would love to be able to submit an errata if I knew it was goin... | [
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26,607 | I have background in languages (BA in English Literature and Teaching in China, MA Conference Interpreting in Manchester, UK) and I am eager to do a PhD in cognitive science in the UK.
During my MA studies, we were studying fundamentals of psychology and cognitive sciences related to translating/interpreting. During t... | [
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26,615 | Whenever I meet my advisor and interact with him, in class or otherwise, I can't help feeling intimidated. I feel scared of the fact that I may fall below his expectations, and I become tongue-tied and mind frozen even though I know stuff.
How can I avoid this? Is this common at this stage? (I am an undergrad and jus... | [
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26,620 | I am currently pursuing my masters degree in computer science from TU Munich, and I would love to pursue my PhD soon after my graduation, but I am worried about the finances at the same time.
What I gather is I should be able to make a decent enough salary but what I do not understand clearly, is whether I would reta... | [
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26,624 | How should a teacher and student cope with a situation like this.
I've been studying spanish for about a year and enrolled in a successive course. However, the course starts really early and there is only one other student, who should probably be in a more advanced class. The other student has been studying spanish fo... | [
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26,632 | I am reading through a manuscript that I am co-authoring with a colleague and I noticed that it used digit separators/marks for all the numbers (i.e. 2,500 instead of 2500). Maybe it's just me but I think this style started after my colleague started doing a post-doc in the U.S.
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26,639 | So there are already some good questions on the topic of double doctorates:
[Is doing two PhD's a good path?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17232/is-doing-two-phds-a-good-path/17256)
[When does one go for a double doctorate?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1836/when-does-one-go-for-a-doub... | [
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26,645 | I have a paper on the Arxiv which has recently been referenced in someone else's published work. I have since used the new work (of someone else) to significantly extend my current Arxiv work. Since my previous Arxiv posting has not yet appeared anywhere, I am sending the old work along with the extensions to a journal... | [
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26,647 | I'm actually asking this question on behalf of a sibling who's pursuing a PhD in Biology. While I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and am "computer-savvy" and experienced in learning programming languages from technical textbooks and internet forums, she is very inexperienced in programming in any form.
What textboo... | [
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26,656 | I knew that the difference between SCI (Science Citation Index) and SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) is that SCI has a list of top quality journals, while SCIE includes more than the former.
I found a [link](http://courses.emu.edu.tr/grad501/Lecture%20Notes/Research%20Guides%20-%20How%20to%20search%20for%20all%... | [
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26,665 | I know the university system as it is understood today dates at least as far back as the 13th century or perhaps even to the time of Charlemagne, Alcuin of York, et al., but how was higher education handled before universities? Was it by private tutoring? | [
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26,674 | I was reading a paper from a reputable journal and found that the authors misrepresented earlier papers that they cited, by saying something like
>
> Theory X was developed in [A, B, and C], but the underlying assumption was not general enough, and therefore it is insufficient to address our problem, which warrants ... | [
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26,676 | A large majority of researchers in my field publish in Elsevier journals. However, a professor who is widely regarded as an authority in my field has, some years ago, signed [The Cost of Knowledge](http://thecostofknowledge.com/) pledge to neither publish nor review for Elsevier. I think this is sad, since someone who ... | [
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26,693 | According to the reviewers, the paper I have submitted is now ready for publication.
How long I should wait to know the final decision of the editor-in-chief? | [
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26,697 | I have just finished my bachelor's degree in computer engineering. I am doing an REU with the professor who will be my adviser this fall when I enter grad school.
Currently my future Adviser has me working on research that involves image processing. I was hoping to head in other directions in embedded computing and se... | [
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26,711 | In the past few years, I've become very interested in staying in academia for as long as possible. I really wanted to be a professor, and I still do. Using the internet and meeting with a few professors, I've researched various aspects of life as a professor, including daily schedules, salaries, etc. While trying to ge... | [
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26,716 | Most research profiles I've seen focus on a set of similar topics.
Does anyone have experience in partaking in / conducting research in 2+ disparate fields? (especially if 1 of the fields is pretty different than what they studied in an institution)
For example:
* *Pure mathematics* and *biology* (e.g. solving an ope... | [
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26,719 | I have been researching a topic in Computer Science for several years now. The topic was interesting, but while I managed to get some conclusive results, I was not completely happy about them. It was like something was missing, but I knew that I really needed to talk to somebody more specialized in the topic, but unfor... | [
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26,725 | I'm Java course which they said to me that they can arrange a Bachelor's degree from "The Chamber of Chartered Java Professionals International."
I did a little research my own, and from what I can see, they don't really have any verifiable information to confirm their existence.
1. Is there such chamber that can gi... | [
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26,726 | In applying to graduate program, what are some ways to prove knowledge gained from self-study?
I've been told of the following:
* Independently conduct research / create projects that require the knowledge
* Partake in research that requires the knowledge
* Contribute to a project that requires the knowledge
But the... | [
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26,745 | I am an economics PhD student; I'm seeking to wrap up my PhD and do something outside of academia.
If I don't plan on ever being in academia, is there any value (career-wise) for me to get any of my work published in economics journals?
Ideally I'm looking for answers pertaining specifically to economics; but inform... | [
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26,751 | I'm an Asian student working with a European prof. My adviser told me several times that when he read my writings (our papers), he just wanted to rewrite it.
He told me that my English was rather OK, but "the way Oriental people think is different from us". By "us" he meant Europeans.
My adviser could not tell me exac... | [
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26,755 | I'm working on a literature review for a masters thesis in the sciences, and I have a ton of sources that cover the topic. Many specific points are covered *ad nauseam*, and many similar ideas can be cited multiple times. My question is how many is acceptable? Is there a general rule for citing sources per sentence/ide... | [
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26,759 | I am doing Master's in Applied Science in Civil Engineering. In my research I work with big data analysis which has gotten a fancy new name in past few years "Data Science". When I joined the master's program I didn't knew much about programming and had basic knowledge of statistical analysis. Over the period of about ... | [
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26,779 | As a research student, I spend most of my time working on my research career, even when I am at home, I am awake until 3 or 4 A.M just doing my research-chores.
As a matter of fact, long-term having not enough sleep, putting myself under huge amount of stress and hard work and more important, not getting enough exerci... | [
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26,786 | I have worked as translator for more than seven years in the industry. I have a background in cuisine for more than ten years. Now I would like to add an graduate degree related to *Tourism, Hotel and Event Management* to my professional experience.
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26,791 | Due to a combination of factors, I ended up going for my undergraduate studies to a relatively unknown university that was close to me geographically.
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26,793 | I intend to work in industry after finishing my Masters in Statistics and am considering some universities in the United States. How will a Masters in Statistics with thesis, no thesis or with capstone project impact my career prospects? I've read that having written a thesis that is relevant to the employer's business... | [
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26,798 | I recently received an acceptance letter from a honor society (I am leaving off the name for now but can include a link to the website).
The offer said I qualified because of my grades or a nomination. I read a little into it and it a lot more like a sales pitch. Offering discounts, exclusive scholarships, and career... | [
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26,802 | My Name is among tens of authors of a paper on global health.
For the purpose of my CV update, I need to show my name without showing the names of all authors of the paper.
My preferred style is JAMA, which shows the names of the first 3 authors followed by 'et al'.
Would the following format be appropriate, at le... | [
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26,805 | Recently I heard from a senior student that the celebrated adaBoost [paper](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.32.8918) was originally rejected by a conference.
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26,807 | I was wondering if there is any kind of "reliable" CS conferences ranking available on the web. I have searched on SCImago, but I believe it only ranks journals, and there is no mention about conferences. Actually I am curious about it because in the faculty that I am currently working we want to know which papers are ... | [
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26,813 | I am a senior year undergrad student from a prestigious institute in India. I intend to pursue a PhD after graduating. While researching universities, I stumbled upon the fact that many of the top schools have a minimum GPA requirement. For example UCSD has 3.4/4 as its minimum requirement.
My GPA is 7.2 on a scale o... | [
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26,818 | Suppose one works in field X, and has say two or three manuscripts ready for journal submission. Journal A is a good fit for all the manuscripts, but journals B and C would be appropriate as well.
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26,840 | Attending conferences is considered one of the perks of working in academia, for a variety of very good reasons:
* networking, meeting new people
* cutting edge research results and new directions
* advertise your own research (while networking)
* (often) nice venues
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26,842 | I am a young teacher at college. I have to go way too long, I know but I have the following problem.
In one of my classes, I have this guy who pecks at me for everything I say. He is surely conceited, but it hurts like hell when he makes fun of me in front of the whole class.
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26,853 | Two years ago, I completed my bachelor degree with highest honor ranking 1st of my class in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in my university in Egypt. Since then I have been working as a teaching assistant in the same department. I was seeking to pursue my Msc degree at a high ranking university and ... | [
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26,869 | As stated in the title, I'm wondering if someone could shed some light on whether it is possible to land a tenure-track position in philosophy with a J.D. By way of background, I double majored in philosophy and psychology, and I am heading into my 3rd year of law school. A life as an academic sounds more appealing tha... | [
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26,870 | I want a good relationship with my advisor. But he is very busy with his projects and I am very busy with my master thesis as well. It is very clear to me where my project is going, I just need time to get it done. So basically, for now I don't need to meet my advisor and he doesn't have time anyways. For technical que... | [
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26,872 | Recently I got a rejection of my paper from a reputed journal. There were two reviewers who reviewed my paper.However reviewer1 accepted it while reviewer 2 rejected with some suggestions that can be well implemented. The strong reason for the rejection mentioned by the reviewer 2 was the some similarity with my earlie... | [
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26,873 | I enrolled at my current MSc in computer science program last year having never completed a single computer science course in college. I decided to apply because 10 years after college I had a fairly successful career as a front-end web developer and figured it would be great to have a degree so as to look like a more ... | [
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26,879 | I graduated from my undergrad program last December. My grades and GRE scores are good but my school is relatively unknown. I don't really have research in the sense that I haven't published anything, and I don't believe anything I've done to be particularly novel. The school I went to was a teaching college, there was... | [
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26,889 | I looked around but did not find that anyone has asked this before, but what are the fonts that are standard/recommended while writing academic reports/papers? | [
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26,892 | I'm currently an undergraduate, and I will finish my bachelors this coming spring. I've been looking at graduate programs, including one physical chemistry masters program in the Amsterdam. I found out that I'm visiting Amsterdam in less than a week, and I am now wondering if it would be appropriate for me to ask the p... | [
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26,907 | Let's say that Jonif and Smith publish a mathematical paper containing a result (Theorem 3.1, say,) which is said in that paper to be due to Smith alone but appears for the first time in her joint paper with Jonif. How should I cite this result?
Here are a few examples of ways I might cite the result if Jonif were *no... | [
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26,913 | At my UK university all new teaching staff, as part of the requirements to fulfil the requirements for a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), have their teaching observed by a member of their department, a member of another department, and a member of the Education Department (who run the PGCHE course... | [
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26,918 | **Question:** The [impostor syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome) seems to be common in academia and there are quite a few questions about it. I wonder if there is something like the inverse impostor syndrome.
I'm not referring to the [Dunning–Kruger effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E... | [
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