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2017/07/18 | 1,237 | 5,262 | <issue_start>username_0: I was asked to referee a mathematics article, submitted for publication in a reputable journal. To evaluate it, I also wanted to look at a cited article which it claims to extend. Upon searching online (through my university's VPN) I hit a paywall: I can read it for "only" $39.95.
My universit... |
2017/07/19 | 1,223 | 4,953 | <issue_start>username_0: As a PhD student, during the four years of research, you are your own boss. PhD students are not restricted to specific working hours (or place) – as long as they do the work it doesn’t matter when, how, or where they do it.
I spend most of my time working at home or in coffee shops instead of... |
2017/07/19 | 385 | 1,730 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a amateur biotech enthusiast not affiliated with any university or institution. I recently wrote a Review article about animals that are (more) resistant to cancer (blind mole rats, naked mole rats, elephants, bowhead whales, etc). I want to publish it in a peer-reviewed oncology journal, ... |
2017/07/19 | 666 | 2,732 | <issue_start>username_0: In academia we collectively evaluate the validity, quality and significance of shorter publications - papers - with a complex system of conferences and journals. With all its flaws, you can get a typically-not-so-bad idea about those aspects of a published paper by looking at things like venue ... |
2017/07/19 | 530 | 2,159 | <issue_start>username_0: In British English, a billion traditionally had a different meaning to in American English (10^12). In modern writing the American convention has pretty much taken over. Is it therefore okay in a British publication to write 'billion' and assume the meaning will be unambiguous (e.g. 'approximat... |
2017/07/19 | 1,172 | 4,939 | <issue_start>username_0: The situation:
Two PhD students named 'Theory' and 'Experiment' are working on a project. Both are experimentalists by training but, from experiences working on a separate project, Theory comes up with an idea for a new experiment. Positive results from this experiment would have a small but s... |
2017/07/19 | 624 | 2,743 | <issue_start>username_0: *Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure whether this is on topic for this SE site, but it seemed the most fitting.*
**Prequisites:**
In our masters programme in Computer Science, doing project work is mandatory and we get credits for it that count towards our degree. The projects are of differen... |
2017/07/19 | 1,910 | 7,741 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an international PhD graduate who joined a postdoc in a private univ in the U.S. four months ago. After careful research and studying the group profiles, I joined a group (less than 2 years old) with a dynamic PI who seems genuinely interested in pursuing similar research interests as mine... |
2017/07/19 | 619 | 2,522 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently went back to school at a local public University. I'm not sure how to approach getting help (from any department, admissions, registrar etc.). I understand they're state employees (I've dealt with the DMV more then enough in my lifetime).
Basically if I email it's rarely returned, i... |
2017/07/19 | 666 | 2,667 | <issue_start>username_0: I am building an online library, where professors will be submitting academic work (text and multimedia).
I want to find the right CC license. The work provided by the library can be shared and anybody can build upon it for commercial or non-commercial purposes, as long as they give credit to ... |
2017/07/19 | 1,573 | 6,424 | <issue_start>username_0: A little about me:
* I'm a math major.
* I'm going to be starting my senior year this fall.
* I have the credits to graduate early, at the end of the fall semester.
* I have taken a few graduate level math classes, computer science and statistics classes, and science classes (psychology, biolo... |
2017/07/20 | 2,139 | 9,070 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> What is the point of being the head of the department ?
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I'm an undergraduate Physics & Mathematics student and I want to stay in academia, do research and also teach. I'm assuming professors also want this. Hence,
* Why do they become the head of the department and deal with lot... |
2017/07/20 | 485 | 1,827 | <issue_start>username_0: In many places, a title column is asked where I fill Mr. After getting my PhD can I "officially" change it to Dr.? Is this country dependent? I want to know about India, DrUK and US.<issue_comment>username_1: PhD is an academic degree. It is actually dependent on person and country whether to u... |
2017/07/20 | 1,307 | 5,356 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been involved in teaching in an university. However, I find the following few behaviors of students (all Undergrads) inside my classroom slightly unpleasant:
1. In my university, some of the male and female students come to classroom with shorts and informal dress code.
2. Students drin... |
2017/07/20 | 2,218 | 7,974 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, on various social platforms, an image containing an unusual acknowledgement in some paper have been circulating. This is about the following paper [RF fingerprint measurements for the identification of devices
in wireless communication networks based on feature
reduction and subspace ... |
2017/07/20 | 4,056 | 14,248 | <issue_start>username_0: Out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone, historically, has ever been awarded a degree that was a level higher than the one they were enrolled in and studying for, simply because their performance warranted a higher award? For example, somebody could have been awarded a MPhil instead of an M... |
2017/07/20 | 510 | 2,158 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just earned an MA degree in a social science field. I'm planning to apply to American PhD programs (sociology). I'm from a developing country, and my university is quite modest, if not godforsaken, no extracurricular activities, no interest in research. My CV is quite empty. All I have i... |
2017/07/21 | 877 | 3,704 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if there are real faculty members who go to conferences or read the abstracts (if it's being published) and scoop others?
If not why some professors are so paranoid? IMHO A real entrepreneur would love to share his ideas and maybe someone else would do it instead of him. Consi... |
2017/07/21 | 2,922 | 11,781 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a female graduate student in a competitive phd program. I recently had a baby. Although this is a planned pregnancy, and I thought I had thought through the complications having a baby would bring, I am still very overwhelmed by how much different my life is now.
I don't have any time bes... |
2017/07/21 | 1,980 | 8,844 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently received a request to subreview a paper for a top computer science conference. While it is related to my field of research, it is extremely long (the conference does not have a page limit) and complicated (it is an algorithm made of more than ten sub-algorithms, each of which is itse... |
2017/07/21 | 796 | 3,468 | <issue_start>username_0: We have made a very important scientific breakthrough in the field of biomedicine. We have filed the patented and the scientific publication (in a journal with impact factor around 9.0) was published three weeks ago. Now we would like to make a huge impact and broadcast this as much as possible... |
2017/07/21 | 593 | 2,542 | <issue_start>username_0: I have already graduate from a master degree in Europe (Software Engineering) , and applied for **another master degree** (Informatic) in Germany (TUM).
I have applied with my BSc. degree diploma and transcripts to the German university. My scores in bachelor is quit good, and convincing. The... |
2017/07/21 | 625 | 2,736 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied for a postdoc position whose application deadline was 24th June. When I contacted my potential mentor asking when to expect the results,
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> **he thanked me for showing interest in applying for the position and told me that shortlisted candidates will be informed and the process wi... |
2017/07/21 | 712 | 2,955 | <issue_start>username_0: I defended my Master's thesis last year and continued on to pursue PhD in the same university under a different adviser. My Master's thesis adviser and I were getting ready to present a paper pertaining to the MS thesis at a conference in two weeks. The paper is already accepted.
Earlier this ... |
2017/07/22 | 880 | 3,790 | <issue_start>username_0: So, suppose you're a grad student in some academic program in the US; suppose furthermore you're employed by the university (as a teaching/research assistant, say), and you message total strangers on the internet, looking for a sexual encounter. Some of the messages may be sexually explicit/imp... |
2017/07/22 | 577 | 2,440 | <issue_start>username_0: I've found a error in my thesis recently, after its submission. I made a mistake that wrongly accepted the hypothesis which should be rejected. What should I do??<issue_comment>username_1: It is normal that a thesis contains mistakes and wrong conclusions. If you did not yet do your defense, it... |
2017/07/22 | 1,152 | 4,619 | <issue_start>username_0: **Quick background about myself**
I just want to give a quick introduction to my background but I think this could be relevant and beneficial to a lot of people. I am a Mechanical Engineering student studying at **Imperial College London** and working towards a GPA 4.0 equivalent, with a GPA 3... |
2017/07/23 | 1,409 | 5,970 | <issue_start>username_0: Not sure if the pay rate for postdocs and PhD students are set nationally. But I was wondering if PIs compete with each other for good students by marking up the (rather small) salary. Is this current practice or a good idea or bad idea?
Thanks,
Shuheng<issue_comment>username_1: I have fallen ... |
2017/07/23 | 436 | 1,796 | <issue_start>username_0: He's also not listed in the faculty directory / contact list any longer.
I used to meet him about twice a semester to talk about life and academics, so he knew me fairly well.
He was tenured and, to me, was brilliant.
Can I email him to say hello and ask why he left? Or is that being too no... |
2017/07/23 | 3,512 | 12,616 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the benefits of having a PhD degree? Why are PhD programs so competitive? I mean, why do many people apply for PhD programs?
In STEM fields, it is usually possible to get a better-paid job in industry with a bachelor's or master's degree. On the other hand, PhD programs are usually l... |
2017/07/23 | 650 | 1,985 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to search, using Google Scholar or another tool, for all papers that appeared in a certain conference?
For example, I would like to find all papers that appeared in the recent "EC 17" conference. While I can see the papers [in the conference website](http://www.sigecom.org/ec17/... |
2017/07/23 | 1,297 | 4,438 | <issue_start>username_0: The really unusual thing about the greater Boston area is that so many and such good postsecondary institutions are crowded into that area. Harvard, M.I.T., Tufts, Brandeis, and others.
Is Boston unique in all the world in that respect, or is there some comparable place elsewhere?<issue_commen... |
2017/07/24 | 709 | 2,948 | <issue_start>username_0: Here's the problem: I don't know what are the relevant conferences and meetings for me to potentially attend/present in. Every conference I've been so far has been passed down to me by a much older professor who knows it by experience.
I feel like this is an important topic, and yet all the to... |
2017/07/24 | 1,099 | 4,480 | <issue_start>username_0: So, the postdoc is going ok and there might be one or two publications after a few months. However, I've realized that I'd like to move forward and start applying to industry jobs.
Now, my concern is whether having a few-month postdoc in the resume/CV might hurt, and I wonder what would be th... |
2017/07/24 | 849 | 3,612 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm thinking of bringing a new student in the lab. His theory background is seriously lacking. He didn't take enough math and physics classes, and has insignificant programming experience. He has a permanent position as a technician at my institution and he wants to get a PhD.
I'm in serious ... |
2017/07/24 | 828 | 3,524 | <issue_start>username_0: Doing research, there are plenty of stuff we should take care of, different articles and notes, websites etc..
It is sometimes hard to stay ordered and not to get lost in too many pieces of information. How do you organize your work? Are there any helpful software tools to conduct research pro... |
2017/07/24 | 925 | 3,891 | <issue_start>username_0: In my experiment, I have obtained a large chunk of results for many different problems being effectively solved by my implemented hypothesis.
If I keep my results as subsets for each problem, then I get 12 tables. But, if I summarize them in a single table, then the large table might span acro... |
2017/07/25 | 1,337 | 5,769 | <issue_start>username_0: I have completed 2.5 postdocs in the US. In all of my applications plus a Green Card application, letters of recommendation were a great deal. In all cases (overall, about 10 letters signed by professors at top US universities), *I was asked to write the draft and my supporter did not change mo... |
2017/07/25 | 789 | 3,330 | <issue_start>username_0: A colleague working in my department helped me out in proofreading my English before submitting a paper. I would like to acknowledge his help.
Is it common to acknowledge such help? Is there any standard sentence to do it?<issue_comment>username_1: *The author would like to thank [colleague na... |
2017/07/25 | 754 | 2,960 | <issue_start>username_0: I am accepted to a PhD program in engineering in the US with 1st year TA-ship as funding.
I have contacted several professor, and eventually, there is this one assistant professor (Dr. A) who want to accept me in his lab. I provided my research plan to him before he finally wants me in his te... |
2017/07/25 | 3,406 | 14,378 | <issue_start>username_0: **Disclaimer:** I'm an undergrad with very limited knowledge of how academia really works and what the atmosphere and culture is like.
I'm very interested in pure mathematics, and I think I'm pretty good at it. I'm currently an undergraduate in my university's Pure Math program. However, I'm a... |
2017/07/25 | 488 | 2,030 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just graduated with my BS. I have been offered a job to teach biology at a christian university prep academy. I desperately need the money, and I was raised religiously, so I expect that I will be able to do the job fairly well. However, once I get a stable financial foundation, I want to ... |
2017/07/25 | 457 | 1,934 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing my MSc in mathematics/statistics, and a large part of it concerns fractal geometry.
I want to include some background of how early geometry arose, why fractals were largely neglected, and finally how they found new use/interest in the 20th century. I want to do this because it inter... |
2017/07/25 | 290 | 1,249 | <issue_start>username_0: I am taking a four week online summer course in the U.S. and the professor just canceled it because all but me and one other student (out of 30+ students) withdrew from the class within the first week. I guess the minimum for the class is 20 students. Is this normal? I'm not sure yet but I thin... |
2017/07/25 | 233 | 999 | <issue_start>username_0: I obtained my bachelor's degree from a third tier school before completing my second bachelor's degree and a master's degree at more reputable schools. I was wondering if it is acceptable to omit my first bachelor's degree from my CV.<issue_comment>username_1: Withholding the information would ... |
2017/07/26 | 893 | 3,999 | <issue_start>username_0: This book has 570 pages, a lot of information about my research subject and several studies are included.
However, I don't want to spend my time reading it because one professor wrote already 12 pages review, emphasizing most important finding and conclusions. As well critical perspective.
Sho... |
2017/07/26 | 427 | 1,835 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I present my already published review article at an international conference?<issue_comment>username_1: No, you cannot.
The review-style presentations in conferences are normally Plenary Lectures, which are given by the eminent scientists in the field.
Of course, for publishing a review a... |
2017/07/26 | 817 | 3,521 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a group that I've been interested in for a while because we share some of the research interests and because of the very ingenious approach used by its PI. Lately, they published a paper in exactly the same field I work in (but with different models objects).
I feel really eager to re... |
2017/07/26 | 257 | 1,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on my Master Thesis and I am exploring two different approaches to the same problem. I am having trouble deciding on how to structure the Methodology section to divide these two approaches, since they share some components.<issue_comment>username_1: The best way to go about this is... |
2017/07/26 | 931 | 4,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I came to the US with my PhD classmate having similar backgrounds and took postdocs at two different universities. My research output is much better than him, but he has won three awards from reputable societies/organizations. Now he got a tenure-track position, but I was not even invited for a... |
2017/07/26 | 947 | 4,057 | <issue_start>username_0: I posted this on the Physics Site and I was warned that I would be best fit here.
I'm a freshman undergrad and I plan to get a Physics major. I don't know actually in what area I want to follow, I do have an idea that I don't want to be and Experimental Physicist but I'm open to every experien... |
2017/07/26 | 1,313 | 5,088 | <issue_start>username_0: In General Terms
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I am majoring in piano performance (classical), which is not considered academic where I live (the Netherlands), although the dutch Bachelor/Master of Music degrees are internationally recognised anyway. As such my subject knowledge of music is easily sufficie... |
2017/07/26 | 451 | 1,694 | <issue_start>username_0: The University of Southern California (U.S.C.) medical school is currently rocked by a sex and drugs scandal involving the dean of the school -- and possibly other faculty and administrative leaders that worked to cover up the scandal.
Would attending a graduate program rocked by scandals hurt... |
2017/07/26 | 1,712 | 6,930 | <issue_start>username_0: I chose my current PhD position because of funding limitation and the reputation of my institute last year. After a year, it's a disaster, because I have no interest in my PhD project. I haven't read any papers in my personal time since I started my PhD. I'm not interested in what my labmates a... |
2017/07/26 | 743 | 3,336 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to know what the best option is for adjusting an article in prep under the following circumstances:
I've been working on this new model of a natural system for a while. I established the theoretical basis for it, and showed that it is in agreement with empirical evidence. I have a secon... |
2017/07/26 | 671 | 2,973 | <issue_start>username_0: The title pretty much says it all - what's the typical delay with which Google Scholar indexes newly published articles? (Note I'm not talking about citations, but about the article showing up at all.)
Edit: the article in question went for over six months after being published (in a well-rega... |
2017/07/27 | 1,903 | 7,582 | <issue_start>username_0: 7 years ago, I got a PhD offer from professor X. Thinking that I would have no chance with other applications, I accepted it. I signed the offer, and the HR was helping me with the enrollment process.
But then I unexpectedly got another offer, and I broke my promise. I apologized in the most s... |
2017/07/27 | 670 | 3,052 | <issue_start>username_0: If a 4 year liberal arts college is doing a search for a faculty position through September 15, when does the job start? The start date is not mentioned.
The position is for a new interdisciplinary degree program that appears to have been only been granting degrees for one year. It is teachin... |
2017/07/27 | 1,473 | 6,158 | <issue_start>username_0: This is likely to be a rather strange question.
I have been working in physics in an attempt to obtain a PHD.
My initial plan was entirely experimental, however I have not obtained enough data by itself.
This is due to a combination of difficult experiments, and temperamental equipment and its... |
2017/07/28 | 2,391 | 9,656 | <issue_start>username_0: I have read that interning under a professor can not only help you gain a better understanding of a subject but also it can look good on your college resume. I was wondering how I could possibly do this in ninth grade. Do I email the professor I want to research under or does he have to ask me ... |
2017/07/28 | 1,961 | 8,739 | <issue_start>username_0: We are currently writing a first article with my PhD advisor. The research was mainly designed by him; I performed all the experiments and found a model to explain the results.
The article is soon to be finished. I am supposed to be the first author of the paper but at this point, I am more an... |
2017/07/28 | 887 | 3,727 | <issue_start>username_0: I’m in the verge of finishing my PhD next year. I already know I don’t want to follow an academic career; still, I’ve come this far and will see it through (well... I have have a salary too...). I’m starting to look for positions in industry and would like to know how much having publications i... |
2017/07/29 | 311 | 1,348 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using first-order stochastic dominance and I am wondering if I need to cite a source.
More generally, how should one cite well-known mathematical definitions -- Is it okay to cite a somewhat recent source (like a book that covers the topic) or should one go to the effort to track down whe... |
2017/07/29 | 1,941 | 8,556 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this question.
I've noticed that almost everyone I have met is intellectually uncurious. In a world where our daily lives depend on technology that would have been called magic a century ago (cell phones, computers, etc...), it's hard for me to unde... |
2017/07/29 | 1,624 | 6,718 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a tenured professor in the field of education (learning sciences). I have been employed at my current university for six years now. Most of my research has been done in classrooms, researching the effects of instructional strategies on student achievement.
As I have been out in many diffe... |
2017/07/29 | 2,907 | 13,198 | <issue_start>username_0: After an extreme amount of effort, I am now in possession of a very large dataset of human experiments which is required for my research. However, after speaking with some of my colleagues about writing papers about it, I was told that I need to have had the IRB decide what level of consent is ... |
2017/07/29 | 597 | 2,633 | <issue_start>username_0: I see from a university website that "if you are not a citizen of one of the following countries..." [a list of countries], "you will need to take the TOEFL before enrolling." (USA is not on the list, but I presume that's irrelevant). My friend is a US citizen originally from a different countr... |
2017/07/30 | 2,048 | 8,490 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a recent PhD graduate in mathematics, and I will be starting a tenure-track position this fall at a small liberal arts college in a northern US city.
My graduate degree was completed at a large university in a college town, and I made occasional use of dating apps during my time there. Th... |
2017/07/30 | 455 | 2,012 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an inexperienced researcher and I made the stupid mistake of submitting my article to a predatory journal. I realised the journal was fake when they failed to provide the reviewers comments.
I then requested that the article be withdrawn. I received an email back from the 'editor' saying ... |
2017/07/30 | 654 | 2,578 | <issue_start>username_0: This question stems just from curiosity, as my work is not concerned with mathematics.
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> What happens if a student doing a PhD in mathematics submits a thesis
> with a proof of some theorem and the reviewer finds fatal flaws in the
> proof?
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I don't mean small typos but flaws of... |
2017/07/30 | 1,587 | 6,629 | <issue_start>username_0: Should they instead protect their tweets and Facebook posts and keep them private / Friends-only in their account settings?
Some profs' tweets / Facebook posts are great and inform the public of their new research, especially stuff in machine learning / data science, while other profs I have s... |
2017/07/30 | 1,234 | 5,083 | <issue_start>username_0: My department is focused on teaching. We teach 6 classes/year with heavy undergraduate mentoring. It actually feels like teaching 8 classes per year. I know that there are grants "designed" for teaching institutions (RUI at NSF, for example), but to be eligible my institution has to be official... |
2017/07/30 | 705 | 3,037 | <issue_start>username_0: I am now writing up a math paper, and there is an Arxiv paper posted back in 2009 which proved a weaker version of my result. But I don’t think their paper will be published in any journal – their proof is clearly wrong. Since that is eight years ago, I suppose the author spotted the error alre... |
2017/07/31 | 1,071 | 4,678 | <issue_start>username_0: Two days back, I got a favorable reply from a professor who is happy to be my supervisor for a PhD program. The university is one of the famous universities in Australia. Unfortunately, the deadline for submitting the application is today. Even though I had only two days to prepare all the docu... |
2017/07/31 | 495 | 2,248 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently preparing a research proposal with limited number of pages. As a picture is worth a thousand words; I was wondering if a graphic illustration could be provided that could highlight the different steps involved in the project. Would providing such an illustration enhance the propo... |
2017/07/31 | 1,309 | 5,650 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on a project in the area of IT security where we are analyzing a proprietary embedded system. While researching the system, we came across a confidential data sheet that was made publically available by a third party without the consent of the manufacturer of the system. The datash... |
2017/07/31 | 1,931 | 7,829 | <issue_start>username_0: When should we repeat a statement of a theorem before proof?
Suppose we have a theorem in a paper at the introduction or at the beginning of a section. However, a proof is given, say, six pages later after a series of definitions, lemmas and propositions. It would be convenient for the reader... |
2017/07/31 | 1,116 | 4,928 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to a lab whose work I happen to be pretty familiar with, due to peer reviewing one of their articles.
Is it ethical to mention this information to them? I feel that if I don't mention it, and they find out later, they may feel that I mistrusted or misrepresented during the applic... |
2017/08/01 | 1,148 | 5,017 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a postdoctoral position that I would like to apply for. One of the requirements for it is to identify a working group and a faculty member that you are interested in working with. I have never done this. How do I ask a person whom I've never met/worked with if I can work with him ? I m... |
2017/08/01 | 349 | 1,640 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for a faculty position in a small department, which is not very active in research but there is a strategic research. Comparing my previous papers and grants, I can project that I will have a significant contribution to the department to become research active.
Is it appropriate ... |
2017/08/01 | 5,012 | 20,784 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently preparing my first formal work for publication, which I am the sole author on. While working through final edits, I've come across a few places where I refer to myself and would prefer not to gender myself as female (eg. "the PI also presented on her research at a local event..."... |
2017/08/01 | 2,300 | 8,932 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a professor with whom I've taken two courses so far, and who has also agreed to write me a reference letter for graduate school when I complete my undergraduate program. I usually write to all professors "Dear Prof. [...]" or "Hello Prof. [...]", but some professors reply to me as "Hi ... |
2017/08/02 | 678 | 2,849 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a BS in computer science and have been working as a developer for the last 6 months after my graduation. I am interested in pursuing a master's degree and I'm not sure which program, computer science or information technology, would open more academic and professional doors.
I will have... |
2017/08/02 | 1,722 | 7,327 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergrad in the second year of a 2-year transfer program at a community college. I am retaking a class that I was forced to drop a couple of semesters ago due to family issues. The instructor is the senior guy in the department for my major, and I will be taking another course with him... |
2017/08/02 | 1,513 | 6,533 | <issue_start>username_0: Since over a year, I've been involved in almost everything my supervisor does and seem to have gained her trust, which is very gratifying.
There have been instances where I was asked to review and directly comment on other research lab colleagues' work who are involved in writing/research tas... |
2017/08/02 | 5,413 | 23,476 | <issue_start>username_0: As someone supervising postgrad students, I wonder what is the best way to train these students to write high-quality research papers?
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The best way seems to be through coauthorship but ...
On the one hand I can be hands-off and rather give them feedback as best as I can but let them do m... |
2017/08/03 | 2,170 | 8,947 | <issue_start>username_0: I find then when giving a talk it feels weird / too formal / easy to stumble with my words when having to refer to a professor in the audience as "Professor Last Name", especially when their last name consists of multiple syllables.
As a student, is it acceptable to address professors by thei... |
2017/08/03 | 1,269 | 5,486 | <issue_start>username_0: I secured a grant from my university for traveling to a conference. But it was not enough and so my supervisor supported me. There are 5 other students who got the university grant and he supported them as well. I had also applied for ACM grant and I secured it but I receive it only after I vis... |
2017/08/03 | 1,002 | 4,012 | <issue_start>username_0: I need a reference from my former professor, for my PhD application, but I would also like to work with him for my PhD. He would be my top choice, but I will of course need to apply to other universities too. How do I do this? I feel like it's a bit much too ask, and I feel unsure about how to ... |
2017/08/03 | 666 | 2,867 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Ph.D. student and presently dealing with my first paper that I had submitted to Scientific Reports.
I received back the reviewer comments together with a note from the editor asking me (as the first author) to revise and resubmit within 4 weeks (exact wording below\*). However, my coaut... |
2017/08/04 | 388 | 1,612 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an early/mid-career academic in a science field and have enough publications where I sometimes get random other academics asking me for electronic copies of papers (published in non-open-access journals) where I am the corresponding author. These papers were done under the purview of NIH g... |
2017/08/04 | 1,331 | 5,767 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a paper in a respected journal (Elsevier) in my field (Biology/Ecology). After 2 months, the review of the paper is out. I was expecting it to **"Major Revision"**, **"Accepted with Minor Revision"** or **"Reject"** but it was not clearly stated in the decision letter what is really... |
2017/08/04 | 796 | 3,178 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a service/software where I can feed a bibliography, say in BibTex format, and I get all “Cited By” references as a response? In other words, is there an automated “Cited By” crawler?
Background:
I'm currently hunting down case reports about a rare disease, because I need more cases ... |
2017/08/04 | 757 | 3,138 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading few journals (in Elsevier) in my field (Biology) and I noticed the time of acceptance period from the revised version is received **"Received 8 November 2016; Received in revised form 17 April 2017; Accepted 18 April 2017"**. Does this mean that the revised manuscript received tod... |
2017/08/04 | 437 | 1,839 | <issue_start>username_0: This fall I am starting the 3rd year of my bachelor's degree and I intend to continue my studies with a Master's degree and possibly a PhD. The university I study at is a respected institution in my country but not particularly focused on my area of interest (algebra). I had a first contact, at... |
2017/08/04 | 624 | 2,733 | <issue_start>username_0: I am submitting a mathematics paper to a journal. This paper contains a section where I claim that some results made by some authors in different published articles are false. I give a counterexample to support my claim and also show where their proofs are flawed.
Should I oppose these authors... |
2017/08/05 | 251 | 1,031 | <issue_start>username_0: Some publications mention the phone of the corresponding author, e.g. <https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw168>
Why do some publications mention the phone of the corresponding author? Do readers sometimes directly call the author?<issue_comment>username_1: I believe it is an old tradition when ph... |
2017/08/05 | 310 | 1,277 | <issue_start>username_0: 1. In the last year of my bachelor degree I was required to write a research paper. That research paper won the first award from about 1000 research papers submitted by students in my university.
2. Also, that paper got published in a top research journal in my field.
3. Also, in terms of my ba... |
2017/08/05 | 332 | 1,435 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to contact a potential supervisor about doing a master’s by research. I have already wrote my email by I am unsure about what to write for the subject box of the email. Different people have advised me on different things and I am unsure what do. Does anyone know what is a good subj... |
2017/08/06 | 767 | 3,069 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a tenured professor in a humanities department at a second-tier research university in the United States. My Ph.D. is from a top-ten program in my discipline. I have an above-average number of publications for my age. I have about five years of undergraduate and graduate teaching experience... |