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2014/04/01 | 1,188 | 5,116 | <issue_start>username_0: I tend to learn and understand a subject to a much deeper extent if I am able to play around/experiment/mess with something that demonstrates the principles.
I'm starting a Neuroscience PhD program in the fall and would like to know how I could maximize the opportunities to experiment with va... |
2014/04/01 | 948 | 4,099 | <issue_start>username_0: If I do a non-thesis MS program in statistics, will I be eligible for an admission in to a PhD program in Statistics later in my life? The MS program I am looking into is a non-thesis program but I still have to complete a research project requirement (which involves oral presentation as well a... |
2014/04/01 | 1,070 | 4,619 | <issue_start>username_0: Last term, I collected some important projects from about 200 students. When I returned all of the work the next week, one student claimed that they had submitted their work, but never received it back. A misplaced project was highly unlikely, as they were individually bound in a uniform, brigh... |
2014/04/01 | 1,083 | 4,622 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a paper, which in the application used a function from a programming language (in this case, it is OpenCV function canny edge detection). When is or is not appropriate to explain the algorithm in mathematics/words and when or how should a function be referenced.
In this case, Ope... |
2014/04/01 | 694 | 2,882 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a non-native speaker and writing my cv. In my subject (mathematics), there are small exercise groups where you have to grade the students' homework and discuss it with them; some are hold by students; some by PhD students or postdocs.
What are the correct terms if you have done the follo... |
2014/04/01 | 1,059 | 3,708 | <issue_start>username_0: Some degree titles have many components, e.g.:
```
Master of Arts in Psychology: Behavioral Health
|_A__|_B_____|_C___________|_D________________|
```
Another e.g.:
```
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Special Education
|_A__|_B__________|_C___________________________|_D__... |
2014/04/01 | 980 | 3,774 | <issue_start>username_0: In order to get feedback more quickly, I've seen some teachers run a quick (certainly no more than 5 minutes), entirely optional, anonymous survey for students at the end of each of each class, meeting, or session. The idea is to get feedback on what is working and what isn't on a per-week basi... |
2014/04/02 | 3,631 | 14,932 | <issue_start>username_0: My advisor is a brilliant new professor and my efforts don't seem to impress him.
When I show him something in person, we always have a very careful intensive discussion for hours. But he does make comments which seem to indicate that he doesn't think much of my abilities. Or he says that I a... |
2014/04/02 | 706 | 2,885 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be graduating my first Ph.D. student this summer. My student is quite strong and has done good work, and I am quite proud of him!
I do face one conundrum. He has expressed the hope that I would be there for his Ph.D. hooding and graduation ceremony. It seems like an utterly natural, tot... |
2014/04/02 | 1,017 | 4,278 | <issue_start>username_0: So I'm not sure what to do. I've been listed as a co-author on my first publication in X journal, with a decent impact factor. Now I just realized that my middle initial wasn't included on the first publication.
Can I start using my middle initial in future publications? I know it's only my f... |
2014/04/02 | 2,096 | 9,025 | <issue_start>username_0: Take, for example, that a student is nearing the end of their thesis project.
The supervisor has an idea for a new method that can help to verify the results of part of the project. He does not think much of the significance of the idea at the time, [writes up a document outlining the procedur... |
2014/04/03 | 845 | 3,478 | <issue_start>username_0: I've discovered that every time my supervisor has cited any of the papers or technical documents I've written she/he would:
* spell my name incorrectly or forget to add my name
* spell the article/technical document title incorrectly
These are citation made in articles already published (!!) ... |
2014/04/03 | 1,038 | 4,659 | <issue_start>username_0: A couple of months back, I reviewed a manuscript and recommended a Major Revision. Ten days ago, I received the revision for review, with a note from the editor asking me to expedite, since the review process had already taken a while (not due to me).
However, from both the initial decision le... |
2014/04/03 | 1,134 | 4,525 | <issue_start>username_0: Extensively using Google Scholar, I've realized that most of the articles belonging to publishers that limit access to material (i.e. ACM, IEEE, Elsevier) also have PDF versions available for free, and these files usually are hosted by universities or other aggregators like ResearchGate.
Is it... |
2014/04/03 | 1,326 | 5,404 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two offers for graduate study within the UK and I am trying to make a balanced decision.
My offers are:
* Four year doctoral training centre at University of Oxford (approx. £14k/year)
* Four year PhD at the Cancer Research London Research Institute (LRI) (approx. £21k/year)
I suspect... |
2014/04/03 | 811 | 3,767 | <issue_start>username_0: My methodology is online ethnography. This methodology has certain limitations such as identity play, falsification, and artificiality of data.
However, its proponents have suggested some strategies for coping with these limitations and my study is based on them.
I am confused because I think ... |
2014/04/03 | 1,252 | 5,498 | <issue_start>username_0: When I graduated from college in 2012, I was quite excited about my job (although it is a small hi-tech company.) My goal has always been to either start my own business or get back to school for PhD. Ultimately, be able to live a life filled with research, and learning.
I have been working f... |
2014/04/03 | 1,277 | 5,218 | <issue_start>username_0: A prior student of mine is applying for a prestigious certificate in her field. She is asked to list relevant accomplishments. I was asked by the student to sign a *verification form* since I am in a position to do just that: verify the accomplishments. Upon reading the accomplishments, I notic... |
2014/04/03 | 727 | 3,165 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently writing my master's thesis, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will not be very good. This is partly because I have been unable to test the system I propose in the thesis properly, because testing it involves test cases that has to be manually performed, and I simply haven't... |
2014/04/03 | 367 | 1,530 | <issue_start>username_0: I am making a statement in my dissertation based on a comment written in the Linux kernel source code. I would like to be able to reference this comment. At least I would like to be able to name the file to which I'm referring.
Is this (citing files in large pieces of source code) recommended?... |
2014/04/04 | 1,703 | 7,061 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a continuation of my previous question, [I believe my advisor doesn't think I am smart. How should I deal with this?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18819/how-to-deal-with-advisor-not-thinking-i-am-smart)
It just so happens that when I asked my prof for feedback, he decid... |
2014/04/04 | 433 | 1,792 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interviewing at several research institutions in the U.S. for a tenure-track faculty position all around the same time. I booked a multi-city flight to avoid having to fly back to my current hometown between each interview because that would be lame. **I plan on asking the institutions for... |
2014/04/04 | 3,532 | 15,525 | <issue_start>username_0: The dominant narrative on how research "should be" done is to begin with a literature survey and then make your own contribution.
But I get the impression that it often happens the other way around - at least in fields such as CS where the cost of knocking some lines of code together is low (c... |
2014/04/04 | 3,670 | 15,455 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen question on here regarding a citation error in a paper here:
[What should I do if I found a citation error in a published paper?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/12195/finding-a-mistake-in-a-published-paper), but the nature of this problem is very different.
Basically... |
2014/04/04 | 546 | 2,335 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the process of writing figure legends but realized I don't actually know what to include or what to exclude. I wrote them based on intuition and tried to copy what I've already seen but I was wondering if anyone had good suggestions or references for making figure legends for papers and ... |
2014/04/04 | 1,652 | 7,124 | <issue_start>username_0: A prospective graduate student is coming to visit a program and does not have a place to stay. As is sometimes the case, the program is not funding a hotel for the student and it seems likely that it would be an economic hardship for the student to host themselves. Let's say that the student is... |
2014/04/05 | 1,328 | 5,758 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm 2 years out of undergrad and thinking about applying to some math graduate schools, specifically operations research and maybe financial engineering. I was a math major, with middling grades, and now I work in IT.
My question is this: it seems that even for not top-tier schools, a high GP... |
2014/04/05 | 3,680 | 14,656 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently received an offer from a group which pursues topics I find very motivating and whose equipment is above average for my field.
The salary offered is 50% of the German TV-L E13 salary, which I think is acceptable by academic standards. However, all other offers which I have recei... |
2014/04/05 | 766 | 3,106 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student and going to assess my instructor in a month, with whom I was not very much satisfied. I had been writing the teachers' evaluation in past but didn't see a scintilla of improvement even after years in any attribute of instructor or course-material. Maybe other students w... |
2014/04/05 | 3,125 | 12,397 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently interviewing for tenure-track faculty positions at a number of top departments in my field. Despite getting some very positive feedback about my interviews, I have not yet received any offers. So far I have tried to avoid any "game playing," being very explicit with each departme... |
2014/04/06 | 939 | 3,317 | <issue_start>username_0: I usually try to get citation from publishers website and import it into a reference manager like endnote. I have doubt about the correct form of conferences/proceedings/transactions name in citation. As an example, the provided citation for [this paper](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/625... |
2014/04/06 | 2,254 | 8,747 | <issue_start>username_0: It happens that some students offer sex for grade.
Just considering the fact that popularity of this strategy can strongly weaken the quality of education, administrators should take some actions to avoid this.
What should a department head do to control this problem in his department?
1. Ho... |
2014/04/07 | 844 | 3,434 | <issue_start>username_0: It recently occurred to me that probably more often than it should happen, while reading someones paper, they see a reference to a different paper, and just use the reference without looking. In my area, a common example is in referencing data, such as average human height, etc.
I came across ... |
2014/04/07 | 826 | 3,496 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm interested in stem cell, regenerative medicine, developmental biology, and genetics for reverse ageing. Since these topics are dealt with in one or both of medical school and school of science and professors have one or both of MD and PhD, I'm confused about my grad school prep. Also, I'm r... |
2014/04/07 | 832 | 3,478 | <issue_start>username_0: I plan to re-apply for a PhD in the US next year, but meanwhile, I decided to enroll in a PhD in my home country
I read the similar post: [Is it a good idea to stay an extra year at my masters institution while re-applying to PhD programs elsewhere?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions... |
2014/04/07 | 1,654 | 6,925 | <issue_start>username_0: This happened with a friend of mine and I am asking this question on his behalf.
My friend was recruited for a sponsored research project in the university and offered a part-time PhD along with that. He is currently completing his coursework (2nd semester) which is pretty exhaustive. He has b... |
2014/04/07 | 584 | 2,090 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a bit confused about the proper abbreviation of `Doctor of Philosophy`. I sometimes read that this person obtained his D.Phil from X University, while someone else obtained his PhD from Y University. According to [Wikipidia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy#Admission_7):
... |
2014/04/07 | 1,182 | 5,218 | <issue_start>username_0: I was unable to find any information online about this. I asked a colleague who told me that there are no restrictions on who may review an article, although he thought it was very unlikely that an un-published person may be asked to review. I would like a general answer to this question; never... |
2014/04/07 | 462 | 1,767 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way/resource for finding the list of universities offering a specific degree?
I want to find which universities have a specific program (both undergraduate and graduate).
My target is the US and UK universities, but other countries are also useful (though, I think it is difficult... |
2014/04/07 | 1,417 | 6,170 | <issue_start>username_0: One of the crucial skills of a scientist is to identify research gaps. Unfortunately, students rarely receive much formal training in this skill during their studies. How can one get better at identifying research gaps?
---
Some problems that I have seen which make identifying research gaps d... |
2014/04/07 | 1,498 | 5,915 | <issue_start>username_0: Assuming I'm writing a review article and I'd like to use figures
after [1]" or similar? How am I expected to deal with copyright? Obviously a review article is going to use existing figures, more or less--that's the point. It seems from sites like IEEE that the expected practice is to pay, pe... |
2014/04/07 | 1,507 | 5,977 | <issue_start>username_0: In the US and UK higher education system, who is responsible for a program curriculum?
For example, if planning to modify the curriculum by adding an uncommon course, who should approve this modification?
Consider that the change is truly uncommon. Can the department head decide about it? or ... |
2014/04/07 | 302 | 1,268 | <issue_start>username_0: As an organization, a university has various types of regulations (academics, disciplinary, etc), which are separately documented.
Do (at least) large universities prepare a comprehensive book containing the code of laws of the university in different sections. I mean a reference book addressi... |
2014/04/07 | 1,534 | 6,354 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, I have being planning to design an automatic pornographic movie detector with the machine learning knowledge that I just acquired.
I am now in the stage of planning how to perform the system evaluation. The intuition is to just test the algorithms with some pornographic movies and so... |
2014/04/07 | 1,150 | 4,805 | <issue_start>username_0: When a department head needs a faculty member, how is the process of hiring one started and conducted (at least in US and UK universities)?
Of particular interest is the following;
1. Finance: Department head should ask the Dean for financing the salary? Who is the final decision maker?
2. Se... |
2014/04/08 | 2,516 | 10,596 | <issue_start>username_0: **The situation**
I'm a PhD student and serve as an assistant to several courses. Now, the students were complaining that some rules of our course are not good for them - there are some restriction what has to be achieved in order to participate in the final exam, e.g.
1. they need a certain ... |
2014/04/08 | 436 | 2,040 | <issue_start>username_0: On some project grant applications, one gets a question on something along the lines of: "If you are unsuccessful in your application for this funding round, how do you plan on funding this project?"
How should I answer this? Seems like some kind of catch-out question.<issue_comment>username_1... |
2014/04/08 | 1,045 | 4,180 | <issue_start>username_0: I plan to move to the US, and thus, looking for a less-competitive faculty position to start there. Later, I can find better jobs, but at this stage, I just need to find a position.
For an outsider, all the job ads are similar. How can I find which job is less-competitive.
As an example, is i... |
2014/04/08 | 7,460 | 30,374 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, suppose you're writing an article about triangles, and you want to include a short proof of Pythagoras' theorem, but you can't quite remember how to derive it, so you pop over to: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem#Algebraic_proofs> and check the proof there. It wor... |
2014/04/09 | 1,068 | 4,708 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first year PhD in a large Social Sciences program at an American public institution. My CV is very weak as I am not yet published. I have research assistantship experience and teaching experience as well as a stint on a Fulbright. I'm applying to fellowships for the summer to gain more r... |
2014/04/09 | 582 | 2,470 | <issue_start>username_0: What methods could you recommend for attaining assistance when writing a master's thesis, in the particular case when one feels uncomfortable seeking any more help from the advisor, because of his own anxiety and the advisor's personality and busyness?
Is there an option available to get indep... |
2014/04/09 | 1,129 | 4,927 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been assigned to mark student reports for an engineering coursework, which mainly involves the use of a software. The main content of each report is around 15 pages. There are 45 reports in total. I am also required to write feedback to each student. I have not been involved in designing... |
2014/04/09 | 372 | 1,578 | <issue_start>username_0: In a [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19047/who-should-approve-changes-in-curriculum/19049?noredirect=1#comment39202_19049), it was quoted that some universities have administrative or academic department head. I sensed this difference before (but do not remember specifica... |
2014/04/09 | 1,347 | 6,031 | <issue_start>username_0: Historically, only full professors could have a specific chair, and assistant and associate professors could only wonder under supervision of a chaired (full) professor.
Now, every assistant professor is an independent academic, only with a lower salary and possibilities. On the other hand, a ... |
2014/04/09 | 1,696 | 7,289 | <issue_start>username_0: In my experience, there are two types of PhD students
(1) A professor offers a PhD studentship. Then, students apply directly and know their supervisor from the first day.
In this case, how a professor secure the funding for a PhD studentship?
(2) A department offers PhD studentships. After ... |
2014/04/09 | 655 | 2,880 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the things one should consider, as a postdoc, before accepting or rejecting an invitation to contribute a book chapter? The proposed book is a handbook in a developing field of engineering.<issue_comment>username_1: It almost certainly won't earn you any money.
It probably won't be re... |
2014/04/09 | 1,137 | 4,915 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student that just finished my first year in graduate school. The University I am at will only fund me if I work as a TA.
There is a community college in the area which I have a long working relationship with. The full time instructors are paid more than I am. They also get 6 credit h... |
2014/04/10 | 770 | 3,123 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a social science PhD student (with a quantitative bent) at a U.S. research university. If paperwork is not a concern, I would be equivalently interested in working as an academic and in private industries. However, one of my goal is to be able to stay in the U.S., thus to craft my plan I h... |
2014/04/10 | 861 | 3,666 | <issue_start>username_0: Maybe they are helping and I am the one who does not know how things really work and that's why I am seeking help here.
I am about to finish my Master in Computer science (waiting for the oral exam). And this is the time to apply for as many as possible PhD programs. The problem is that many ... |
2014/04/10 | 1,293 | 5,285 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose I am making a paper on the impact of popular TV shows on the spread of correct knowledge and facts about current and past events. Shows like South Park, The Simpsons and likely others often feature recent events in their storylines, as well as past events as well. These shows often have... |
2014/04/10 | 1,560 | 6,332 | <issue_start>username_0: As pointed out in another [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19120/is-the-classical-chair-system-in-which-a-senior-professor-supervises-junior-pro), the general tendency today as compared from classical times is to make junior professors (at assistant level) more and more i... |
2014/04/10 | 822 | 3,589 | <issue_start>username_0: A very nervous potential PhD student here!
Long story short, I have been applying to quite a few bioinformatics PhD programs in the US and been rejected from most of them. I did my masters in the UK, and had unfortunately fallen ill during its course and had to take a break so didn't end up d... |
2014/04/10 | 775 | 3,237 | <issue_start>username_0: Maybe the answer to this question varies depending on the field of study. I am asking it from an Engineering perspective. I am currently enrolled in a PhD program in Mechanical Engineering (carried out with an industrial partner) and would like to join a research department in the aeronautical/... |
2014/04/10 | 711 | 2,847 | <issue_start>username_0: While giving presentations in conferences or talks in research meetings, is it ok to self-advertise that I'm on the job market (academic or industry)? Is it advisable or does it make more sense to mention that during networking in teams?<issue_comment>username_1: I have seen many people do this... |
2014/04/10 | 742 | 2,979 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied for a full professor position, and after the interview, I was asked for a copy of my PhD thesis.
I was confused and want to know if it is the common and normal procedure or happened for me based on a specific reason?
Because, my strong works were done after my PhD, and I didn't know... |
2014/04/10 | 817 | 3,356 | <issue_start>username_0: When I give an online test using a Course Management System (aka [Learning Management System](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system), LMS), I like to use the "review answers" capability to go over the test with the class and highlight questions that many of them got incorrect.... |
2014/04/10 | 5,253 | 22,953 | <issue_start>username_0: During my high school career, I had the unique opportunity to take multiple mathematics courses at my local university, and after graduating, I took two graduate level math courses: Measure theory, and a class on topological manifolds. This was a great experience, but it has left me in a shifty... |
2014/04/10 | 1,448 | 6,340 | <issue_start>username_0: This is my first time posting here and I apologize if this is not in the relevant forum or site. My question is: is it possible to approach professors to changing their teaching style? and if so, how would it be best to approach this topic?<issue_comment>username_1: It depends on what your goal... |
2014/04/11 | 301 | 1,172 | <issue_start>username_0: How should one cite materials taken from a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC)? This may be a specific case of the more general, "How should one cite a university course?"
For a concrete example, consider how I should cite the "Resampling Wheel" algorithm for implementing a particle filter, ta... |
2014/04/11 | 2,096 | 8,484 | <issue_start>username_0: I start my master studies this fall in quantitative finance/economics in Europe. Since this will just take 3-4 semesters I want to take a look ahead and obviously PhD is one option to do.
So I am wondering if it makes sense to go to the US for PhD, since I will have already a master's degree ... |
2014/04/11 | 697 | 2,945 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student who is currently undergoing therapy for mental health issues and I seem to be making good progress towards normalcy according to my therapist. Recently, I took an exam for a co-ordinated course and I completely panicked on the exam. I made a brave attempt to remain calm and answe... |
2014/04/11 | 607 | 2,251 | <issue_start>username_0: I didn't immediately find the 4-year death-clock on the K99/R00 grant. I just want to know, is that the only major NIH activity code that restricts eligibility based on time since graduation?
I realize that individual institutes vary a lot in their policies, but I'm trying to get at least a ro... |
2014/04/11 | 454 | 1,922 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student in Computer Science. Long story short: I do not have a good relationship with my advisor. I don't trust his guidance or his ethical integrity. Therefore, I am seeking external advice for my situation.
During my PhD I got one paper accepted in a first tier conference, two pape... |
2014/04/11 | 2,704 | 10,965 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a full-time job, and am a part-time PhD student who is experiencing tremendous struggles throughout the first year, compared to my previous schooling which was extremely easy. I want to know if I'm psyching myself out / over-thinking things, or if I'm being rational or not, given all the... |
2014/04/11 | 1,123 | 4,001 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote a paper about governance mechanisms at StackExchange in which I got a lot of informations out of questions (especially on meta). I have kept all my references.
My teacher is letting us pick which style we want to use for the paper as long as we apply it thoroughly. In my other courses... |
2014/04/12 | 2,216 | 9,701 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate at a large public research university in the US, finishing my second year. I have done some theorycrafting around my graduation course requirements, and I have realized that it is possible, with some work (and generous CLEP testing), to graduate with a double major, Math B... |
2014/04/12 | 1,301 | 5,302 | <issue_start>username_0: I teach in the school of sciences and engineering in the university where I work. I have asked professors several times if the final exams have to be comprehensive, and I usually get mixed answers.
So I want to ask, for a course with two midterms and a final:
1. If there is some criteria or o... |
2014/04/12 | 5,384 | 22,267 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it acceptable or ok to report on students cheating? Many times during a test or an exam, I have seen students in front of me either passing notes, or otherwise collaborating whenever the professor isn't looking.
I don't want to get into trouble, and I don't know if it's "alright" to rat on ... |
2014/04/12 | 1,265 | 4,878 | <issue_start>username_0: I 'm writing a Master thesis. I have some terms that should be defined.
Where should I put this section? In the introduction or literature review chapter?
Thank you
Additional Information
I think there are always exceptions to the general rule of writing theses. That's, some may not have a s... |
2014/04/14 | 5,686 | 23,964 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm teaching an online lab (to accompany an in-person course) to undergrads in their 3rd or 4th year of an engineering curriculum this semester. The aim of the lab is *not* to teach them any particular technical skills. It's only meant to supplement the *content* of the course by exposing them ... |
2014/04/14 | 5,145 | 21,584 | <issue_start>username_0: In Spain, it is fundamental to do the first 3 years of bachelor and the last two years of master to get a job, so I find very difficult to understand the UK system. I am currently enrolled in Computer Science and I have to find out whether I want to do MEng or BSci.
For what I understand:
* w... |
2014/04/14 | 555 | 2,352 | <issue_start>username_0: Background:
I applied for several masters programs this season (taking into account the advice given on this site) and have received a request for a telephone/Skype interview with one of the German universities I applied for. The response came much more quickly than I expected and I still ha... |
2014/04/14 | 2,217 | 9,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I am PhD student in computer engineering and visiting a foreign university. My project is near to the end and, since my colleague and I got excellent results, we are writing a scientific paper about it.
I would like to submit the paper to the top best journal in our field.
I sent the draft to ... |
2014/04/14 | 1,144 | 4,450 | <issue_start>username_0: I went through [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19256/is-it-okay-to-report-classmates-cheating-on-exams) and still can't fathom why cheating *isn't* black-and-white. Nevertheless, <https://www.csusm.edu/dos/studres/wwwc.html> says,
>
> "A cheater receives through deception ... |
2014/04/15 | 1,614 | 6,070 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a standard model for the number of citations an article will receive over time? If not, is there a good source for data on citation counts for articles divided up over time? Furthermore, does this vary by field
It seems plausible to me that the number of citations decays approximately... |
2014/04/15 | 867 | 3,732 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been trying to find the dissertation of someone who advertises that they hold a "doctorate of management" from the "University of Phoenix". The degree requires a dissertation, but the school does not require the dissertation to be published, apparently, because neither is the work listed o... |
2014/04/15 | 3,318 | 12,573 | <issue_start>username_0: How much do [Springer-Verlag authors](https://www.springer.com/authors/) make per book sold?<issue_comment>username_1: This varies substantially, depending on the sort of book, how well the author negotiated (each book involves an individually negotiated contract), the price of the book, etc. B... |
2014/04/15 | 2,883 | 11,867 | <issue_start>username_0: This question was inspired by this [fascinating discussion about cheating](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19256/is-it-okay-to-report-classmates-cheating-on-exams/19300).
If grades, degrees, test scores are important for getting a job/internship/assistantship, even more so than t... |
2014/04/15 | 997 | 4,243 | <issue_start>username_0: What is policy are you following about publishing data analysis code on GitHub? Do you do it after publishing or as a work-in-progress?
I developed a number of Python algorithms to analyse a large dataset, and I would like to make my work visible.<issue_comment>username_1: There is a movement ... |
2014/04/15 | 2,567 | 10,964 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that many professors seem to impose extremely tight time limits on their exams, even though the subject in question would never have such extreme time constraints in real life. For example, I cannot imagine a situation where I have to write 50 lines of code on a piece of paper in l... |
2014/04/15 | 1,301 | 5,471 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand why it would be a bad idea to allow math students access to paper materials as it is necessary for students to know the basic math formulas by heart.
But what about advanced practical courses where it is important to "understand" rather than "know"? For example, knowing statistica... |
2014/04/15 | 862 | 3,582 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen this question ([Unable-to-attend conferences in CV](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17483/unable-to-attend-conferences-in-cv)), but the situation is a bit different. In my field, we don't usually submit papers for conferences. Rather, the organizers directly invite a nu... |
2014/04/15 | 6,357 | 26,440 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in a field (Philosophy) where co-authorship is uncommon and advisors and grad students very seldomly co-author a paper. I've seen a lot of posts on Academia.se though about the ethics of co-authoring papers with mentors, such [as this question.](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questio... |
2014/04/15 | 1,131 | 4,939 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an American professor in a branch of theoretical science at a US institution. There is a Japanese postdoc in our group who has nearly finished writing a paper with one of the American postdocs. We're having a bit of a conflict over authorship: the Japanese postdoc wants my name to be on the... |
2014/04/15 | 1,598 | 6,847 | <issue_start>username_0: Reading the various questions about open-book and closed-book examinations got me wondering:
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I understand that there are many good logistical reason... |
2014/04/15 | 1,222 | 5,321 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if reviewing papers for established journals was a way to increase ones credibility as a researcher?
My question is related to the fact that the journal editors, that are (frequently) known scientists in your domain, will read the review you made.
I was wondering if we can t... |
2014/04/16 | 1,777 | 7,513 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it ever a good idea to apply (and interview) to a faculty position at an institute if you know for certain (or with very high probability) that you are not going to accept a position there.
Possible advantages are:
1. Networking and letting people hear about your work.
2. Practice for late... |
2014/04/16 | 934 | 3,913 | <issue_start>username_0: As someone who returned (part-time) to academic pursuit in a different area a number of years ago, in which time I have completed my BA and now am in my first year of a MLitt, I am wondering is it a good idea to start to compile an academic CV? I am unsure as to if their would be any benefit of... |
2014/04/16 | 433 | 1,797 | <issue_start>username_0: Quite often one comes across a really succinct and precise explanation of a concept. I'm wondering if it is permissible to use this explanation verbatim, if the source work is cited in your paper (next to the explanation)? What's in question here is at most 3 sentences.<issue_comment>username_1... |
2014/04/16 | 1,256 | 5,379 | <issue_start>username_0: I have ADHD (real, diagnosed ADHD, not just "I-say-I-have-ADHD-because-it's-trendy" ADHD). I have never taken the extended time exams that are offered for ADHD students, because I have never needed to, and it was diagnosed just a year ago. However, exams do stress me out and I am certain I woul... |