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2017/12/26 | 1,664 | 7,151 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a long story. I am a mathematician. A couple of years ago I submitted my paper to one of the best journals in my field. After 8 months of waiting, I finally recieved a response, and it was "A major revision is needed". I looked at the reviewers' comments. They were very positive. The re... |
2017/12/27 | 5,587 | 20,266 | <issue_start>username_0: I have heard many people say they have a PhD in a certain area. For nearly all of my life, I thought a PhD was simply a doctorate, and I didn't know that it had anything to do with philosophy.
There are many doctoral degrees, why are PhD's the most popular doctoral degrees by a long shot?<iss... |
2017/12/27 | 295 | 1,232 | <issue_start>username_0: As stated in the subject, Paper A that cited Paper B is found via GoogleScholar (as is paper B), yet the citation is not counted for Paper B. Can anybody offer some insight into how this can happen or why?
Note that the paper B was properly cited by paper A, via a citation export on one of the ... |
2017/12/27 | 678 | 2,778 | <issue_start>username_0: As a former student employee, I was fairly ignorant of labor laws in general. But now as I am applying to graduate programs, given the increased demands and duties of graduate students: teaching, research, etc. I wonder if US labor laws still apply to student labor in general.
Given anecdotal... |
2017/12/27 | 442 | 1,662 | <issue_start>username_0: Does everyone who is doing a PhD has to dabble in philosophy to a certain extent?
The question is irrespective of the field of research.<issue_comment>username_1: **No**. In fact, the vast majority of PhDs do not study philosophy in any reasonable sense.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: N... |
2017/12/27 | 1,057 | 4,536 | <issue_start>username_0: Let us assume that a postdoc is applying for a tenure-track faculty position in computer science in an English- or German-speaking country. After submitting the application, the postdoc contacted certain faculty members of the target institution and gave them a heads-up about the application. N... |
2017/12/28 | 1,036 | 4,443 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes you need to find out *quickly* whether one of your papers has cited a particular researcher given only the name of that researcher. Is there a tool for that? Assume you have used the bibtex format so far to manage your references, but your bibtex files contain much more than what you'... |
2017/12/28 | 277 | 1,156 | <issue_start>username_0: A professor for my one course didn't calculate an attendance and participation grade into my final grade but it was worth 20 percent in the syllabus.<issue_comment>username_1: I would argue that an instructor has the right to deviate from the syllabus's method *if it does not unfairly penalize ... |
2017/12/28 | 961 | 4,067 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing a paper that contains links to documentation that lives as a collection of web pages. I'm looking to host these webpages somewhere such that I can create a direct link to a page from my paper, and such that the website is persistent. This means that I would like to get a DOI or some... |
2017/12/28 | 1,146 | 4,797 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in a need of a career advice, and I can't really think up any better to ask than all of you.
There is a post-doc position within upgrading biofuel that I am almost certain to be offered. There is some catalysis involved, but it is somewhat away from my primary interests: Organic synthesis ... |
2017/12/28 | 1,568 | 6,995 | <issue_start>username_0: In addition to academic work, I have done private work in industry that is directly related to the material I'm presenting. For one of my lessons, I would like to do a case study, where I take a problem posed by one of my clients and discuss the thought process and methodology I utilized to sol... |
2017/12/28 | 1,296 | 5,352 | <issue_start>username_0: Three months ago, I submitted a manuscript to one of the most respected journals in my field. Today, I received comments from reviewers stating that my paper is not worth publishing in the journal. However, the editor decided to give it a major revision instead of outright rejection. Should I p... |
2017/12/28 | 733 | 3,311 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently finishing up my applications for PhD programs (in the humanities) and, in working on a draft of my statement of purpose for one school that I have not yet turned in, I noticed an error. It is a typo of sorts, the omission of a verb which renders a sentence "nonsensical." The inte... |
2017/12/28 | 1,755 | 7,797 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm doing my PhD in computer science. I had a few tries for top rank conferences like IJCAI, CVPR and ICML but my paper was rejected from them and consequently I sent the papers to second tier conferences for the sake of having publications.
However when I compare my work with some accepted p... |
2017/12/28 | 631 | 2,853 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my recommenders has not yet submitted recommendation letter for my PhD application. Unfortunately, he lost his brother and has not been able to "take care of his professional duties for some days". The application was due on Dec 15 (today is Dec 28). What should I do?
I have submitted ... |
2017/12/29 | 1,301 | 5,274 | <issue_start>username_0: The length of a bachelor's degree is often 4 years, a Master's about 2 years, and a PhD 4--forever years. This is pretty consistent across countries and disciplines give or take a year.
My question is: what is the rationale behind how long it takes to complete a degree? When or how was the cur... |
2017/12/29 | 1,327 | 5,400 | <issue_start>username_0: Some weeks ago a company contacted me via email. In summary, they offer to pay you if you include a co-author. They also need you to sign an agreement with your University and them. So, from one side, it seems kind of legal (since in the agreement they state "sponsorship"), but from the other s... |
2017/12/29 | 1,013 | 4,431 | <issue_start>username_0: I often hear from PhD students that they see their supervisor only 30 minutes per month, or 30 minutes per semester even. According to my calculations, this adds up to a whopping 13 hours and 6 hours respectively **over a three year period** (if there's no contact during the holidays). This is ... |
2017/12/29 | 224 | 935 | <issue_start>username_0: I am planning to submit an abstract for a potential talk at a school. I was wondering if I should use my university's letterhead for the abstract? If not, is there a specific format that I should use?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: It depends, if you are doing this through or as part of you... |
2017/12/30 | 483 | 2,154 | <issue_start>username_0: Is the backlog of a journal correlated to the difficulty of submission (with acceptance) to a journal?
I would imagine that a journal with high backlog could be more selective in publishing journals (if they have so many journals to choose from).
At least in mathematics, this seems [anecdotal... |
2017/12/30 | 1,357 | 5,623 | <issue_start>username_0: The application for TA fellowship, one normally takes recommedations from previous professors one has TAed under.
What he replied when I messaged him asking for a letter of recommendation:
>
> If you remember I had major difficulties with the group of TAs of last
> year: the group behaved as... |
2017/12/30 | 294 | 1,312 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there some sort of source/website that states all the required textbooks for a particular subject? For instance, I'm intrigued too learn about certain subjects however I am no graduate or anything, so attempting to enrol would be pointless, but I do wish to study in my own time and with the ... |
2017/12/30 | 755 | 2,569 | <issue_start>username_0: I have developed a logical and consistent body of research of 8 papers about a research topic. I've heard I can do a [PhD by published work](https://www.findaphd.com/advice/phd-types/phd-by-publication.aspx).
It is just compiling the papers and writing the scope and importance of the papers in... |
2017/12/30 | 958 | 4,066 | <issue_start>username_0: In University, I was part of a philosophy reading group where people would occasionally give talks about their on-going research. Several years ago I gave one such talk, and presented original and new ideas that were never published or presented in a more formal setting, although the ideas were... |
2017/12/30 | 1,059 | 3,586 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a PhD acceptance letter from an institute in Germany. They have written that my salary would be according to [TVöD](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifvertrag_f%C3%BCr_den_%C3%B6ffentlichen_Dienst) (collective salary scheme for the German public service).
I searched about that, but ther... |
2017/12/30 | 949 | 4,165 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's consider an excerpt from a particular job announcement for a department head:
>
> [...] The applicant must be committed to promoting the career development of others and to promoting a cohesive atmosphere of diversity and inclusion. The position requires a strong commitment to scholarsh... |
2017/12/31 | 1,204 | 5,141 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for graduate fellowships right now (I am a first-year graduate student in a STEM field), and am preparing to submit the application. My advisor has been helping me out with it for a while, and at one point, he took my draft of my research proposal and made some somewhat significant... |
2017/12/31 | 315 | 1,416 | <issue_start>username_0: Are novels good type for that purpose?<issue_comment>username_1: This may be better on the English stack, but good novels yes, others probably not ie anything containing profanity as that is not used in professional reports.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The best book is one you will a... |
2017/12/31 | 632 | 2,611 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to take the example of [QIP 2018](https://qutech.nl/qip2018/qip-2018-program-details/) conference. I've always wondered what the roles of committees are. In this conference, for example, there are three.
* Organizing committee
* Program committee
* Steering committee
It's obviou... |
2018/01/01 | 5,105 | 21,647 | <issue_start>username_0: I teach a certain course which is part of the obligatory undergraduate curriculum. I teach two groups out of four; the other two groups are taught by two other lecturers. In one group I have about 20-30 students. The other group also started with the same number, but students left the group gra... |
2018/01/01 | 6,018 | 24,820 | <issue_start>username_0: ### TL;DR
In the coming semester,
I will be teaching a "seminar" type course with around 30 students.
I would like to disallow students in the course
to use any electronic devices (smartphones, tablets and laptops)?
**Questions:**
* Is banning electronic devices in my course a good idea?
* H... |
2018/01/01 | 745 | 3,183 | <issue_start>username_0: I apologize if this question has been asked before. I received a peer-review invitation from a journal to review a paper. In the email there is just the author's name and the title of the article and an abstract. I should just tell them if I accept to review the paper or not by clicking on corr... |
2018/01/01 | 1,475 | 6,127 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently in one of my courses I have been assigned a task to be done in small groups (of 3 people). It turns out not to be too long (especially with some previous knowledge that I had), so over the course of an evening I have done roughly 60-70% of the work and the remainder would probably go e... |
2018/01/01 | 955 | 4,003 | <issue_start>username_0: It will likely be several years (probably more) before I write a textbook, but it's something I've been finding myself pondering in the back of my mind recently.
I would like to distribute my book à la [Lienhard](http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html); that is, freely available on a websit... |
2018/01/01 | 354 | 1,239 | <issue_start>username_0: In a thesis, when referring to an R package (a statistical software), how should I write it?
Should it be italicized/treated like a title?
Or just like any other word. The package name is not a "normal word" so it seems out of place to just write it like
"...using the R package XYZ."<issue_... |
2018/01/02 | 922 | 3,900 | <issue_start>username_0: I currently have a bit of a conundrum - I would like to do a Masters right after undergrad and am currently applying to programs. However, I have several job offers. In case I do not get into the programs I want, should I accept the offer now? I'm not quite sure how to handle the situation.<iss... |
2018/01/02 | 433 | 1,967 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently went to a summer program. Now, I’m asking my mentor there for a recommendation for college. The email account she uses for all correspondences related to the program is private (Gmail). The institution she works at is not related to the summer program in any way. Now, the college ask... |
2018/01/02 | 1,063 | 4,697 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in computational algebra. The last seven months, I have been reviewing literature and reading some research in computational algebra, but till now, I've not been able to come up with any specific problem. For the first two years of my PhD, I did the course work.
**Question :** How much ... |
2018/01/02 | 1,774 | 7,268 | <issue_start>username_0: I failed my oral exam unexpectedly. My advisor had the impression that it would be less formal than it was (or at least that is what he told me) and I wasn't prepared. I thought it would be more along the lines of a project proposal, but instead my committee wanted my thesis to be close to half... |
2018/01/02 | 1,579 | 6,507 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated last year and had been working on a problem. Now I have some progress and am interested in applying (non US places mostly, mathematical physics). How should I write a thesis proposal? I have the draft version of my work but it is extremely technical and will require serious patience... |
2018/01/02 | 425 | 1,743 | <issue_start>username_0: I hold a BA in a language and area studies (history, politics, social science) and a PhD in political economy (touching on social science), both from British universities belonging to the (research-strong) Russell Group, and I have been outside of academia for many years.
What route might I ta... |
2018/01/02 | 349 | 1,465 | <issue_start>username_0: I've found a market research report which has some really useful information for me, but the report itself is locked behind a paywall, and I've received no response to the mechanism for requesting a free copy.
My question is, can I just cite the info from the report's summary (it's actually st... |
2018/01/02 | 659 | 2,815 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been admitted to University of Texas at Dallas for Master's in Computer Science program and have joined in Spring. Although, I want to have second opinion and was wondering if it's possible to transfer my school. I have some queries in the same regard:-
* Do I need to apply from scratch... |
2018/01/02 | 764 | 3,377 | <issue_start>username_0: Earlier in my undergrad I co-authored a paper with one of my professors. Initially it was supposed to be just a class project, but on his suggestion I did some more work and went with it at a student conference and then with substantial help from his part we managed to further expand the topic ... |
2018/01/03 | 1,729 | 7,247 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student and I believe I was discriminated against by my department. I am pretty hurt by it, but I do not want to give further details to protect my identity. I spoke to a lawyer and he said I have a convincing case and I would likely get a settlement.
I am curious about the non... |
2018/01/03 | 1,011 | 4,658 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted an article to a journal, and it was rejected. The reviewers criticised some configuration values I used in my software. The comments were very helpful.
I have since improved the software, re-run the experiments, and extensively rewritten the article. I plan to submit it to the same... |
2018/01/03 | 1,200 | 5,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been reviewing for a particular prestigious journal in my field for some time. I noticed that the editor invites a significant number of reviewers (4-7) simultaneously. In most cases, not all reviewers submit their reviews in time, but in one particular case, 5 reviewers submitted a revi... |
2018/01/03 | 230 | 972 | <issue_start>username_0: If a student has sent 4 letters, one more than required, and the 4th letter is missing, what will happen?
Will the committee contact the applicant if his application is strong enough?
Will they ignore the letter and decide based on the other 3? Will they delay the review till they have the 4th... |
2018/01/03 | 580 | 2,413 | <issue_start>username_0: I talked to a professor about writing a recommendation (sometime before winter break) and he verbally agreed to it, and I sent him the official email request during winter break. He has not responded (I suspect it is because I sent the email during winter break) and out of politeness I didn't p... |
2018/01/04 | 478 | 2,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I published a paper late 2016. Recently I noticed that the published manuscript has a typo error in one of the authors affiliation. But it got indexed correctly on all databases under that author. Will it be good to contact the journal now to rectify the mistake or should I not care about that ... |
2018/01/04 | 545 | 2,303 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently received a rejection to a paper that I co-authored with my advisor. There was nothing wrong with the content but the reviewer believed it was too simple by the journal standards. My advisor's advisor who has more that 30 years expertise in the field has suggested to combine the paper... |
2018/01/04 | 1,054 | 4,211 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose I've put a PDF with an paper or treatise I've written, but not yet properly published, somewhere online. This place is not some document repository or a site that has some specific copyright assignment/assumption policy; suppose it's just a lowly HTTP server: `http://some.where.org/foo.... |
2018/01/04 | 3,662 | 15,322 | <issue_start>username_0: I started my PhD in physics approximately a month ago. Now I am working on my first project with my advisor and a postdoc that follows me. I made several big mistakes for a little task that my advisor gave me, and now I feel really bad. They were stupid big mistakes that put me in a bad light, ... |
2018/01/04 | 1,881 | 8,044 | <issue_start>username_0: I work as assistant professor in a STEM field. I have been receiving a large number of emails from professionals, usually from government organisations and companies, asking for various advices and information.
One example is about asking me which software product is currently best at accomplis... |
2018/01/04 | 682 | 3,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I am thinking on sending a paper to a conference. However, the conference CfP says:
>
> The Journal XX will publish a special issue with a selection of papers presented at the conference. The selection of the papers will be made by the Scientific Committee of the Conference.
>
>
>
Now, if... |
2018/01/04 | 1,541 | 6,627 | <issue_start>username_0: A colleague of mine has recently asked me about an uncomfortable dilemma that he faces. Some years ago, a rather problematic student of his requested a recommendation letter. My colleague indicated that it would not be a good recommendation, but the student insisted. Accordingly, my colleague p... |
2018/01/04 | 464 | 1,995 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student who does research with a professor at my University. Recently we submitted a paper (which I am second author of) to a conference, and it was accepted with shepherding.
I'm obviously proud of my work, and would mention it even if there was no formal paper associate... |
2018/01/04 | 710 | 3,043 | <issue_start>username_0: Hi I am a currently enrolled PhD student who is looking to exit before the end of the 1st year. I give the gist of the issues of my impending exit.
1. Advisor states that I am working hard and constantly coming up with ideas but due to our differences in the direction the work should take, we ... |
2018/01/04 | 2,174 | 8,647 | <issue_start>username_0: If I'm not mistaken, most PhD students (at least in the sciences, which is the field I'm most interested in) are funded. They're provided with a stipend, and all tuition fees are waived. In other words, it's effectively a low-paying job for them. My question is, why fund PhD students instead of... |
2018/01/05 | 1,548 | 6,340 | <issue_start>username_0: I never quite understood why you need to do a postdoc after completing your PhD. Is it like getting an unofficial second PhD?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not a second PhD, because the length of the postdoc is typically much shorter than that of a PhD.
The function of a postdoc is sort of an... |
2018/01/05 | 719 | 3,077 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two profs that would make great references for me since I worked closely with them on some research. I emailed them 2 weeks ago (which was nearly 6 weeks before the application deadline). I heard back from one of them immediately but still haven’t heard back from the other. To be fair, i... |
2018/01/05 | 478 | 2,090 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm preparing a CV and required documents for PhD applications and I've been asked to provide references to publications. I've been wondering if it's appropriate and a good idea to put my student poster there?
The field is Computer Science and the poster has been presented during one of the to... |
2018/01/05 | 357 | 1,507 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an assistant professor and was invited to do a "stealth" interview at another university.
Should I really treat this interview as a secret (and risk that others in my department find out through the grapevine), or should I go ahead and tell my department chair now (even though it is just... |
2018/01/05 | 769 | 3,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a postdoc and am currently applying to tenure-track faculty positions. I am unsure whether or not I should apply to my current institution.
On one hand, I would be happy to get a permanent position where I am. However, it seems like this might violate some social norm or custom. If I wer... |
2018/01/06 | 463 | 1,996 | <issue_start>username_0: The student claims that the department contacted him asking for all letters in printed form with full contact details and signature.
Is this a common request? How do I know it's authentic? How should I respond?<issue_comment>username_1: No, it's not common.
I would guess that for some reason ... |
2018/01/06 | 2,597 | 11,200 | <issue_start>username_0: I am new to this forum. I am encountering a problem in my doctoral studies that I haven't been able to find in an existing thread so I wanted to ask here. Any advice on how to navigate this would be very welcome.
I'm 2.5 years into my doctoral studies (geography) working under two co-advisors.... |
2018/01/07 | 932 | 4,156 | <issue_start>username_0: Right now, I am taking a BSc in computer science from a more reputable online university. Courses from there are transferable to most major Canadian universities. I would have preferred to take it from a brick-and-mortar place, but I wanted to just get as much done as fast as I can. In addition... |
2018/01/07 | 2,469 | 11,080 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a student at a tech school and otherwise unemployed. I’ve never been a scientist or published a paper.
So I am a little skeptical of some results I have been hearing about experiments using computer simulations, and I would like to at some point do my own experiment. (The topic ... |
2018/01/07 | 1,775 | 7,633 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a follow-up of my [previous question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/98512/how-shall-i-report-an-error-in-a-given-paper) about this course task:
>
> Find an existing, published research paper in the field of Chemical Engineering and try to autonomously replicate its resu... |
2018/01/07 | 216 | 890 | <issue_start>username_0: After publication of my paper, I have discovered that I made a typo citing a very well known formula (part of undergraduate curriculum). Is there a need for corrigendum, as it is a well known formula ?
thanks<issue_comment>username_1: You don't specify your field, but in engineering and physic... |
2018/01/08 | 387 | 1,675 | <issue_start>username_0: I am the TA for a class and we plan on assigning problems from a book. The professor also has the solutions manual for this book.
Would any legal problems arise if, instead of writing the solutions myself, I simply photocopied the relevant solutions from the manual and posted these on our pri... |
2018/01/08 | 2,200 | 9,717 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to finish my PhD in bioinformatics. I am trying not to give out too many details, so I won't be very specific.
In the field I am working in, there are two extremely important databases being used. During my MSc internship, I chose one of the two databases, decided to stick with it a... |
2018/01/08 | 594 | 2,595 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to apply for PhD admission, but I have no research experience; never published any research paper or had any research assistantship during my Master's (although I did have a course assistantship for a semester and finished it 1 semester earlier). The professor I am intending to ask for s... |
2018/01/08 | 224 | 941 | <issue_start>username_0: Papers can include clickable-link formatting with in-text citations. It's convenient to click a link to check the citation, however, it's disruptive to have to manually scroll back up to continue reading.
Is there an easier way to resume reading after checking a citation? Alternatively, is the... |
2018/01/08 | 557 | 2,477 | <issue_start>username_0: I am sorry for naïveté.
I found a workshop that fits my research and I want to submit a paper to the workshop. The problem is that the location of the workshop is far away from my hometown and I don't have funding to cover the travel expenses.
Do you think it is obligatory to visit the works... |
2018/01/08 | 1,547 | 6,596 | <issue_start>username_0: While submitting applications for tenure-track academic positions, I encounter myself making mistakes. Such mistakes are, e.g.:
* submitting in the wrong format (one PDF file is asked, and I'm submitting many as usual),
* taking too much time until submission deadline (the deadline is today, a... |
2018/01/08 | 3,225 | 13,655 | <issue_start>username_0: In a previous test one of my TAs discovered a fraudulent pattern in six of the exams. The answers were uncomfortably similar, actually identical in many places. I called the students to my office and brought two colleagues to help me "interview" them individually (ask them questions about the t... |
2018/01/09 | 1,210 | 4,969 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to conclude my Ph.D. work. The research has led to a possible commercial product which I always pushed. So now, after four years of work, we've filed four patents with three already granted. A year and a half ago, the PI moved to another position, so now I communicate my progess once... |
2018/01/09 | 720 | 3,104 | <issue_start>username_0: My research answered a very specific question. But the hypothesis I was testing will also likely have very broad application. I want to make sure to convey that importance in my paper. Is the first line of the introduction an acceptable place to do that?
I am thinking the first line of the in... |
2018/01/09 | 2,003 | 7,628 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is ubiquitous when applying for PhD studies, and it's one I don't understand. On the surface it's a simple question, but I found it to be frustratingly complex.
I tend to think in economic terms. My calculations indicated that PhD studies are not worth it, especially in a world o... |
2018/01/09 | 1,295 | 4,874 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm mostly using Mendeley, but after reading lots of ebooks with the Kindle app, I've noticed that **I really like the feature that shows me the content of all highlights** and **the ability to jump to the relevant section**.
Is there any software for reference/paper organization, reading and n... |
2018/01/09 | 619 | 2,066 | <issue_start>username_0: I’ve been looking at the bibliography of an old book called *History Of Burma* by <NAME> and am quite confused.
There are abbreviations introduced first like this:
>
> **B** Bodleian Library
>
> **BM** British Museum
>
> **IO** India Office Library
>
>
>
An example for an actual ci... |
2018/01/09 | 632 | 2,507 | <issue_start>username_0: So, in a bit more than 1 year, I will have my PhD. I have been doing well, I will probably with 4 papers published by the end of it. However, I have been feeling a bit empty. I feel like I started doing research because I thought I could make some difference but I'm feeling less and less that i... |
2018/01/09 | 738 | 2,944 | <issue_start>username_0: I attended Capella University from 2009-2016. I earned a Master's degree without any problems. I completed all of the coursework for the Ph.D. at the same university and spent two years in the dissertation program. Due to many hindrances by the university (Absenteeism of 4 dissertation chairs, ... |
2018/01/10 | 622 | 2,388 | <issue_start>username_0: I contacted two professors six weeks before the deadline. One prof emailed me back immediately. The second one still hasn’t. It is due in 3 weeks. I emailed him last Friday asking him again if he would be willing to be a reference but still no response. I don’t have his phone number and he does... |
2018/01/10 | 1,064 | 4,221 | <issue_start>username_0: So I'm technically a graduate student. My school allows people who are studying a certain subject apply to the graduate program early, so if you get in, you get to work on your master's at the same time as finishing your bachelor's degree. Anyway, I applied and got in. I am also only 20. So the... |
2018/01/10 | 2,048 | 8,656 | <issue_start>username_0: Most journals use similar manuscript handling systems such as ScholarOne. I have seen both author and reviewer accounts (which are similar). I wonder how an editor account looks like. I mean how you search for reviewers, how they are assigned, notifications, etc.
Can you share some screenshots... |
2018/01/10 | 2,671 | 10,252 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a paper and part of my thesis, and I need some advice to improve the readability of my manuscript(s).
Working in computer science and machine learning, there is a lot of technical stuff going on: I have to write definitions and set the terminology of my work. So, for instance, I h... |
2018/01/10 | 934 | 3,939 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently taking an Art History course. Today was the first day of class, and my professor informed us that we are required to bring a monetary contribution for a potluck. I wouldn't be opposed to this. However, I was taken aback when she mentioned that we are not required to participate, ... |
2018/01/10 | 763 | 3,235 | <issue_start>username_0: Before going to graduate school, I had been under the impression that professors were necessarily extremely intelligent. I had also assumed that professors would tend to be smarter than assistant professors or postdocs.
Now after more than 1 year in my research group, I know that I was very wr... |
2018/01/10 | 1,388 | 5,282 | <issue_start>username_0: Please take time to read this, I appreciate any advice from any Ph.D. student or mentor, an advice from a neuroscience or health science field person is more useful to me.
I am an international student from India, pursuing my master's degree in Pharmacology at a US university (a private univer... |
2018/01/10 | 652 | 2,808 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the process of sending the response to reviews to a journal. It looks like it will take some days for the revision.
In the reviews, the associate editor had commented the following
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> Finally, I would appreciate if you could submit your revised paper by Jan 12, 2018. If you cannot ... |
2018/01/11 | 621 | 2,507 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in an office space shared by 3 professors. We have bullpen style desks and around 75% of them are full. The lab is somewhat spacious.
One of the first-year PhD students (not my advisor's student) brings in her friend with her to the lab everyday. They hang out mostly, often taking naps ... |
2018/01/11 | 1,045 | 4,342 | <issue_start>username_0: **Context**
About a year ago, I left a research team that I was involved with as a student for approximately 2 years. During this time, I did a variety of unpaid internships and paid scholarships as well as doing a year long research project for my degree with them. Throughout the 2 years, I w... |
2018/01/11 | 1,648 | 5,849 | <issue_start>username_0: Assume that <NAME> has published a paper in 2010 where she has developed a model or a theorem or a similar result, let’s say, that it relates to growth.
Now assume that <NAME> is writing another paper in 2015, where she refers to the model/theorem from her paper in 2010.
Is it acceptable for ... |
2018/01/11 | 1,115 | 4,529 | <issue_start>username_0: I wish to provide codes and data to reviewer along with manuscript at the time of submission. I can upload the codes on a public repository, but it will bring it in public domain, I want to provided the codes only when the paper is accepted.
What is the standard practice?
My search directs ... |
2018/01/11 | 471 | 1,866 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I understand, it is commonplace for editors to invite M reviewers when N < M would suffice. After N reports arrive, they take a decision and inform the authors. What happens to the N+1st, N+2nd, ... referee reports that arrive after the decision has been taken?
As a referee, I have o... |
2018/01/11 | 2,399 | 9,267 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been a Computer Sciences student for 4 years now, give or take, and my experience with emailing teachers/professors (teachers from now on) has been either of two cases:
* they reply to my entire email
* they read the last sentence or paragraph and reply to that.
Generally, if a teacher ... |
2018/01/11 | 3,021 | 12,810 | <issue_start>username_0: I will give some background. I am from a third world country, and I am doing my math PhD in Europe. During high school and university years I participated in many maths competitions, and even got to the pre-national team. (I mention this just to show how interested I have been over the years wi... |
2018/01/11 | 979 | 4,242 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first year PhD student at an American university and since I was not satisfied with my present department, I had applied to a few universities last semester (it was my first semester here). My recommenders were all from my previous university and no one in this university knows I applied... |