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[ "a topic I choose. It's worth a regular essay (a measly 10 points)", "new type of essay in the community college class that I teach. Once", "I'm trying a new type of essay in the community college class that", "a 700 word analysis of a topic I choose. It's worth a regular", "paper (1 points) Piur analysis x...
[ "in a springer journal. After just two days of submission status was under", "Why the process is so quick? How can the reviews be completed in", "a paper in a springer journal. After just two days of submission status", "the process is so quick? How can the reviews be completed in just", "status changed to ...
[ "in a review article on the same topic. Is it appropriate to cross-reference", "and I would normally cite them in a review article on the same", "words, is it more important that the review is up-to date and includes", "I am currently editing and updating my thesis literature review before submitting my", "...
[ "first name author. The trade-off is between the number of authors of the", "and the time you invest. Would there be a rule of thumb to", "of thumb to help me with this decision? Is there a clear answer,", "so here it goes. Imagine the following scenario: you have invested time (say", "time you invest. Woul...
[ "5 years later, would people be upset that we sat on the data", "that we sat on the data for so long? Is there some sort", "1970s, and other people seem to have assumed it was correct. It has", "What ethical considerations are at play here? If we do end up publishing", "we do end up publishing the results 5...
[ "them without studying. I still feel really guilty for some reason, and I'm", "again she told me not to worry. After the first week of grad", "grad school have grounds to kick me out? If my undergrad found out,", "me degree? Edit: Thanks for the answers, I guess why I'm soo stressed", "me do what I did. She...
[ "academia 'Class of 20XX' refers to students graduating during the year 20XX irrespective", "during the year 20XX irrespective of the year they joined college. Suppose for", "joined college. Suppose for a postgraduate course, one person chooses the full-time study", "while another chooses the part-time one. B...
[ "dollars as possible and growing the size of the lab. I think I", "grad students and >5 postdocs/research faculty), but at least 3 or 4 of", "into getting funding for us all -- but it's starting to affect morale", "where research is discussed and decisions are made, only for my adviser to", "as they say, mo...
[ "at a doctoral institution, I get plenty of e-mails from prospective students asking", "always sure how to answer them. Because admissions are done as a committee", "pool. I also don't want to encourage or dissuade prospective students too much", "new doctoral students in the next academic year. I'm not alway...
[ "organization in a way that would support the narrative I'm building, that working", "to the fact that they have doctorates in (stand up) philosophy. My inclination", "the first one, but in searching, that doesn't seem very common. To expand,", "why saying \"I work with a group of philosophers\" doesn't conve...
[ "the crowd and I doubt any remember my name. I have never wanted", "professors about projects / exams / papers. I definitely make use of their", "a renown research hospital and research for an undergraduate science magazine. However, I", "this is “no excuse” in academia for not making connections, but it is",...
[ "ask my professors or other friends, because I am afraid that they would", "concerned about when I have something I don't understand, and because of this,", "Ph.D. students or just students who were taking his/her class. This is a", "look down upon me and think I am too stupid/useless/incapable, etc? Can some...
[ "for communication purposes), I always ensure that the quality of work is top", "pen person so this is something I have difficulty in understanding. Homeworks are", "person which makes me a bit disappointed to be honest. Whether if these", "which makes me a bit disappointed to be honest. Whether if these peop...
[ "and as I didn't hear from that letter writer for several weeks now,", "Question 1: When job ads on mathjobs say something like \"screening of applications", "last year, so I have my reference letters from the previous time (which", "a bit later, once it gets updated? Question 3: If a letter of", "pretty go...
[ "either scenario (his group or somewhere else). **So my questions are:** How do", "the same time, I don't want to \"rule out\" the possibility of working", "I am in 4th-year and applying to graduate schools, my former supervisor has", "side of my field (physics). To be perfectly honest, I think that it", "p...
[ "time to speak and that they get a respectful hearing. Still, perhaps half", "participation by making it part of the grading rubric. Some measures assess students'", "that some students are happy to talk all the time while some never", "get a respectful hearing. Still, perhaps half of them never say a word.",...
[ "the US. I work in my lab during the night-time. I find that", "feel I should be silent about it all, bite my teeth and bear", "smell in the lab during the late hours is horrible, and he moans", "presence into consideration. Talking to the supervisor may not be of use, because", "lab is into drugs big leagu...
[ "expanding on what metrics that word in intended to include? e.g. * Openness", "include? e.g. * Openness - Measured by the proportion of the human population", "human population has access and the ease of entry for those who meet", "and the ease of entry for those who meet the requirements * etc...", "of th...
[ "research group. His reply was only \"please, apply mentioning my name\", I didn't", "I sent an email to prospective Ph.D advisor asking for a scholarship in", "a scholarship in his university and position in his research group. His reply", "only \"please, apply mentioning my name\", I didn't understand if he...
[ "find things without scrolling through the whole PDF. Even if OCR was reliable", "Research indicates that taking notes by hand is better than using a computer,", "without scrolling through the whole PDF. Even if OCR was reliable with handwriting,", "diagrams, and tables is much quicker and easier than keyboar...
[ "authors had previously attempted to plagiarise my work, but I caught this early", "eventually contacted one of the authors who readily admitted the problem (the authors", "response from an editor, which denied the issue with little apparent investigation (even", "editor, which denied the issue with little ap...
[ "put my phone in my bag. The first hour and a half of", "feels the need to lie that I was cheating? The other thing that", "lowest grade I've ha din the last year was a B. I don't", "was on the slides and that could count as cheating?! I am in", "I am in good academic standing in my program. The lowest grad...
[ "and analysis of new research data. Although they are somewhat more detailed and", "An honours project generally has two supervisors, and is examined by two independent", "student must undertake an additional, optional year of fulltime study, turning a three", "understand that the honours system is quite diff...
[ "listed journals' will not receive an impact factor from 'Thompson Reuters'. Further, Science", "a 'SCI' or 'SCIE' listed journal than 'ESCI' listed journal? provided those journals", "for a scholarship for a PhD and that scholarship requires me to have", "'SCI' or 'SCIE' listed journal than 'ESCI' listed jou...
[ "will be my first. Presentation is my weakness, and it is a challenge", "a smooth talk. I am feeling nervous. **Q:** How common is to write", "am an early researcher who has never done any presentation, so this will", "done any presentation, so this will be my first. Presentation is my weakness,", "give a s...
[ "incapable of using certain vocabulary?**\" I use this blog post as an example", "consistently juggled at least two jobs and maintained the status of a full-time", "for (mis)appropriated work? The above question is inspired by the incident described in", "student who never (in your direct experience) used thi...
[ "at scihub without even checking if our institution library wifi has access to", "seen a lot of people directly pasting the doi at scihub without even", "of people directly pasting the doi at scihub without even checking if our", "study been done regarding the issue? Because I've seen a lot of people", "the...
[ "my personal statement. He said he would offer me a recommendation letter only", "I got my master’s degree in China and had worked for two years", "US. Although my master thesis’s supervisor promised to write me a recommendation letter,", "said he would offer me a recommendation letter only if I apply for", ...
[ "is a question on academia stackexchange about why this is the case. More", "question on academia stackexchange about why this is the case. More interesting is", "or not. If a college or university asked for people having a master's", "of Ph.D [Subject]. > > > I am aware that there already is", "people havi...
[ "back to me in time, though I did submit my paperwork well in", "advance of the exam. Because of this I could not take the GRE", "French to study in Paris-Sud. I am not sure that waiting for a", "application to math Phd programs this December. I receive accomodations because of my", "ETS did not get back to...
[ "to write it down, despite knowing it will take me an hour to", "at 10pm, etc. After all, a healthy brain is in a health body.", "for this question when I was brushing my teeth before going to sleep,", "is fine, as long as the \"breaking the routine\" doesn't become a routine.", "to sleep, and after a consi...
[ "the field I am interested in: behavioral science of resource consumption. How strange", "for research in the field I am interested in: behavioral science of resource", "consumption. How strange would it be to email a professor from another undergrad", "strange would it be to email a professor from another un...
[ "the subject test which will probably put me somewhere between 55th and 65th", "scores. Does a low score in the range of 60th percentile rule one", "how mathematics graduate programs in the United States view subject GRE scores. Does", "38) out of 66 questions right in the subject test which will probably", ...
[ "take letter of recommendation from a professor in another discipline or even different", "less important compared to younger professors ? 2) Is it OK to take", "get them. I scored a very high GPA but I did not participate", "learn new things and my ability to critical think and judge the information", "cri...
[ "stop such take-home exams? 4. How can an honest student report that the", "2. If the professor becomes aware that one answer was available online, should", "It will be practically impossible for the professor to detect any cheating, assuming", "pressure on all of the students to cheat, to eliminate the unfai...
[ "different authors. Other researchers cite individual chapters of the book. Can the editor", "Other researchers cite individual chapters of the book. Can the editor of the", "the book are contributed by different authors. Other researchers cite individual chapters of", "in which individual chapters of the boo...
[ "4.0 and not let them know, even if I end up with a", "this semester (this feels unethical to me)? Should I just wait to submit", "or dishonest that would involve the admissions committee believing I have a GPA", "a B or two this semester (this feels unethical to me)? Should I", "B or two this semester (thi...
[ "a) my general research interests in two sentences b) my goal to work", "research experience in multiple areas of physics, and 4 semesters of TA'ing, there's", "it about my research that makes it so rewarding.\" I asked him for", "and my interests, and what is it about my research that makes it", "research ...
[ "how can I refuse her properly? Note: I was not a RA for", "RA for her when I wrote the computer program, but this semester she", "advisor professor got a grant and she wants to use my computer program", "Note: I was not a RA for her when I wrote the computer", "I wrote a computer program for my dissertatio...
[ "etc, but she is always happy with whatever I give her. She praises", "to give her abstracts to review for conferences, etc, but she is always", "a good job, I would get a \"good job\" or something. It's very", "give her abstracts to review for conferences, etc, but she is always happy", "can I manage my ex...
[ "manufacturer in the methods section of an academic paper. In my opinion it", "because they break the flow of the text. However, my PI and some", "to me to mention the town and country of an equipment manufacturer in", "Nowadays, I think these details make the papers less readable because they break", "pape...
[ "the purposes list on which it can be used? There is 10% of", "can find the information regarding the research funds for PhD students and the", "students and the purposes list on which it can be used? There is", "it in English, only in Italian. I know that these money might be", "any sources where I can fin...
[ "Does anyone have experience with this? I wonder if I am better off", "go (and buy if I liked it), but I found I could not", "I see Mendeley has a Kindle sync. Does anyone have experience with this?", "and my friend lent me a Kobo to have a go (and buy", "considering buying an e-reader and my friend lent me...
[ "in my department, while they require at least a masters degree preference is", "academic career, and my full-time work seems like it would be a huge", "full time offer. Taking 4-6 years off of my academic career, and my", "on them to hire PhDs, and that if I have any PhD even", "hire PhDs, and that if I ha...
[ "name) the sections? My first idea was: * Introduction (including lit-review)? * Method", "far, I puplished a paper (literature review) using the \"classical\" structure: Introduction-Method-Results-Discussion-Conclusion. At", "of the mathematical theory belong to that section?)? * Implementation? * Results? *"...
[ "outcome of the similarity check and the immediate rejection. 2- The application that", "section, etc. P.S: 1- To be noted that I am aware of plagiarism", "etc. P.S: 1- To be noted that I am aware of plagiarism policy", "sources. Passing through the instances one by one, it sounds to me that", "standard ACM...
[ "a position in Computer Science department? I did find it funny, though. Either", "working in the field of Computational Biology/Chemistry, Bioinformatics which involves many different computational", "such interdisciplinary publications. But, while I started *Ph.D.*, I used to think that", "does ask question...
[ "of my statement of research but these sentences don't sound nice to me", "hope to contribute in recent future.\" (I want this part to write at", "this part to write at the end of my statement of research but", "contribute in recent future.\" (I want this part to write at the end", "applying for postdoc in ...
[ "inform that you have not been selected for this position*, how may I", "position and later I received an email telling that: *I regret to inform", "and later I received an email telling that: *I regret to inform that", "email telling that: *I regret to inform that you have not been selected", "how may I se...
[ "writing my master thesis and found some master and PhD theses with the", "the similar subject. They have lots of useful references at their introduction chapter,", "chapter, and I use those references and create my own text with a", "master thesis and found some master and PhD theses with the similar subject...
[ "research (semi- structured interviews) do we have to use verbatim quotes in reporting", "(semi- structured interviews) do we have to use verbatim quotes in reporting the", "structured interviews) do we have to use verbatim quotes in reporting the findings?", "qualitative research (semi- structured interviews...
[ "I hope to find some answers here. Scenario: --------- I finished my master's", "B who has a same research interest as Professor A. Professor A has", "a research assistant for my thesis adviser (Let's call him Professor A). Now,", "2. Do I need to completely change the trajectory of my PhD research", "to fi...
[ "Let's say I find an article online. I contact the writer of this", "article and, without expecting anything in return, they agree to give me full,", "claim the work as my own, even though it isn't. Because I have", "I have all the rights to do this, would this be considered plagiarism?", "their article, in...
[ "trouble with. I can only imagine that this can be remedied by more", "with a student doing terribly in his course. Should I bother talking to", "to him about it, or should I disregard the possibility that he could", "of the type of question that throws me off... Because this is somewhat", "the subject matt...
[ "queried this, claimed there was no convention on authorship order in our field.", "was the PI's, and they have provided guidance as I worked, but probably", "as an author, rather than all the work just vanishing under the PI's", "weren't doing traditional scientific experiments - these are data-driven resear...
[ "The ethics of citation as I understand them agree with [this answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/44377/37716 \"What", "I'm debating whether to stick to my principles or give in to what", "to stick to my principles or give in to what I perceive are", "irrelevant to mine? More context: The prolific gr...
[ "more if I take 4 classes. I would like to attend a strong", "taking about 3 classes per semester. Would it better for me to take", "Master's degree? Currently, the workload is very hard, so I know my GPA", "will drop a lot, maybe 0.3 points or more if I take 4", "intended on spreading my workload and gradu...
[ "have received this reviewers comment (\"REFERENCES\" section should be block ), what does", "mean? **Update:** There comment was > > All reference in the “\"REFERENCES\" section", "received this reviewers comment (\"REFERENCES\" section should be block ), what does it", "this reviewers comment (\"REFERENCES\...
[ "submitting my work to a third journal after thoroughly checking the aim and", "is not suitable for submission in their journals. It was my fault that", "not provide the previous rejection history of my article to the third journal,", "field. My question is, as I will not provide the previous rejection histor...
[ "research professor takes me seriously. I have noticed that in several of my", "was writing all that stuff down, and then he spaced off. I was", "my project, I was writing all that stuff down, and then he spaced", "this in front of my other classmates as well. Is he just joking", "silence, but now that I've...
[ "to answer during the application process **1) Are you presently legally authorized to", "process **1) Are you presently legally authorized to work in the United States?**", "Are you presently legally authorized to work in the United States?** My answer", "NO **2) Will you be able to provide proof of your ide...
[ "awards, travel grants, and so on. While I know numbers don't do justice", "years of not publishing the doors of academia would be shut for me.", "I have been moving around in the world a lot, and combined with", "competition, etc., I feel like I am burning out. On the other hand,", "Ph.D. in Electrical Eng...
[ "proof for the first situation, 2) describes the needed insight to reduce the", "contact me so that we can co-author a revised paper together? Or would", "be considered unethical? I do not want to overstep my bounds as a", "in my opinion, worth publishing. However, while reading the mathematical proofs, I cou...
[ "students. Research broadly refers to all attempts at generating new knowledge. Service refer", "refer to service to the monarchy, state, the public and in some situations,", "public and in some situations, to the students as customers. Do these categories", "some situations, to the students as customers. Do ...
[ "I am currently finding a supervisor for an MSc program. It is incredibly", "member, I have researched and published several student papers (not in scientific journals).", "in scientific journals). These papers are well written and researched (as they go", "make the best use of resources available to me. I ha...
[ "them! So my question is how much should we trust works of others", "were faking something? or I'm totally wrong about it? Even some of these", "be skeptical about them! So my question is how much should we trust", "and mostly about algorithms and methods and the implementation results which can support", "...
[ "graduate school recently. A professor was talking about impostor syndrome and said that", "was talking about impostor syndrome and said that everyone goes through it. They", "school recently. A professor was talking about impostor syndrome and said that everyone", "professor was talking about impostor syndro...
[ "his job: advises students without coercing them to put things in their dissertation", "in or choosing topics for them so that they themselves can profit. I", "to find the signs of a not-bad advisor (not harmful) who is interested", "not-bad advisor (not harmful) who is interested in the topic rather than a",...
[ "then transfer a year later to another program that is higher in ranking?", "if accepted, then transfer a year later to another program that is higher", "program, and if accepted, then transfer a year later to another program that", "apply to a PhD psychology program, and if accepted, then transfer a year", ...
[ "grades (however, my GPA is respectable). I am wondering if this has an", "it is not an excuse my lower grades (however, my GPA is respectable).", "school taken into consideration when I apply to graduate school? I understand that", "to graduate school? I understand that it is not an excuse my lower", "(how...
[ "subject one chooses to research for their PhD? Clearly, there are issues of", "matter? If someone gets a PhD in education/pedagogy and later wants to do", "interested in education/pedagogy, finance, leadership, and other areas, does the initial research area", "are issues of motivation (if someone gets bored...
[ "a widely-read web site, newsgroup, etc. Likely outcome: chaos on a large scale", "grabs control of the algorithm (and potentially its discoverer) and does the unpleasant", "things governments do with such things. Of course, possibility 2 could easily devolve", "does the unpleasant things governments do with ...
[ "encounter a math problem in my engineering class where I'd find it helpful", "a math problem in my engineering class where I'd find it helpful if", "problem in my engineering class where I'd find it helpful if a math", "math professor could explain a concept to me when I don't have any", "where I'd find it...
[ "first grant. All four scores were 5 out of 6. The comments are", "from the department, but nothing major. What do you think I should write", "\"lazy\" questions from reviewers. I am a bit confused. What shall I write", "to answer the \"lazy\" questions from reviewers. I am a bit confused. What", "grant. Al...
[ "written, assuming my grad school is happy enough with it to award me", "a potential advisor will probably not be very familiar with my MSc field)?", "to my thesis/research? (In which case, is it even worth putting effort in", "MSc thesis (which is in pure mathematics) should be finished. In case my", "to b...
[ "coordinator in my case. I assume, though, he will share the input with", "of the websites seem to suggest not to be completely honest to avoid", "will share the input with others including my advisor. I searched the web", "suggest that HR people don't make any structural changes anyways to accommodate your",...
[ "graduate school if you write in your forms that you own some useful", "purposes. Something in the price range of 90'000$, like a bioluminescence microscope or", "useful equipment already from your independent research and you would offer free time", "or for undergraduate teaching purposes. Something in the p...
[ "apply and be admitted to a graduate school without having an undergraduate degree?", "you apply and be admitted to a graduate school without having an undergraduate", "Can you apply and be admitted to a graduate school without having an" ]
[ "I should leave it out? I am definitely mentioning my volunteering since it", "annual GPA of 3.7. I am hoping to graduate with at least a", "I am hoping to graduate with at least a cGPA of 3.5 which", "time commitment). However, I also commute 5 hours total to and from school", "to achieve those marks while...
[ "realised that the correct form is instead \"Dear Search Committee Chair,...\". Have I", "with a cover letter starting \"Dear Madam or Sir,...\" and I've just realised", "Madam or Sir,...\" and I've just realised that the correct form is instead", "I've just realised that the correct form is instead \"Dear Se...
[ "somebody receives an email from a journal stating that their paper is accepted", "from a journal stating that their paper is accepted for publication, should they", "a journal stating that their paper is accepted for publication, should they write", "journal stating that their paper is accepted for publicati...
[ "consulted a lawyer and she said that \"there should not be any privacy", "reviews were intended to be anonymous. Is it unethical to do so? Is", "one of these contributions is the list of papers I reviewed. Not just", "from editors inviting me, screenshots from editorial management websites, etc. I feel uncom...
[ "particular where people working in academia can get by while only speaking English?", "Assessment (or Language Testing) of learners' English as a Foreign Language. She will", "areas or universities in particular where people working in academia can get by", "for research professorships (including advising do...
[ "don't care for the journal typesetting; I'm happy with just putting the revisions", "I'm happy with just putting the revisions in my own LaTeX file. Can", "submitted the manuscript, I also put a version on the arXiv and on", "me from <https://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/authors-rights/self-archiving-poli...
[ "it took a while to even grasp the content. Furthermore, it seemed quite", "This is in the Netherlands. A while ago we had to take a", "same answer option twice. So in summary, the students in the English track", "Dutch version. Is it unethical to give English speaking students a poorly translated", "the Du...
[ "letters I did not use) updated? And if needed, how does one politely", "- but I might not necessarily use some of them, because - for", "because - for example a stronger prospective referee agrees to write letters for", "of them, because - for example a stronger prospective referee agrees to write", "me la...
[ "of \"informal\" (i.e. using English rather than mathematical notation) proofs and reasoning. This", "feedback) that they need to improve their English? What's the best way to", "the best way to do so without offending or discouraging them? I'm specifically", "they need to improve their English? What's the be...
[ "of experts who have published several high quality papers in the field of", "The journal is asking to provide a list of experts who have published", "quality papers in the field of interest. Is there away to find this", "journal is asking to provide a list of experts who have published several", "to submit...
[ "right or maybe its horribly wrong. When do you know you are ready", "most of those cases my advisors helped me a lot in revising the", "have written papers before, but in most of those cases my advisors helped", "myself and send it for submission. I have written papers before, but in", "wants me to see how...
[ "one for fluent English speakers, how many are we expecting will accept TOEFL?", "a hassle. **Which of the two tests covers more countries/universities/depatments?** I mean, let's", "say we pick 10 random universities on Earth that require at least one", "of my relatives are bilingual, and I completed my bach...
[ "> automatically. We have reopened the link for you. > > > I", "review slightly later. I am in the midst of reviewing this paper, and", "make a decision? This happened to me recently and I think this is", "if you have already started your report, please forward any > valuable comments", "told me that my rev...
[ "else in this same or similar situation and if so/or do you have", "two of my supervisors and I work in a completely separate building to", "if so/or do you have any advice on how I could improve my", "I'm involved in at all. It's literally just me and two of my", "my research or ask for help. Is anyone els...
[ "going to be close I would like to use my \"interview-time\" for giving", "of the tasks at this post-doc requires close collaboration with the second interviewer.", "my \"interview-time\" for giving a talk and know the research being conducted at", "offered to work somewhere and I think I am going to accept t...
[ "faculty members, and then incorporate the reading and contacting in the statement of", "have a master's, but it's in applied not pure math. I've done some", "> > > 2. And then how do I incorporate the e-mails in", "Do you think I am better suited for MS/MPhil than a PhD? >", "research interests as I do. I ...
[ "use as motivation for my work? Is this impolite? If I just say,", "big point from my perspective. Can I cite this e-mail correspondence in my", "I just say, X does not work with Y without citation, I feel", "my perspective. Can I cite this e-mail correspondence in my master thesis/paper (is", "in my master...
[ "journals to figure that out. But surely checking every single journals available is", "or not? I know that I can check scientific journals to figure that", "a feasible way to figure that out, especially since I'll have to read", "that out, especially since I'll have to read them before I can tell", "every ...
[ "with meeting deadlines. I wonder if this incentive idea is going too far", "enough to pull themselves up out of their situation and move forward? Unlike", "and strive to instill confidence in my students. Most of the learners are", "commitment or workload. I am considering some kind of point system or reward...
[ "to professor B. Professor A and Professor B are quite close (academically), as", "I am also thinking of writing a contact e-mail to professor B. Professor", "be inappropriate if I contact professor B to show my academic interest? I'm", "inappropriate if I contact professor B to show my academic interest? I'm...
[ "I've come across. I recently purchased a modern book for my research and", "citing marginalia is par the course, but this strikes me as a bit", "use to using the marginalia both in terms of integrating its ideas into", "and whoever had the book before me had some pretty great things written", "chance to, s...
[ "same document? For example within a book of thousand pages, do you have", "do you have to reference ideas from page 50 when you use them", "For example within a book of thousand pages, do you have to reference", "a book of thousand pages, do you have to reference ideas from page", "book of thousand pages, ...