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2018/12/30 | 817 | 3,125 | <issue_start>username_0: I took a graduate course (C.S) in a U.S university. We were not provided with any grading scale in the syllabus. I was assigned a letter grade but I have no idea how it was calculated. Below is an example of a grading scale from another course
```
If X is your overall course score, letter gra... |
2018/12/30 | 642 | 2,774 | <issue_start>username_0: I am taking a TOEFL lesson and encountered a lesson in which a student is (almost) complaining he had got B- because he would like to maintain 3.25 GPA average.
To me (outside of US) it sounds very "average and O.K" to me.
But would that grade point be so disappointing for the student to come... |
2018/12/30 | 742 | 3,163 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been somewhat incorrectly convicted of copying another student's test, and the prospects of reversing this seem doubtful. My school's policy is somewhat more lenient here due to it being a first offense so they removed points on questions they think I cheated on and that this happened is... |
2018/12/30 | 2,014 | 8,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently applied to a research-assistant position at a university in the European Union. I got admitted into the interview. However, I am the only suitable candidate to this job, as I could see by the official documents.
I have several doubts about this situation:
* Why would they want... |
2018/12/31 | 1,866 | 7,536 | <issue_start>username_0: I wish to ask a journal's editor if my manuscript will be "desk rejected" (for, if not, it will be peer-reviewed). He and I both know what that means, but I'd rather say it without prejudicing my submission.<issue_comment>username_1: There are a few possibilities.
It may be that an interview ... |
2018/12/31 | 1,406 | 5,708 | <issue_start>username_0: I spend a great deal more time than other graduate school students identifying and figuring out how to fix mistakes in published papers and specialized books. Time and time again an author's careless error has sent me down a rabbit hole. In fact, finding the mistake and fixing it is often more ... |
2018/12/31 | 872 | 3,613 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently applying for my PhD in pure math. I am also finishing up my masters. Unfortunately my brother passed halfway through the semester and I received an incomplete in one of my classes because I was absent too much. I also missed the GRE Mathematics subject test which is required. I s... |
2018/12/31 | 468 | 2,017 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been accepted for a postdoc position. My mentor is a young and according to his list of publications he has not many papers and/or many citations. I would like to know whether this position add any value to my C.V or not? As I suppose, his experience is not much in supervising students, ... |
2018/12/31 | 1,113 | 4,765 | <issue_start>username_0: In disciplines such as computer science and engineering, Google Scholar is a fundamental tool in not only searching for recent work of a researcher but is also frequently used as a metric for the proficiency of the researcher.
I've noticed in many other fields, e.g. political science, or even ... |
2018/12/31 | 999 | 4,007 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is similar to the following question:
[Is it a good or bad idea to list declined fellowships (for a PhD program) on one's curriculum vitae?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/368/is-it-a-good-or-bad-idea-to-list-declined-fellowships-for-a-phd-program-on-one)
Whereas ... |
2018/12/31 | 1,306 | 5,680 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student and I need to (almost desperately) squeeze in another paper for my dissertation in the next 6 months. Is it acceptable to explain my situation to the editor and ask to set a tighter deadline to the reviewers?
My field is health sciences and biostatistics.<issue_comment>userna... |
2019/01/01 | 789 | 3,166 | <issue_start>username_0: My TA letter indicates 90 hours working. However, I worked for 120 hours due to the volume of the students. Now my work is finished I want to let them know by writing an email to the professor. I want to be nice and thankful for the given position.
Note, my goal is to get paid for these 30 ho... |
2019/01/01 | 875 | 3,802 | <issue_start>username_0: Academia involves a lot of proposals and approvals and it can save effort to combine them. A grant including work that's already been started is easier to satisfy. The applications I receive for independent study describe work that students have already started on. My grandfather used to tell m... |
2019/01/01 | 4,871 | 21,017 | <issue_start>username_0: The new semester will be starting in a few weeks,
and I will be teaching a course which starts on the first day of the semester.
The goal of the course is to teach students
how to use the R programming language to clean and analyze data.
I will teach the course using a *flipped classroom* form... |
2019/01/01 | 639 | 2,713 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my university professors offered me a research assistant position which would require me to study for a master degree.
I really wanted to take it but there are few problems for me.
1. I don't know that professor.
2. I don't know what career I could take after finishing a master degree.... |
2019/01/01 | 392 | 1,514 | <issue_start>username_0: So I normally see master graduate student apply for a position as a lecturer.
Is there any other career that is available for a master (science) student asides from lecturer? Which is for computer science students<issue_comment>username_1: For a career in academia you basically need a doctorat... |
2019/01/01 | 1,106 | 4,834 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently accepted a PhD offer. The subject is very close to what I was working on during my Master's years. I really worked hard back then and fortunately managed to publish high-quality papers.
I had several offers at the time and it was really difficult for me to choose between them s... |
2019/01/01 | 790 | 3,220 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in France and I'm currently applying for postdoc positions in fundamental mathematics, at several universities in the US and elsewhere. For my application at the University of Denver, I'm asked to give my desired salary, and I have no idea what to answer... I don't know at all what are t... |
2019/01/02 | 5,335 | 22,065 | <issue_start>username_0: I got accepted into a school that I really wanted to go to for a math PhD. I finished my masters and I love math very much. It's something that I've always been extremely passionate about. I used to always go for representation theory seminars with an old professor that I did research with (we ... |
2019/01/02 | 1,746 | 6,931 | <issue_start>username_0: Has federally funded research at universities and work done at the national labs in the United States been halted due to the government shutdown?
If so, what typically happens then?
Do researchers just stay at home and not show up to work? Or do they show up, and do something similar to what... |
2019/01/02 | 1,609 | 6,086 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate in the U.S. and have worked part time (~15-20 hrs/week) for a research group at my institution for about 5 months now. Since beginning the research I have enjoyed every aspect of it. I have gotten to read literature, submit an abstract to a conference and even work on an o... |
2019/01/02 | 720 | 2,461 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a website where I can see the standard salaries for recently hired tenure track Assistant Professors in California State University system? I am on the job market and almost in the process of getting an offer. I wanted to get an idea of what to expect and negotiate.
EDIT: it is Califo... |
2019/01/02 | 854 | 3,664 | <issue_start>username_0: Myself and a few business partners of mine are working to develop a software product, in which I am responsible for building and all other technical aspects. At the same time, I'm currently pursuing a secondary degree in Computer Science at a local university. As my responsibilities within our ... |
2019/01/03 | 1,421 | 5,958 | <issue_start>username_0: Say a reviewer writes something like
>
> This paper is [yada yada blah blah].
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Professor <NAME>, Big Name University
>
>
>
Should the editor just forward the review to the authors because Professor <NAME>, by signing his name onto the review, is presumably willin... |
2019/01/03 | 872 | 3,805 | <issue_start>username_0: Background
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I am 3 months into a 3 year theoretical physics PhD in the UK. Since I am fairly early on in my research career, there are many new ideas and techniques for me to learn, as well as the need for me to work directly on my research questions.
Either through reading papers o... |
2019/01/03 | 1,867 | 8,154 | <issue_start>username_0: My manuscript, submitted to a high-rank and very respectable journal, has been rejected by a referee. From the referee's report one could make a conjecture that the referee is one of my competitors, whose results are far inferior to mine. A second referee also rejected my work by giving an absu... |
2019/01/03 | 407 | 1,658 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a paper that has been accepted at the International Conference on Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms (ICACCP).<issue_comment>username_1: [Their website](http://www.icaccpa.in/) suggests so but, as Buffy writes in the comments, the only real way to tell is by asking them.
... |
2019/01/03 | 1,683 | 6,766 | <issue_start>username_0: I am starting a new postdoc position with a professor who's retiring soon (<5 yrs, judging from the grad intake).
I am interested in pursuing an academic job and it worries me that I would not be able to count on him during my career, for support after he retires.
Am I overly worried and exag... |
2019/01/03 | 564 | 2,410 | <issue_start>username_0: Education in my home country is very expensive and getting scholarship for postgraduate studies is not possible because I have a poor BSc (low GPA, no papers, etc). So I decided to study my Master degree in a country with much cheaper tuition fees, so that I can make up for my academic record a... |
2019/01/03 | 1,215 | 4,202 | <issue_start>username_0: I am puzzled how can one translate the following in French?
>
> Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Tenure Track, Instructors
>
>
>
Does `Maître de Conférences` translate the first three altogether? So, how can we distinguish between the various ranks? `Maîtresse de Confér... |
2019/01/04 | 378 | 1,640 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it beneficial to attend international conferences at student level, and what are tips to follow when attending such international conferences?<issue_comment>username_1: It is hard to tell - it depends on the conference!
Possible benefits (amongst others) can be:
* Learning more about your... |
2019/01/04 | 1,647 | 7,146 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in my first year of a PhD at a top UK university. I am part of a cohort of students, most of whom have come straight from an undergraduate degree and never had any "real-world" experience. I am half a decade older than them due to getting some life experience and working in teaching for a f... |
2019/01/04 | 466 | 2,043 | <issue_start>username_0: For those who submit obsolete GRE and IELTS scores (good scores), how likely is it for the admissions committee to reject/throw away the applications due to this? Will they instead review applications holistically?<issue_comment>username_1: This really depends on a million other things. If you'... |
2019/01/04 | 1,018 | 3,952 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be teaching at a four year university as adjunct faculty. Is it okay to have my students to call me Professor LastName, even if I do not have this title formally? If not, what other options do I have? I quite dislike Ms.. At my old college, I had my students call me by my first name, but... |
2019/01/04 | 377 | 1,534 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking at MSBA programs in the United States and have the two recommended academic references lined, but should get a third reference slot open. Between my previous jobs I worked freelance and had a client for about 6 months who was very satisfied with my work, and even offered if I ever n... |
2019/01/04 | 505 | 2,195 | <issue_start>username_0: This may apply to any mathematical scientists. I am working on a paper, which (as far as I can tell) needs a result that I obtained. The result needed is a part of another paper of mine that is already under review. If I would like to submit the new paper, but need to cite the old one, how do I... |
2019/01/05 | 2,393 | 9,841 | <issue_start>username_0: I commenced my bachelor of math 8 years ago and at the same time I was diagnosed to have cancer. Because of the treatment process and the emotional state that I was in, I only completed 3 subjects in the first year, 1 subject in the second year, no subjects in the third year and only 1 subject ... |
2019/01/05 | 397 | 1,735 | <issue_start>username_0: I'v already read the similar questions here, but i'm sure those are not applicable in my case.
The assistant reminded us during the last session that we can contact him via email, he is only responsible for a chapter not the whole course. Usually my professor teaches the theory and his assist... |
2019/01/06 | 955 | 3,235 | <issue_start>username_0: The specific paper I'm interested in is Galton (1907), and one approach I worked out is to go to Galton's [Google Scholar profile](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=VfPFUgcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra) and then click on the paper in question, after which I can see the following histogram:
[
Does self-citation actually promot... |
2019/01/06 | 875 | 3,639 | <issue_start>username_0: I am planning to write a thesis in three months. How to be more organised towards writing and get the first draft ready in three months? Has anyone written the first draft of the thesis in three months or so?
I have some writing done already as I have published some conference and workshop pap... |
2019/01/06 | 1,511 | 6,050 | <issue_start>username_0: Below is an example that I had in mind, but my question is more general: does the reputation of some authors cause their papers to be prioritized for review sooner than other important papers, e.g. the paper "primes is in p" (link below), which was written by unknown, Indian grad students? In t... |
2019/01/06 | 640 | 2,733 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Graduate in Life sciences who has been working in a corporate job for the past 2+ years.
I am currently researching and aiming to apply for PhD programmes in Europe. In requirements for PhD I have come across the need for Recommendation letters from past supervisors.
It has been over t... |
2019/01/06 | 632 | 2,627 | <issue_start>username_0: I am revising a paper and want to change the title of the paper and send for editor-in-chief.
*My Question:* Is there an formal sentences to announce to editor-in-chief and reviewers that I want to change the title of paper in this revision.
For instance, is it acceptable that I write the f... |
2019/01/06 | 461 | 1,937 | <issue_start>username_0: The [European grading system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECTS_grading_scale) also follows an ABCDEF system like in the US.
However, an A in an European grading system is worth more than an A in an American system.
So what is the point of using such a confusing system?
Now every American... |
2019/01/06 | 576 | 2,345 | <issue_start>username_0: At the beginning im so sorry about what i did. But in literature review of the introduction part of my thesis i realized that i made a mistake :(
It is about giving state-of-the-art part of my study area. When i describe a study i saw that, in paper it says that;
"this paper describes the des... |
2019/01/07 | 1,015 | 4,191 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of academics like to complain about the academic publishing industry and its questionable practices (e.g. not paying reviewers for their work, overcharging universities for subscriptions, preventing public access to publicly funded research etc.). The answer seems to be moving to open acc... |
2019/01/07 | 1,444 | 6,002 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a parallel question to [Open Access Success Stories?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/122656/open-access-success-stories) and is something I've been thinking about for a while.
If one reads the linked question, Spark makes the following statements about questionable practi... |
2019/01/07 | 888 | 3,807 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two questions, a general question and a particular case question, regarding the authors of a manuscript.
1. In general, I would like to inquire about who should be added as authors to a manuscript as well as about the order of the authors.
2. I prepared a research paper and I was wonde... |
2019/01/07 | 2,933 | 12,425 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a freshman requirement as a science student for at least 3 core science classes, and I picked physics as often as I could. However, I must choose either chem or bio as my third. I chose bio.
The thing is, I'm deathly afraid of chemicals. I don't know when it started, but I can hardly to... |
2019/01/07 | 2,876 | 12,224 | <issue_start>username_0: Last summer I did an internship in an industry for 9 weeks. It was a great experience and my supervisor was a very formal and professional lady. On my last day, she asked about my graduation date and I told her it’s just 6 months away as it was my last semester. She responded: "Send me your CV ... |
2019/01/07 | 2,259 | 9,141 | <issue_start>username_0: I have come to see a comment on twitter: "If you define “good ML paper” as “ML paper accepted at NeurIPS/ICML/etc” then writing a good ML paper is probably much more about how skilled you are at storytelling and paper writing than about ML." This comment is about Machine Learning (ML) and the c... |
2019/01/07 | 1,530 | 5,948 | <issue_start>username_0: Every day, I am figuring out that competitiveness in academia is high. Of course, there are thousands of academics, but only a small number really make an impact with outstanding research.
My goal -- since I was a young girl -- is to be a prominent researcher.
I got an assistant lecturer po... |
2019/01/07 | 732 | 3,094 | <issue_start>username_0: Background knowledge about me: I'm 26, have done a Bachelors in Mathematics and now I'm in my 3rd year in my masters in Computer Science in Germany.
I have found it very difficult in general to decide what to study, I've always been into learning things without specifying a passion and I've be... |
2019/01/07 | 823 | 3,494 | <issue_start>username_0: I once applied to a job (in the US) where the search committee unexpectedly contacted one of my colleagues to ask about my job performance. This individual was not one of my references.
I had never heard of this practice before, and now that I'm considering applying elsewhere (outside of the U... |
2019/01/07 | 3,007 | 12,603 | <issue_start>username_0: What should one list in the startup funds if you are taking up a tenure-track position at a public undergraduate university in the US, mostly focused on teaching? I'm asking specifically for mathematics/applied mathematics/computational mathematics.<issue_comment>username_1: What do you think y... |
2019/01/07 | 1,037 | 4,555 | <issue_start>username_0: I work on an actively developed collaborative project. The project is a simulation package. The model has various manuals and guides. These guides are non-peer reviewed collaborative documents self published online. When features are added to the model it is important to keep the guides up to d... |
2019/01/07 | 1,630 | 7,466 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing a masters in electrical engineering which involves a project done in association with a company related to the university. I initially thought this would be a good thing as I expected the people at the company to already have the resources and knowledge to train me on the relevant th... |
2019/01/08 | 979 | 4,370 | <issue_start>username_0: Basically what it says in the heading, lengthy explanation below
At my university, just completing your major and general ed courses won't get you enough credits to graduate. This means that we have to either complete a minor (6 courses) or just take courses from other fields. Up until now I h... |
2019/01/08 | 1,003 | 4,378 | <issue_start>username_0: I know questions regarding whether its possible to go from EE undergrad to CS have been answered previously, so please bear with me as I have a few distinct questions. I'm a Junior at a mid-tier state school and I've taken quite a few CS courses (such as data structures, discrete math, programm... |
2019/01/08 | 1,399 | 6,143 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a 4th year PhD student (in 5 years program) and recently I have been invited by a conference organizers to become a member of the conference technical program committee (TPC) for an international conference in Bahrain. I have discussed with my PhD adviser whether to accept such invitation a... |
2019/01/08 | 1,078 | 4,557 | <issue_start>username_0: **TL;DR: does undergrad school's name recognition matter for an international student aiming for top social sciences PhD programs in the US?**
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Hello. I've been struggling with this decision for quite a while now and thus would totally love to hear some advice.
I'm from Russia and am curr... |
2019/01/08 | 210 | 923 | <issue_start>username_0: If I write a double affiliation, would it be understood as
1. I'm in both institutes
2. I was in one institute and I am working for the other.<issue_comment>username_1: There are many interpretations for dual affiliations. You must explicitly provide an interpretation, if required. You could d... |
2019/01/08 | 448 | 1,975 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm involved in TPC (technical program committee) task for some international conference. In one paper I'm reviewing, I noticed that the similarity index is just 2% using iThenticate which seems impractical (for me).
Though the type/context of the paper is an essay paper, discussing current sta... |
2019/01/08 | 1,804 | 7,625 | <issue_start>username_0: This might be a strange question, but I am currently thinking about a good phrase to use if I want to emphasize that the theoretical omissions I am making are not caused by neglect, laziness, or because they don't fit my results or something. Instead, I want to quickly get across that the main ... |
2019/01/08 | 2,201 | 9,187 | <issue_start>username_0: Last year I finished my master’s. I spent the whole year working on experiments for my master's thesis. Part of the results I obtained were published in my master’s thesis, which was submited via an online tool to my university; so there is proof that that work is mine, I guess.
Then I was off... |
2019/01/08 | 575 | 2,487 | <issue_start>username_0: I didn't give the dimensions of the machine that I designed in my master thesis. My supervisor said that you don't need to give dimensions and said that they are useless for a thesis: you don't make a design as an engineer, you are doing research. So I didn't share the dimensions. And I have di... |
2019/01/08 | 457 | 1,943 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I saw a professor advertising an open PhD position in his group. He asked students to submit CV and motivation letter. I sent an email but received no reply. Two weeks after that I sent a follow up email, but still no reply. How much time would be reasonable to wait? Should I give up a... |
2019/01/08 | 1,339 | 5,694 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my PhD in 2017 in a psychology field that is mostly academic (non-clinical), so it is basically impossible to find jobs outside of academia that don't require a huge move.
I have a current visiting position that will expire potentially next year (though previous VAPs at the school h... |
2019/01/08 | 1,015 | 4,417 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently started my PhD program and have already accumulated a vast amount of papers on my to-read-list. I never had troubles reading and remembering content of academic papers, but this pile is giving me headaches. So much so, that the comment and note functions of my reference management so... |
2019/01/08 | 726 | 2,999 | <issue_start>username_0: For example,
>
> An explicit formula for \_\_\_ has been derived in [1].
>
>
> [1]: Alice and Bob, Journal of Academia StackExchange, Vol 1 Iss 1, 2016
>
>
>
Problem is, the paper cited could very well include lots and lots of formulas. The desired formula might just be one of many resu... |
2019/01/09 | 1,347 | 5,979 | <issue_start>username_0: I discontinued my PhD two years ago due to the reasons that I was not getting along with my supervisor. I had completed all my course works and comprehensive exam plus the committee had approved my proposal. The committee then assigned me an advisor who I felt was not so interested in me (the p... |
2019/01/09 | 3,482 | 13,604 | <issue_start>username_0: I came across this [highly-upvoted comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/advpnm/a_person_wearing_a_suit_in_a_room_of_people_in/edky9pq) on reddit (15,300 karma) by [/u/Semi-Hemi-Demigod](https://www.reddit.com/user/Semi-Hemi-Demigod)
>
> The CEO of the company I work for s... |
2019/01/09 | 3,279 | 13,030 | <issue_start>username_0: For my seminar work i want to use a slide which i found in a presentation available on the internet. Now i wonder whether it is considered plagiarism if i copy the slide into my presentation while citing it.
If copying is okay, do I have to quote it on the slide itself or in the references at ... |
2019/01/09 | 577 | 2,366 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a manuscript to an international conference. Later I'm told to download the invitation letter and attend the conference. The question is I have not recieved a formal e-mail notification, presumably titled Acceptance or Rejection Notification, of the paper. So what do you think of th... |
2019/01/09 | 658 | 2,709 | <issue_start>username_0: Grad student just getting started here, this question popped in my head this morning when stumbling across a former colleague that has already published a lot but in journals with low h-indexes.
Generally, is it better to publish more articles in journals that are cited less often/have a small... |
2019/01/09 | 727 | 3,084 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm two years out of my PhD in the humanities and have given a couple of job talks since, all on material from my dissertation. Not only have I spent months trying to make the talks themselves as good as possible, they're based on ideas and material I've had the entirety of my PhD to feel confi... |
2019/01/09 | 1,886 | 7,733 | <issue_start>username_0: I had submitted a paper manuscript to JAMS (J. of Amer. Math Soc) and recieved the following email 2 months after the submission. Can you help me interpret this email, as to what the situation is and what would be the best way moving forward.
Are there any positives/negatives that can be taken.... |
2019/01/09 | 419 | 1,911 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently studying a Bsc in Accounting & Finance. During my studies if found an increased interest on subject such as Stochastic calculus, measure theory and mathematical analysis. I want to pursue a Msc in Applied Mathematics but wondering whether the transition is possible.
I would be pleas... |
2019/01/09 | 411 | 1,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a thesis template that does not put the List of Figures, List of Tables etc. in the contents page.
What is the normal practice and what is the normal order for the front matter?
Currently it is:
* table of contents
* list of figures
* list of tables
* list of listings
* list of symbol... |
2019/01/09 | 3,059 | 13,305 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been reviewing the articles for various top-rank journals and conferences for the last few years. After all these experiences, I can tell you there is no way to confirm the correctness of simulation results. Therefore, I usually make comments on design, procedure, mathematical and analyt... |
2019/01/09 | 375 | 1,687 | <issue_start>username_0: My friend published a paper. After few months he found some error present. He asked the journal editor for a correction, made the changes and replaced the old version with the new one. The old journal paper is still present in websites other than the journal. Will these websites replace the old... |
2019/01/09 | 557 | 2,283 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student. I need to finish my study in 6 months.
My story and problem:
I always send my work to my supervisors on time. For each work (objective), they take about one to two months to respond to me. Therefore, I need to send them a reminder after one month. After my reminder, they a... |
2019/01/09 | 1,347 | 5,542 | <issue_start>username_0: Freddie was offered a post-doctoral position they did not apply for, by Sasha. Sasha and Freddie know each other because they used to share an office. The topic is quite different from what Freddie has known in the past. Freddie is surprised and hesitates to accept. Had the position been extern... |
2019/01/10 | 2,195 | 9,067 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a graduate student in math and I usually have lots of questions about papers I read. Sometimes my questions are about technical things but a lot of questions I have are about "well-known" facts that I didn't learn from courses or from my background reading. I do think about my question to m... |
2019/01/10 | 836 | 3,481 | <issue_start>username_0: As I already shared in this [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/121995/what-is-the-probability-of-rejection-for-a-long-time-review-in-the-revised-versi), I have submitted a paper in January
of the last year to a high-rank journal and the decision was "reject and resubmit". I... |
2019/01/10 | 2,392 | 10,139 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student in mathematics at a top school. Most of other students achieved gold medal in International mathematics olympiad for high school and/or other similar competitions. Most did their undergraduate in the very best school.
I came from a very modest educational background but... |
2019/01/10 | 995 | 4,132 | <issue_start>username_0: Many (traditional) journals request copyright transfer upon acceptance.
A group of librarians [suggested](http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/11/09/a-librarian-perspective-on-sci-hub-the-true-solution-to-the-scholarly-communication-crisis-is-in-the-hands-of-the-academic-communit... |
2019/01/10 | 1,976 | 7,942 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently doing a PhD in computational biology, but I have other interests like music and ceramics, and I'm lucky enough to be at a university with excellent programs in both. I've wanted to take a course in either of these fields for the 3 semesters so far I've been here, but my advisor wo... |
2019/01/10 | 1,107 | 4,946 | <issue_start>username_0: basically I was working on the answers with my friend and didn’t realize the questions were slightly different and therefore I used the answers we got that were based off of hers to mine. I am scared, what should I do?<issue_comment>username_1: In the worst case, you have been caught in the act... |
2019/01/11 | 2,968 | 12,247 | <issue_start>username_0: As of time of writing, the University of Oxford is top of the Times Higher Education world university ranking list, while the University of Southampton is 118th. (Nothing special about the THE, Oxford, or the University of Southampton - I'm just picking examples.)
Because a university's resear... |
2019/01/11 | 1,030 | 4,464 | <issue_start>username_0: I’m an undergraduate doing research in the bioinformatics department, and we are researching drug addiction. We are also attempting to incorporate the psychology cooccurrences (i.e. suicide ideation, anxiety, depression) of addiction. Personally I have not experienced drug addiction, but I am v... |
2019/01/11 | 844 | 3,930 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reviewing a paper for a journal that has an open review policy. This means that when a paper is submitted to the journal, the paper is published online on the journal's website and when a decision is made, the reviews are published with the reviewers' names. If they want, reviewers can opt... |
2019/01/11 | 427 | 1,891 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the process of publishing an article in the Engineering field. The manuscript got a preliminary acceptance, and should be published after few modifications. However, based on one comment I got, I need to evaluate my model's performance based on certain input data. I don't have such data,... |
2019/01/11 | 2,360 | 9,934 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a tenured associate professor at a top 20 US research university. I am publishing and getting grants. My teaching evaluations are decent.
I am realizing that I am not interested in mentoring (grad or undergrad) students (— over the last 10 years, I mentored two grad students and they cha... |
2019/01/11 | 1,289 | 5,676 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in collaboration with another researcher in the field of linguistics, she wants to try machine learning algorithms/analysis on her dataset. The dataset is not published before, and the contribution of this work is to use ML to better analyze linguistic theories and to support/challenge them... |
2019/01/11 | 1,007 | 4,461 | <issue_start>username_0: I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do no... |
2019/01/12 | 913 | 3,662 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not a physicist but I read the occasional physics paper. Coming from another discipline I find it odd that most article references in physics journals leave out the article title - this seems like a valuable piece of information to include for future researchers (not to mention their resear... |
2019/01/12 | 472 | 1,976 | <issue_start>username_0: I got a Bachelor degree few years ago and I have worked (non-research job) for few years since then. Recently, I would like to pursue a master degree in a foreign university but I cannot obtain sufficient academic references because no professor from my previous university seems remember me.
I... |