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43,154 | The title says it all I believe.
Do I need to request permission from a colleague to cite their information as a "personal communication"?
"Do I need to" may be a little restrictive, so I'll also ask, would you feel wronged or offended if your personal comm. were cited without your express permission? | [
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43,157 | My advisor will be taking on a number of summer interns, some of whom have been assigned to my projects. The interns are a mix of sophomore and junior undergrads with varied levels of research experience. They will be present for 8 weeks (2 months).
What are some general tips for supervising interns ? | [
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43,160 | I am currently writing a research paper and am having an issue referring to an author of [a paper](http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/mas/article/viewFile/6029/4866) whose name is "Dadi He". I know that it is common practice to refer to an author by their last name when referring to them or their findings.
Thou... | [
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43,161 | **Question**
What habits and attitudes need to change when one hits the upper bounds of natural ability? This is the situation where you can no longer increase your *rate of advancement*. In effect your effort is "bounded from above". I am thinking primarily about research and learning from a student's perspective ... | [
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43,164 | In my field, peer reviewers often start their review with:
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> This article reports on a study that did X, using Y, in the area of Z. It found ...
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This seems like a waste of time and effort to me (and I never do it). Why is it done? To prove the reviewer has read the paper? | [
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43,173 | Is there some way of arranging that I receive emails whenever selected academic economics journals of interest to me, perhaps published by different publishers, post online a newly accepted paper? | [
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"text": "I have never heard of that. But you can setup an alert on Google scholar and get notifications when publications appea... | 2015/04/06 | [
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43,177 | I am writing a paper that centers on Quantum Information Theory, approached using Graph Theory. This approach has parallels to Matrix Theory, but it is very different from all existing Graph Theoretical approaches to this topic. We have submitted two papers to journals: 1) Physics Reviews and 2) Electronic Journal of C... | [
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43,178 | I want to do a PhD in mathematics (Specializing in algebraic topology or algebraic geometry ) or mathematical physics (String theory). I have a bachelor degree in a totally different field (medicine).
Here's my situation :
I have independently studied mathematics and physics. I have spent a lot of time with hatcher's... | [
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43,195 | If someone has been successful enough with grant support that they somehow manage to accumulate more than three months' summer support per year, what happens to the remainder of the funds above the three-month threshold? | [
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43,204 | In the event of a falling out with a supervisor (Master's thesis or PhD) is there generally anything one can do about it if one wants to apply to a (different) PhD program, for which one would need a recommendation letter? I am mostly interested in the European academia.
I am certain this must have happened a lot in ... | [
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43,207 | I am a incoming first year grad student this fall. I have contacted prof A during when I was applying and talked to him during the visit. He strongly encouraged me to join his group.
After the visit, I emailed students in Prof A's group and other current grad students. I started feeling that his group atmosphere is no... | [
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43,208 | It seems that high profile universities are not the most enjoyable work environment to be in.
Even though big institutions attract big names and grant money, it seems to me that the pressure to perform leaves everybody, from the undergraduates to the professors, overworked. On the other hand, the idea of less presti... | [
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43,209 | So here's my situation. I'm currently finishing up my masters (and that's a tale for another day) and have applied to a few universities for PhD.
Late Feb I was emailed by a postdoc who wanted to interview me on behalf of his prof who was inundated with grant applications and whatnot. We spoke on a week later, that we... | [
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43,211 | I come from a fairly wealthy background, and am lucky enough to have parents who are both footing the bill for my tuition, as well as providing a very comfortable living stipend while I'm in school.
Without thinking much about it, I dropped a resume to be considered for one of several merit-based scholarships awarded ... | [
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"text": "Congratulations! It's your decision, but I think the most commonly accepted point of view is that it's totally fi... | 2015/04/08 | [
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43,212 | Currently I'm affiliated with two universities: Nankai University in China (postdoc) and Monash University in Melbourne (adjunct). I'm attempting to apply for ethics approval for a research project involving personal data that people post online. I'm completely new to this.
**Q**: Do I need ethics approval from both u... | [
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43,218 | I just began shadowing a high school classroom as part of a requirement to earn teaching credentials. The teacher I'm shadowing has a PhD and is referred to as "Doctor Swoth" (generic name) by his students. I am not his student and it is the first experience I have in a classroom setting where the teacher is my peer; b... | [
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43,237 | I have been working on a research paper to apply a technique X to solve certain problem Y. The field is in computer science. Approximately some months ago I started to check it up if there was something similar to my proposal, but I did not find anything at all.
A couple of weeks ago and when I have already finished t... | [
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43,250 | I heard of some master's degrees that are just M instead of MS or MA like Master of Mathematics or Master of Psychology. Apparently, this is due to it being non-thesis.
However, I met people who choose non-thesis in MS or MA programs that have a choice between thesis and non-thesis. Their IDs say MS or MA. Is this bec... | [
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43,251 | I love astrophysics and wish to pursue a PhD in a good institute outside my home country India. I did a master in physics (2014) and got a summer project in astrophysics. After my master, I took up teaching. I regularly applied to PhD vacancies but haven’t got any positive reply yet. This may be due to low grades in fe... | [
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43,253 | I have been told in no uncertain terms that papers published with your PhD advisor simply *Do. Not. Count.* when it comes to tenure. Quote: "Publications with your advisor will be crossed off the list."
An assertion that strong makes me insecure about collaborating with *any* senior researcher. Will these publications... | [
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43,255 | I'm one of those who realized near the end of their Bachelor's in Business Mgmt that they really really love math. I'm interested in research in pure, theoretical math. I am confident in my ability to learn advanced math on my own. I admit this is based on a small sample of experiences I've had so far with self-studyin... | [
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43,260 | I got one postdoctoral offer just after completion of my PhD study. I am not sure about the amount of fellowship. I do not have any experience in postdoctoral work. What is the average salary given to postdoc fellow in Wireless Communication Engineering particularly in China? | [
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43,263 | I am starting an MSc in Computer Science in the autumn and I am concerned that I don't have any research experience. My interest is in Theoretical Computer Science and I am finding it hard to find any internships, as there is very little funding for undergraduates available at my university and no advertised positions ... | [
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43,265 | I am end of my PhD. I would like to do a postdoc. In UK the average postdoc salary is around 30K (per year). But in UK the tax is very high, after taxes I may get around 1800 pounds (per month). I heard in Singapore the salaries for postdoc are a bit high and the taxes are also very low.
I have my wife and two childr... | [
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43,266 | I am a newly transferred undergraduate Earth Science major and because of this I haven't had any internship experience in my field, even though I will be going into my senior year this fall (I also might have to take an extra semester to make up for time lost).
In my previous major, I remember my advisor saying he ha... | [
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43,272 | I know that a PhD is now just used to mean doctorate, so what would a person who has a doctorate in philosophy be called? | [
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43,273 | I've seen graduate students act as course developers for their advisor's MOOC or play a key role in helping their advisor with some other endeavour that is not related to research. What is the motivation for them to do this if it does not help them graduate or get publications? | [
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43,274 | For an undergraduate putting together a research poster describing research worked on at a government lab, is it appropriate to include the undergraduate's home institution in the Acknowledgements section?
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43,276 | My question is inverse of the following question:
[How can you find the DOI of an article that doesn't seem to have one?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13736/how-can-you-find-the-doi-of-an-article-that-doesnt-seem-to-have-one)
I am looking for the ISBN number (it's a requirement for getting permissio... | [
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43,303 | Well, while carrying out a review of literature for drafting a proposal I found like these in some of previous works (reports).
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> Some benefits of the “certain thing” on xyz are abc( person1, date) , cde( person2, date), fgh( person3, date) , ijk( person4, date)
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43,304 | I'm currently trying to find out which authors get the most citations in specific fields, like
Astrophysics
Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Experiment
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(These are all arXiv categories)
Especially great would be to do such a search for specific year. Is any paper search engine capable of this? | [
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43,307 | Can the referees publish an article in the journal they review or the editorial board members publish an article in their journal? Is it ethical? Can you give examples for my question? Your answers are quite important for my research. | [
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43,313 | So apparently I heard from [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/42497/22511), [here](https://math.stackexchange.com/a/1219912/198044) and [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/42923/22511) about the differences in PhDs in the US and in Europe.
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43,323 | I am currently looking for alternatives / provisional solutions to traditional journal subscriptions. The research institute (200+ researchers) I am working at has contracts with all the big players but they do not move in the currently ongoing negotiations. We consider cancelling one big subscription completely but th... | [
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43,324 | Recently I was reading a paper where the authors include their evaluation as a part of their contribution. In general the paragraph I am referring to was something like this:
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Where `e` describes the evaluation.
In evaluation section, is about the performance evaluat... | [
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43,333 | I am looking for list of all the universities/colleges in the USA. I read somewhere that there are around 6000 universities/colleges in US. Also, I want a list of the engineering colleges in the USA | [
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43,342 | I am a first year maths PhD student at a UK university, and I recently made a very long post about potentially quitting my PhD and I am severely lacking motivation (see [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/42908/is-it-a-good-idea-to-take-a-break-from-studying-a-mathematics-phd-and-then-consi) for much mo... | [
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43,344 | I work as a programmer supporting a psychology lab.
Most of my work is translating some paper-based or physical assessment into a computer-based equivalent or I create programs for novel assessments along with associated databases and support programs for data retrieval and basic cleaning.
Recently, a colleague inc... | [
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43,346 | I am a reviewer at a conference. An author submitted a paper, and I searched the author's previous papers. I found they have one paper with a very similar title **accepted** to a conference in 2012. I downloaded the paper, and about 1.5 pages of the 6 page document is exactly the same as the 2012 paper (all words and e... | [
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43,351 | I live in Argentina and we don't have the Bachelor/Master's division. I've studied 6 years of a Biology Degree. Most of my subjects had Lab practices besides the theory/calculus part so my total amount of college was big (a normal subject would have 12 hours/week with a total of 23 subjects). Within the 23 subjects, we... | [
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43,353 | When surveying my students for various reasons (which have nothing to do with my institution which does not care about, nor fund, any of my "research"), I find that online surveys get a very low response rate. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I can get up to 50% of students to respond (sometimes only 10%). However, if I hand q... | [
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43,356 | University requirements might be different but most of them ask for recommendation letters. Leaving everything else (Degree, GPA, publications) they rely heavily on the recommendation letters. Not one but three recommendation letters. At least in my field (Life sciences) it's a well known fact that you have to be recom... | [
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43,358 | **Background:** In my area, academics often supervise a large number of students (e.g., 10, 15, 20 students). Many of these students are doing a small thesis as part of either their fourth year or coursework masters.
I am able to keep all these projects in my head, I do have documentation around each project, and I ge... | [
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43,359 | When listing keywords for a paper written in English, is it better to write keywords in singular or plural form?
I am interested in both keywords stored in meta-data:
and keywords listed at the beginning of the paper:
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43,371 | I want to write a survey on one emerging research topic in wireless communications (It can be applied to any field!). There are almost 500 papers on this topic as published or in early access. And the publishing rate in this topic is increasing day by day. So, I want to write a survey on this topic keeping in mind that... | [
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43,375 | I noticed that a lot of big companies are actively funding research at universities. I was wondering why they do this, as opposed to say funding in-house research as the knowledge ends up in the public domain.
Do they get actual patents out of it?
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43,387 | I am a first-year postdoc and I am currently structuring my summer plans for travel/conferences/etc.
May already includes a 2 week international trip of a one-week workshop and two seminar talks. June includes 2 one-week conferences domestically. July includes a 2 week international jumbo conference. August includes a... | [
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43,402 | I have received a really good graduate admission offer from a reputable university in the US but without any funding offer. As I have to accept their admission offer by 15 April and since I haven't yet received offers from some of the universities that I've applied to, so I wanted to know whether it is okay and legal t... | [
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43,412 | So it's pretty much an unwritten rule at least in biology departments in the USA that when a student is defending his or her thesis/dissertation that they provide some sort of food or refreshments. There has been at least coffee and pastries provided by the student for their committee and audience at every defense I've... | [
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43,436 | In the high competition of admission in top universities, it is common that every applicant must send lots of applications to different universities/programs to get approval for a PhD program.
Some universities charge an application fee. Why? This hinders many potential applicants.
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43,448 | What (researcher's) behaviors (desirable or not) are encouraged by an incentive system based on publication throughput?
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43,455 | I have accumulated a lot of textbooks, many of which I have yet to read, and I am wondering how to determine the relevance of those books for me based on my field of study, my interests, and academic relevance (which I suspect varies by field of study).
What are some techniques for determining the relevance of a textb... | [
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43,469 | A school, whose PhD program I applied to, denied my application with words such as "Your record is strong, but...". I am kind of confused. Is such a reply simply a "polite" way to decline a person? Should I believe that the sentence "your record is strong" is a compliment, or it is simply a decoration?
To me, such a c... | [
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43,473 | When somebody presents the paper, the attendees ask questions about the paper. But what if they raise a legitimate objection when they ask about our work and we know that they are right? Should we accept that or should we defend ourselves?
I ask this, because recently I attended a conference, and in one presentation ... | [
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43,481 | I would like to know whether any scientific study has tested a hypothesis relating number of publications to career advancement.
It is often suggested that hiring and promotion decisions at research institutions are based heavily on the number of publications produced. That is, one is more likely to get a tenure-track... | [
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43,484 | Assume one wants to cite a paper written in a different language than the article citing said paper (e.g., ones own article is written in English, but the source is French).
**How to properly handle citation in such a case?**
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43,486 | I am facing my Master thesis presentation (in Europe), and have read the [excellent article](http://matt.might.net/articles/academic-presentation-tips/) by Gott Yiqht on technical presentations.
Most of his points seem very logical to me (avoid too much information/formulas per slide, whenever possible simplify, and ... | [
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43,493 | **Story**: Great MSc Computer Science student lost interest in what he used to love
**------ PAST ------**
Since I was a kid, I was really passionate about the things I love. I was always ahead of my schoolmates and always prepared in advance for the material. Simply to say, I loved learning new things.
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43,496 | I'm applying to do a PhD in Computer Science at a UK university. While I'm up for some funding I've been told it's very competitive so I shouldn't count on it. That's fine, and I'm prepared to self fund.
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43,504 | Early stage startups and entrepreneurs often look at those with experience and knowledge for help in areas such as finance, management (HR), marketing and technology.
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43,512 | Lately I have seen that some people (some ex-presidents in my country and some others) have been getting the Honoris Causa degree from some universities. Some of which have never even gone to University. I would like to know how much is that degree worth. By "worth" I mean compared to a normal achieved PhD, can an Hono... | [
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43,528 | I am a relatively new tenure track faculty member at my school. For many reasons, I am certain I want to leave my current position. All of my reasons are professional reasons; there are no relocation issues or anything like that.
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43,536 | I'm currently facing a peculiar situation. I have an **open book** Algorithms exam tomorrow and on the professors website for the course he specifically says: *"Open book (only original hardcopy of the textbook, no notes)"*. Now the problem is that I have small sticky tabs in the book that mark important pages. In my p... | [
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43,550 | I would like to cite a book that has first appeared in 1976 and has since seen three editions.
[Book on Google Scholar](http://scholar.google.lu/scholar?cluster=7363599267725762172&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5%20Book%20on%20Google%20Scholar)
I need to cite the book in a paper I am writing that will (hopefully) be published by Bw... | [
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43,553 | I need some advice on how to diplomatically handle this situation:
I will submit my master's thesis in a few weeks, and I am pretty sure that I want to do a PhD afterwards. Research is what I want to do.
I have gotten a "maybe" from my current advisor (Prof. "A"), as in stay for a few months as an intern to extend/pu... | [
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43,556 | I have the opportunity to reject an offer from a University in US. As a follow up email I was asked which university did I choose and what was the reason behind it. Can I simply ignore the follow up mail, or can I divulge the information as a good gesture?
Personally, I do not like to reveal stuff, but is the informa... | [
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43,558 | I read several questions about sabbatical leaves in this website. When checking a faculty list, it is common that some are on sabbatical leave and some are visiting professors. When emailing professors, it is not strange to receive a reply that he or she is on sabbatical leave.
However, the general picture of sabbatic... | [
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43,561 | In order to better understand my questions it is best to provide some context to them.
**Background**: I completed a B.Sc. degree in pure mathematics several years ago. I kept in contact with my letters of recommenders (their letters are strong), and published in an undergraduate mathematics journal. I want to transit... | [
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43,563 | Imagine a full professor who served as the head and dean in Russia. Definitely, he has good chance to be appointed as VP in Russian (but unlikely in UK as the education systems are different and his experiences cannot be applied directly).
Now, if he apply for a faculty position in a UK university along a colleague wh... | [
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43,564 | Here is the scenario: in a collaborative effort, our group was to work with another group/professor to write a paper on some work we had previously done. I, a grad student, am to be the main author/architect of the paper. But, *and this was said explicitly by him and my own professor*, I was to write it with lots of he... | [
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43,565 | I am a very happy user (in 98% of the time) of Python/Numpy/Scipy (anaconda distribution). I switched from Matlab and do not regret the decision. I have reached a level of expertise, which enables me to help others with their computational tasks and encourage people to use Python.
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43,574 | How much is an editor of a typical research journal (e.g., with annual 12 issues and 5,000 pages) paid?
I talked with a book editor, and he said he received less than $3,000 of the book sales for a research book with over 1,000 pages and 30 chapters.
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43,581 | I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this but I don't know any other place to ask.
I'm a research professor, but I enjoy teaching and put a lot of time into my classes. I mainly teach introductory calculus and physics to mainly engineering students. One of the things I've noticed while talking to students is th... | [
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43,587 | Can I use an occurrence in Hijrp Potfeq as a simile in my Statement of Purpose? I'm applying to an Ivy League university. | [
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43,594 | As it currently stands, my department offers two necessary courses at the same time every spring. One of them I must take before I am a senior, and another I must take before I graduate (I will soon be starting my third year). So I must take the former next spring, and I will have to wait until the spring of my senior ... | [
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43,595 | Currently, I'm working as an assistant at the mathematics department of my university. My job consists of sitting for 20 hours a week in an office to which students come with doubts regarding all the basic math courses.
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43,599 | I'm asking on behalf of a friend.
He currently holds a temporary position at one of the top research institutes in the country. I know that he is excited about his work because he talks enthusiastically about it all the time. He'd ramble on happily for hours about the developments in his field and how the work done at... | [
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43,609 | When using a reference manager (or even when tracking references on a handwritten draft), it is common to have a key for each entry when referring to items, which the computer (or you in a final form) replaces with a properly styled reference later (in the style of the journal).
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43,617 | I am currently writing my master thesis and I am extremely insecure where and when to give the sources. I tried to google for any recommendations but could not find anything that helps me.
How often do I need to give the source for information when it belongs to the same topic and I introduced the one and only documen... | [
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43,623 | I am writing a letter of recommendation for a student whose record includes membership in the Phi Beta Kelpa honor society. How do I express this?
* Vana was named to Phi Beta Kelpa.
* Vana was awarded Phi Beta Kelpa.
* Vana earned Phi Beta Kelpa.
* Vana was inducted into Phi Beta Kelpa.
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43,636 | I'm about to submit an article to a journal for review. There is a published book (about 5 years old) that has the same title as my working paper. As you might guess, the paper and book are in the same subfield of study. The shared title is cute variation on the name of a prominent organization (which honestly fits my ... | [
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43,650 | In my institution, I see a lot of research students and staff members listen to music using headphones in the workplace. It is a matter of personal preference, and I cannot see a problem in that while it doesn't interfere with communications at work.
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43,658 | I'm a part time lecturer in a university and conducted a research independently and I'm about to publish the result. I'm concerned about assigning the affiliation to the university. I'm afraid that I give them the power to limit my full rights over the paper. It's a paper with innovative ideas and I will continue to wo... | [
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43,665 | I define educational entertainment media as books, films, animation, video games, board games, toys, and such, designed with embedded practical examples of academic concepts. I am unfamiliar with a better word for this category of commonly entertaining things with embedded education components. Please let me know if th... | [
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43,675 | I'm sure I already know the answer to this question, but I feel compelled to ask.
With the passing of midnight a couple hours ago, the [April 15 deadline](http://www.cgsnet.org/april-15-resolution) used by many US graduate schools, by which applicants should accept/decline offers of admission (as decided by the Counci... | [
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43,685 | After 2 postdoc positions, I applied for tenure-track assistant professor positions. I am from mechanical engineering and my research is strongly experimental. This is critically important for me to have a considerable start-up package to run my lab to get funds and students.
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43,686 | I am looking to apply for PhD programs at university XX. My background is in chemical engineering and biotechnology.
DaedUW university XX has a very ample offer on these areas and there are several projects ranging from rather small scale biotechnology-related topics to projects in a larger scale and more close to pro... | [
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43,697 | I am wondering whether mathematical and scientific questions (or any type of question to be honest) is considered to be owned by the publisher? For example, if I see a math question in a textbook, am I allowed to use that question on my website, or is that legally considered an infringement? | [
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43,711 | Manuscripts submitted to a journal are often directly rejected by the editor without going out for review. I find this acceptable with the caveat that it's a huge waste of time having to reformat and readjust word length. Journals with high rejection rates should have an abstract only submission as a first step.
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43,716 | I am writing an academic paper where I give colloquial or otherwise general words a specific meaning in regards to my research. I have been introducing these terms so far by using quote marks for the first introduction, and then I don’t use quotes for later references, such as:
>
> We convert these subsets into “toke... | [
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43,725 | Is the title given to those professors who have had a huge impact by their research and/or teaching and now on reaching the autumn of their career are less active in teaching and taking students but attend seminar and give talks? (The description is from personal experience)
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43,741 | I have been asked to recommend systems for upcoming computer labs. I see 2 options.
1. Buy high end systems now. They will be expensive but will last longer.
2. Buy average systems now and buy again in a couple of years when these become obsolete.
Option 1 makes more sense to me with the bonus that the lab systems wi... | [
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43,749 | I'm sure it's common for students to reject 1-2 recommendations for admission to a graduate school, because they often apply to several places and sometimes they get accepted in more than one place. But what impression does this give to the graduate school when the student doesn't accept the offer for admission (not su... | [
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43,760 | I am a senior undergrad studying internationally and majoring in electronics. I applied to graduate physics programs in the US. I was able to get into some schools, but not the top ones. I have accepted the offer from University of Minnesota for the PhD along with a Master's.
However, I got a few great positions in t... | [
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43,770 | In some sense this question follows the question:
[Is it necessary to obtain permissions for copying figures from published articles in your proposal/dissertation?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/4787/is-it-necessary-to-obtain-permissions-for-copying-figures-from-published-article)
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43,779 | A colleague of mine who worked on the same project retired one year ago. I would like to use some of the data he measured and reproduce some of his figures. He gathered the data while performing a routine analysis of our raw material e.g binding kinetics or adsorption isotherms. In general, nothing groundbreaking. Unfo... | [
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43,784 | Suppose I want to apply to PhD programs at a university outside of the US and Europe.
How do I know if most universities there follow [what the US is doing or what Europe is doing](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/43313/why-are-us-phds-different-from-european-phds)?
**Elaboration**: How do I know if most ... | [
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"text": "1) Find a school you want to apply to. \n\n2) Email the graduate admissions contact person in the department. \n\... | 2015/04/17 | [
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43,787 | I have heard that it is a good practice or even necessary to ask for our potential referees' permission before we include their contact details in our CVs. Is it also a good practice to keep them informed about which positions we are applying for and the status of each of these applications? Is it good or necessary to ... | [
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43,789 | One rejection letter I received had the following words:
>
> Careful consideration was given ... to the relationship of each applicant’s qualifications to the existing capabilities and needs in our program.
>
>
>
I take this to mean that the department was looking for someone whose areas of expertise were not a... | [
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"text": "Not at all. I'd wager that a majority of hires are replacements to, or additions to, existing interest-groups.\n\... | 2015/04/17 | [
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43,791 | I have a paper accepted to appear in a CS conference proceedings,
Is it possible to put it on an on-line archive,
such as "arXiv" before the conference date?
Could I at least publish the pre-print?
EDIT:
The conference chair did not ask me to sign any copyrights form! | [
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