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[ "Are Nature Letters still considered primary articles?", "I have an article that I want to link as a primary article. I found a really interesting Nature Letter article and I was wondering if this is categorized as a primary article, since it is a \"letter\":\n\nhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v508/n7497/ful...	[ "citations", "journals" ]
[ "When I should make my work available?", "I am a PhD student in computer science. I work on some problem for last 3 -4 months and it work out, but it will not be a complete paper. I am working on one more problem and then i will combine these two problems and make a one paper. I am thinking about writing about fi...	[ "publications", "research-process" ]
[ "Final check for dissertation; what are some common bugs?", "I am currently in the process of completing my dissertation. \nI am a big fan of unit tests, so I would like to implement a procedure that corrects my writing ( or removes bugs so to speak.)\n\nA few examples:\n\n\ncheck spelling of all text\ndo all fig...	[ "phd", "writing", "thesis" ]
[ "How do you search arXiv by sub-subject?", "How do you search arXiv by sub-subject?\n\nFor example, underneath the subject Computer Science, you have the subject 'Artificial Intelligence', and under the subject Quantitative Finance, you have the subject 'Computational Finance'.\n\nHow do I search for papers speci...	[ "arxiv" ]
[ "Is it ok to share/show(for review) the proof that you made for your research paper on stackexchange", "Some time I have to use some mathematical proofs in my research papers. In many situations it happens that the proof is my own and I have not seen it in the literature. In these situations the proof works fine ...	[ "research-process", "peer-review" ]
[ "Why do some publication venues add the degree type next to the author name?", "I've noticed that some publication venues add the degree type links to the author name, like MS, PhD, MBA or MD. What's the point? (example)" ]	[ "publications" ]
[ "Because of past conflicts, I don't believe my advisor will write me a good LOR for postdoc positions. What should I do?", "How essential is having my advisor's letter for post doc application? \n\nI had a pretty bad relationship with my advisor for more than 4 years since I joined his lab and sometimes the relat...	[ "advisor", "postdocs", "recommendation-letter" ]
[ "Open Source Software and Reproducibility in Computer Science", "As a PhD researcher in computer science, my scientific results often take the form of algorithms, which in turn come with implementations. I am convinced that releasing these implementations under an open-source model has various benefits especially...	[ "peer-review", "computer-science", "plagiarism", "reproducible-research" ]
[ "Is it a red flag for a PhD program if their graduating students cannot find postdoc?", "I got accepted to one of my top choice schools for a math Ph.D. \nHowever the graduate students there said in the past few years, the Ph.D.s before them (both pure and applied math) had quite a bit of trouble finding postdoc ...	[ "phd", "graduate-admissions", "graduate-school", "mathematics", "postdocs" ]
[ "Losing confidence after a series of paper rejections", "I don't think I have a concrete question to ask but I want to hear other researchers' opinions. I am pretty sure that there are many researchers who went through this and others will go through it in the future unfortunately.\nI am a postdoc researcher with...	[ "publications", "research-process", "postdocs", "emotional-responses" ]
[ "Is assessing grant proposals CV-worthy?", "So far this year, I have been asked to be an assessor for proposals submitted to three different international funding schemes, with the value of the proposals ranging from $0.5M to $10M. I acceded to the first two requests (one of which has me assessing 7 proposals, th...	[ "peer-review", "career-path", "funding", "cv", "service-activities" ]
[ "Is Obama's JAMA paper OK?", "As some of you may have heard, Barack Obama recently published a paper in JAMA describing the US health care reforms (link). First of all, I am not trying to start a discussion on the validity of the content of the paper.\nMaybe I am overreacting, but as an academic, that specific pu...	[ "publications", "journals", "ethics", "authorship", "conflict-of-interest" ]
[ "Would you discourage your undergrad from taking a year off to work on a self-devised project?", "The student is in fourth semester and wants to learn about a certain technical field on his own and try out a more complex project on that knowledge. \nThe project idea is unique, but unlikely to be successfull, as s...	[ "teaching", "undergraduate", "students", "time-off", "electrical-engineering" ]
[ "MLA: in-text citations from one work - do I need to restate the author every paragraph?", "MLA formatting question:\nI'm writing a paper on Ernest J. Gaine's A Gathering of Old Men. This is the only work I am citing. When using in-text citations, do I need to restate the author in every paragraph, or is a page n...	[ "citations", "citation-style" ]
[ "Citing full names of authors", "Different journals have different standards regarding author names - some mention only the first name (i.e. \"William Webb\"), some mention also an initial of the middle name (\"William A. Webb\"), some mention only initials (\"W. A. Webb\"), etc.\n\nSo, when I copy BibTeX records...	[ "publications", "citations" ]
[ "Is it OK to select an editor if I solved his conjecture?", "I am about to submit a paper to a respected math journal. In this paper I solved a conjecture that was raised by a member of the editorial board (and this is one of the main reasons I chose this journal).\n\nWhen submitting, I need to choose a member of...	[ "ethics", "paper-submission", "editors", "conflict-of-interest" ]
[ "Is there a term for the fact that research is done only with the means available?", "It could also be placed on https://english.stackexchange.com/, but I feel it is more suitable here. So: Is there a term for the (trivial) fact that research is done only with the means available? \n\nFor example a mineralogist w...	[ "research-process", "terminology" ]
[ "I have the option to retain copyright on my published paper. Should I?", "My coauthors and I have just had a paper accepted by a journal. The journal in question is published by a nonprofit professional society and offers two options in their copyright agreement.\n\n\nWe transfer copyright to the publisher, as ...	[ "publications", "copyright" ]
[ "Is it prudent for new faculty to abstain from voting in a job search if the rest of department faculty is highly divided?", "There is a job search in my department. The department is extremely divided on the candidates. As new faculty, should I abstain from voting? Is this a prudent choice?" ]	[ "job-search", "early-career", "governance" ]
[ "When may a PhD student start publishing?", "I am a 3rd-year PhD student in Theoretical Computer Science, having started the PhD program after completing my bachelor in Computer Science.\n\nQuestions:\n\n\nIs it okay for a PhD student in their third year to start publishing?\nMore generally, when may researchers ...	[ "publications", "developing-countries" ]
[ "How do I sign my papers?", "My name is Jorge Fernández de Cossío Díaz. In my country, we have two last names: the first (Fernández de Cossío) comes from the father side, and the second (Díaz) comes from the mother side.\n\nI have been suggested various signatures:\n\n\n\"J. Fernandez-de-Cossio Diaz\", without th...	[ "publications", "citations" ]
[ "Asking to see a manuscript in preparation", "Is it considered bad etiquette to ask to read a manuscript in preparation that appears in the citations of a paper? (It was cited in a paper from 2001 - I am not sure it has been published; I cannot find it - although the title may have changed...?)" ]	[ "etiquette" ]
[ "Is it significantly inappropriate to wear clothes bearing the name of University X, when working as an official employee at University Y?", "I have a hoodie with Dalhousie University written on it (where I used to work), but I now work at Nankai University.\n\nQuestion: Is it significantly inappropriate to wear ...	[ "outward-appearance" ]
[ "How to connect with professors as a non-academic?", "Long story short, I could never attend higher education, and now, later in life, I would love to be with people 100x smarter than me that take a scientific approach to discussions. Professors seem like good candidates. My girlfriend recently finished her PhD(a...	[ "psychology", "philosophy", "political-science" ]
[ "Why are grant indirect costs so high?", "I am preparing an NSF grant proposal in mathematics. I am requesting summer salary and a travel budget (and not much else), and after I compute the total I have to add an extra 50% of it and add it as the \"indirect costs\" of my proposed research.\n\nThis feels absurd to...	[ "funding", "nsf" ]
[ "Can I thank websites that host illegal book downloads in the acknowledgements section of my thesis?", "My stance is that these websites are a great boon to the research community and they were certainly extremely helpful for my research. I think they should be applauded rather than persecuted, and while they may...	[ "thesis", "acknowledgement" ]
[ "How do you know when your independent findings are paper-worthy?", "I learn math on my own. And I sometimes end up generalizing theorems. I do not claim that these generalizations are ground-breaking. However, I feel these generalizations are not entirely obvious at first-sight. \n\nCould I publish a paper on su...	[ "research-process", "publications", "independent-researcher" ]
[ "Direct quotations and quoting 'questions'", "If I am solving a case study for a class and I had to mention the questions asked by the authors above or below my answers in a Powerpoint presentation. I made it clear that the questions are asked by the authors of the case, however they were not put into direct quot...	[ "citations" ]
[ "How is the protest against Elsevier coming along?", "I reread Tim Gowers protest against Elsevier as well as other writings from well-known professors that indicate they still protest. \n\nI'm also aware of the boycott.\n\nHas this protest actually changed Elsevier's business practices?" ]	[ "ethics", "publishers", "elsevier" ]
[ "As a TA, how to react if I come across a Facebook group in which students insult me?", "I am a PhD student in Europe and also TA for some bachelor's degree classes for my supervisor.\nJust by chance, I have found an open Facebook group (normally, the group aims to create an interaction between students and opene...	[ "teaching-assistant", "emotional-responses", "social-media", "facebook" ]
[ "Can I buy a GPU from a grant money and put it into my personal computer?", "In my department each person gets a fixed amount of money to spend to buy a computing technology. Usually people here spends it on MacBooks and Apple screens. I bought myself a better laptop for less money and I am not planning to buy an...	[ "ethics", "funding" ]
[ "Opting out pension scheme when you are a postdoc abroad", "I am soon going to start a postdoc in UK. I observed that, if you do not intentionally opt out, you will be by default paying a certain amount from your salary towards pension. Of course, paying towards pension scheme is a good thing for your post-retir...	[ "postdocs" ]
[ "First authorship in different fields", "In most fields I'm familiar with, first authorship is for the lead author. But I've heard that it wasn't the case in some fields. Is that true?" ]	[ "publications" ]
[ "How do you respond when people talk about the possibility of profiting from, rather than the exciement of, your research?", "Let's say you are passionate, I mean really passionate, about your field.\nHowever, whenever you try to share the pleasure induced by your findings or further understanding or even acknowl...	[ "etiquette" ]
[ "When applying for a position, how do I best reply to a question asking for skills I don’t have?", "I am applying for a particular position where they have asked me if I have first-hand experience in protein crystallization and x-ray structure determination. I don’t have experience in any of those but I have ment...	[ "graduate-admissions", "application", "interview" ]
[ "any limit of putting too many videos/animations in presentations", "In the context of applied maths, physics and engineering. Videos/animations beat pictures and thousands of words, as is known to all. Is it bad to put too many videos/animations in a presentation? It's hard to define 'too' though." ]	[ "presentation" ]
[ "Should an Editorial be considered as a regular paper in CV, or should it be put in another section?", "Me an other colleagues organized an Special Issue of some Journal (indexed by ISI) and after having accepted some of the submitted papers (10 in total), we wrote an editorial, which will also appear in the Jour...	[ "publications", "cv" ]
[ "IT specialist renewable energy", "I moved in from another country to the USA just after graduating with a bachelors degree (agricultural engineering)from my country. On landing here, my dream was to further my career to a masters level as the next step with an interest in Msc in renewable energy, but on getting ...	[ "research-process", "masters" ]
[ "How much does \"having publications\" mean to a undergraduate direct-PhD applicant?", "I am an EE student specializing in Communications and Networks (actually a bit more on sensor networks/signal processing) who plans to apply for a direct PhD program in the top US universities.\n\nI have seen some undergraduat...	[ "phd", "publications", "undergraduate", "research-undergraduate", "engineering" ]
[ "When is an academic a -sensei and when is he/she a -hakase?", "I'm not Japanese, and I've been emailed by someone who is Japanese, in the context of potential academic collaboration. He's in industry, not academia. He used the \"-sensei\" honorific to refer to me, while I had called him using his company-positio...	[ "etiquette", "email", "titles", "japan" ]
[ "Importance of domain selection for undergrad applying to a PhD program (USA CS)", "Background: CS undergrad applying to CS PhD programs in the USA right after graduation.\nAs an undergrad, I research on (and will be till applications are submitted) broadly on 3 applications of a single "Technique/Algorithm&...	[ "graduate-admissions", "undergraduate", "research-undergraduate", "machine-learning" ]
[ "Article \"communicated by\"", "What does it mean when it says under a journal article that it has been communicated by \"XYZ\" where XYZ is not the author but some other scholar with a very strong reputation? What is the relationship to the actual author and/or the content? Is this some sort of seal of approval ...	[ "publications", "peer-review", "terminology" ]
[ "Import RIS from zotero to Mendeley while maintaining folder structure", "I am trying to export my Zotero library and importing into Mendeley. However, I would like to preserve the folder structure. I cannot seem to do it. Is this possible?" ]	[ "citations", "reference-managers" ]
[ "Student-Professor Etiquette: I think I'm a bad listener", "Long story sort, I am a young undergraduate student (exact sciences) working on a project with one of my professors. I proposed the idea I had together with my references on him and fortunately he agreed to supervise my project, although it doesn't quite...	[ "etiquette", "professors", "students" ]
[ "What major is beneficial for a long-term career goal in medical robotics/ robotics/ artificial intelligence?", "I have done my undergraduate degree in a Indian university in electronics and communication engineering and have done a job in one of my field of interest medical image processing and I worked in robot...	[ "masters", "university", "engineering", "major" ]
[ "Editor not replying to emails long time after submission", "My problem is the following. \n\nI submitted a paper to a journal of Elsevier almost a year ago. \n\nAlthough I have written many times asking about the status of the submission, my emails have been systematically neglected and I have not received any n...	[ "paper-submission", "editors" ]
[ "How to tell my MS advisor I've changed my mind about doing a PhD with him?", "I did pretty much all my important bachelor and master courses within one working group, which maybe was not that efficient, but it offers a very nice and comfortable environment and colleagues.\n\nCurrently I am about half way done wi...	[ "phd", "masters", "advisor" ]
[ "What can stop me from getting a PhD degree?", "I am mid stage PhD student. I have done qualification exam and course work etc and from last around one year I am working on a one research problem. There is small progress on that problem, but till needs to add more things to make it publishable. I am also aware th...	[ "phd" ]
[ "Does a survey require an ethical approval?", "We did a student project - which included a questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Since it was a student project, and the topic was decided in a short time, we did not take an ethical approval from our institute committee. Our institute doesn't have a provi...	[ "journals", "ethics", "publishability", "survey-research", "irb" ]
[ "How can a demoralized research student restore the passion for research?", "To the point, I do love conducting research, however, I have put myself in a very difficult point of research that made me switch to another Ph.D. program for the sake of more technical support. However, I found the other group doesn't h...	[ "phd", "research-process" ]
[ "How can I get the DOI of a paper from its title?", "Is there a way to get the DOI (Document Object Identifier) of a research paper when its title is available?\n\nI am preparing a reference database I could not get the URL of all the references. So, I tried to search online but could not get to anything. I will...	[ "citations", "tools", "reference-managers", "doi" ]
[ "General guidelines for how to include a figure in a scientific paper?", "I am supervising a project by a group of students\nwho are quite new to academic/scientific writing.\nI have now read a draft of their report,\nand noticed the following errors in regards to how they use figures:\n\n\nThe meaning of the y-a...	[ "writing", "graphics" ]
[ "I am an assistant professor, looking for the right PhD candidate: is it ok to contact a professor who is not listed in the references?", "I have Skype interviewed the best 3 applicants for a PhD position, offered with my startup package as assistant professor in a USA university (ranked between 30 and 70 nationa...	[ "phd", "recommendation-letter", "assistant-professor" ]
[ "What is an academic profile?", "I am filling out an application & research profile form for a Masters program. The form consists of four open-ended questions, with plenty of space to fill out information for each.\n\nOne question is 'Research Experience and Interests: Comment on why you would like to pursue ...	[ "masters", "research-undergraduate" ]
[ "How to efficiently get multiple outputs for a given set of inputs?", "Background: I was reading about Google's Hybrid approach to research. This prompted me to think about how in academia I try to get multiple output from the one set of inputs. For example, I might try to\n\n\nPresent a talk and and then write u...	[ "publications", "productivity" ]
[ "Is there a platform/forum where (phd) students can share their experiences?", "Is there a platform/forum where (phd) students or post-docs can share their good or bad experiences with their supervisors?" ]	[ "phd", "academic-life", "supervision" ]
[ "I have been betrayed and isolated by my advisor and I am mentally drained. What should I do now?", "I'm in the middle of a complicated situation, and I'm wondering whether this is commonplace in academia.\n\nLong story short: I'm an international student, and I recently completed my master's degree in CS. I had ...	[ "phd", "research-process", "ethics" ]
[ "How does a petty marijuana possession charge affect graduate admissions in math?", "I was charged with possession of marijuana earlier this year. In my state, it's not a crime, just a violation with a fine. Technically, it's not even a conviction because there's a diversion program that results in the charge bei...	[ "graduate-admissions", "mathematics", "united-states", "legal-issues" ]
[ "Legality and feasibility of digitizing old text books and course notes for private use", "I have finished university already some years ago, and am now working in the field of my previous studies. I was always very careful, diligent and organized when it came to collecting and archiving my course notes and cours...	[ "books", "lecture-notes", "digital-libraries" ]
[ "Project websites - Increasing visibility or wasting time?", "I'm from an empirical social science background and observe that several research projects build project websites, similar to job market websites of academics. Those that I am aware of are often related to data collection projects (see for example Este...	[ "website", "projects", "research-dissemination" ]
[ "Recommendation Request and Academic Misconduct", "What do I tell the student in response to a request for graduate school recommendation from an otherwise-qualified student who cheated by copying homework in one of my classes? I am unwilling to write a strong recommendation for this student, based solely on the...	[ "recommendation-letter" ]
[ "Is it possible to change something on a research paper between the period of acceptance and publishing?", "My paper was accepted in peer reviewed journal last week and is about to be publishing. Last night I thought the solution makes better sense if I change the definition of one of the variables. This is a min...	[ "publications", "peer-review", "publishers", "journal-workflow" ]
[ "What should I do about my friend who wants me to help her cheat?", "Friend: Rome\n\nRome and I started at our new school last year as juniors. We are both now seniors. At this school, we have a chance to graduate high school with our AA degrees. In fact, we are graduating with both our high school diplomas and o...	[ "exams", "cheating" ]
[ "Should I apologize to my professor for not attending a lecture?", "Long story short, I was unable to attend a lecture of a course I'm interested in. I met my professor directly at her office and asked questions and extra material for her course. Moreover since I'm interested in her course, I've read some extra n...	[ "etiquette", "attendance" ]
[ "What is the requirement for submitting a revised workshop paper to a conf in CS?", "We have published a workshop paper last year. Now, we are planning to submit it to a conference. The conference paper roughly have 50% new materials. Basically, the workshop paper studied a 3.5-year data set while the conf versio...	[ "publications", "conference", "computer-science", "workshop" ]
[ "What is the difference between Ph.D, D.Sc, D.Litt, etc.?", "Is there any difference between Ph.D, D.Sc, D.Litt and the similar degrees?" ]	[ "degree" ]
[ "Why do some conferences with double blind review ask for author names when submitting the paper for review?", "I wonder why some conferences with double blind review ask for author names when submitting the paper for review. Why not asking for author information once the paper has been accepted?" ]	[ "peer-review", "paper-submission", "anonymity" ]
[ "Is physics (and engineering) at university more like high school physics or high school math?", "I am in high school and I find myself enjoying math a lot more than physics, probably because of the more focused teaching approach found in physics, which looks at specific cases and experiments and then goes on to ...	[ "mathematics", "university", "physics", "germany", "engineering" ]
[ "Percentage of waiting-list students offered a PhD position", "As a result of comments on my earlier question, I am posting another question.\n\nIs there a rule of thumb for what percentage of waiting-list students is eventually placed, or invited, for a PhD position." ]	[ "application" ]
[ "Options other than the NSF for PhD level grants?", "There is a big push in the PhD program I'm headed into for candidates to apply for NSF grants (in fact, one of the required classes for the first year is a class on writing grant proposals, and as a final project, every candidate submits an NSF proposal). I'm a...	[ "phd", "funding", "united-states" ]
[ "How to determine whether a position is \"faculty-equivalent\"?", "I am considering taking a position as a "junior assistant professor" in Japan. There are certain international fellowships to which I may apply, but they require that the applicant does not hold a "faculty-equivalent position"....	[ "funding", "faculty-application", "assistant-professor" ]
[ "How to respond when rejected with encouragement to apply again, when hiring committee says position is always open?", "I received notification that I wasn't select for the final round, but they encourage me to apply next time when the application is open.\n\nSo I of course, out of curiosity ask when will be the ...	[ "united-states", "job-search", "tenure-track" ]
[ "Where to correct an inefficiency of algorithm in a published paper?", "I spotted a serious inefficiency in our algorithm, which was already published. Basically, we have an algorithm to encode a problem A into a formula X. But we later found that we can encode into a formula X', which is equisatisfiable, but wit...	[ "publications" ]
[ "How to find a gap in knowledge, for my PhD?", "I just started my PhD and this is my fourth week. I understand that as a PhD student, my main aim is to find a gap in the knowledge and then trace this gap by using scientific approaches that I might choose later. \n\nMy question is: How can I find this gap?\n\nI ca...	[ "phd", "literature-review" ]
[ "Cumulative versus monographic dissertation", "I am in the beginning of my phd studies in computer science. Specifically, I am in the area of machine learning and linked data. I have talked with my professor about these both types of dissertations, however, it`s on my own which format I choose.\n\nAny recommendat...	[ "phd", "thesis", "writing", "monograph" ]
[ "Should I mention NDS programs I am pursuing in my Masters application?", "I am applying to the GA Tech Online Masters in Computer Science for Fall 19. My undergraduate degree is not in CS, however my minor is and I currently work as a software developer. While the program is receptive to that kind of applicant, ...	[ "graduate-admissions", "computer-science" ]
[ "When to acknowledge funding", "I got a funding from the DFG called \"Eigene Stelle\". My question is whether I have to acknowledge funding in every article I write or just in the articles that are related to the projects in my proposal for the funding?\n\nI think that it is enough to acknowledge funding only in ...	[ "mathematics", "funding", "reference-request" ]
[ "Teaching timetable conflict", "My wife and I teach at different universities. This is the first year that we have run into a timetabling conflict that makes dropping our son off at school difficult. The conflict involves wife's 200+ person lecture that is centrally timetabled in a lecture hall that is in near co...	[ "teaching", "working-time", "work-life-balance" ]
[ "What is the typical time between application and contact for a postdoc on Norway?", "I recently applied to a postdoc position in Norway, this was an advertised role in an engineering department rather than a fellowship application. I had a brief email exchange with the hiring professor in advance and they though...	[ "application", "postdocs", "job-search", "norway" ]
[ "Should I Quit University?", "As a computer engineering student, I think this is the right place to ask for help about my career. Well I am in my sophomore year at one of the leading university in Turkey. I want to specialize in information security. However, I want to clarify something. \"I have been - and alway...	[ "university", "computer-science", "undergraduate" ]
[ "Searching for a quotation manager", "I’m looking for a way to manage the text of the quotations that most certainly I will use (i.e. quote) in the future. I’m a philosopher, so this is specially handy —and even required— for the classical texts.\n\nI'm currently using Mendeley to manage my references, which is ...	[ "citations", "online-resource", "software", "reference-managers", "quotation" ]
[ "Can I publish research as \"working paper\" after journal submission?", "I am aware that (at least in the field of economics) typically one first publishes their research as a working paper and later on submits to journals. (Where \"later on\" could be as short as the same day.)\n\nIn our case it so happened tha...	[ "publications", "ethics", "paper-submission", "online-publication", "economics" ]
[ "My advisor is giving my idea to his new student, what should I do?", "Now I'm preparing for my thesis and have one article which is already published and my thesis has been developed from my previous work. \n\nFor my thesis, I derived a model based on the literature review, but suddenly my advisor gave my model...	[ "publications", "graduate-school", "advisor" ]
[ "How good of a conference can I realistically submit my first paper to? How can I figure out which conferences I'm good enough to submit to?", "I'm working on finishing up my thesis in wireless security and I'd like to publish the results of my work in a conference, obviously the best conference that I can realis...	[ "publications", "conference", "paper-submission" ]
[ "How do I know if a PhD is the right choice?", "I am graduating in September in Economics from a world top school and I am willing to go on studying to earn a PhD (in Economics). My Master program is very focused on quantitative skills and research and although professors say we would be able to work in any field...	[ "phd", "economics" ]
[ "Does a publication in a predatory journal negatively impact admissions decisions?", "I have published an original research paper in what was claimed by Beall's list to be a predatory journal. Considering the way they reviewed my paper, the corrections they gave me, and the many citations from typical research pa...	[ "publications", "journals", "disreputable-publishers" ]
[ "Collaborations as a postdoc", "I am a postdoc and would like to collaborate (proposal - yes) with a scientist in another country. He (the foreigner scientist) want to collaborate with me due to my subject expertise. As postdoc, I do not have a lab, so I had to talk to my supervisor. Even though she (supervisor) ...	[ "postdocs", "writing", "collaboration" ]
[ "How to find out if a conference submission deadline is likely to be extended?", "I am writing a paper for a conference. I have finished the paper, but I must review some experimental results and this requires some additional days.\n\nHow can I find out the probability that the submission deadline will be extende...	[ "conference", "paper-submission", "ieee", "deadlines" ]
[ "Journal does not tell me why they rejected my paper, even on request", "I submitted my paper to one of Springer’s journals seven months ago. One month ago I received a letter from the editor-in-chief:\n\n\n Following a review of the manuscript by the editorial\n board, we have regretfully decided not to consid...	[ "journals", "editors", "rejection" ]
[ "How to properly cite/include meeting discussion in a doctoral thesis?", "I am going to have a private meeting with an institution next month, and I would like to use what will be said there as a reference in my doctoral thesis.\n\nWhat would be the most appropriate way to do this?\n\nI thought about taking detai...	[ "citations" ]
[ "Statement of purpose: how important is correctness of grammar and punctuation?", "English is not my first language, and I am concerned that my statement of purpose might contain some grammatical and punctuation mistakes that neither Microsoft word nor I can see. What is the best way to overcome this problem, and...	[ "graduate-admissions", "united-states", "statement-of-purpose" ]
[ "Is it okay to send a paper to a journal as well as for conference", "Few months back I presented a paper in conference and sent the same for possible publication in the conference proceedings. I got no response for a long time and with the consent of my supervisor sent the same paper to a journal with some modif...	[ "publications", "journals", "ethics", "conference", "paper-submission" ]
[ "Are there usually interviews for postdoc positions?", "I applied for postdoc positions and I received a few interview offers. I thought not many institution have interview process for postdoc positions and they give offer only based on application material. Do I have false information?" ]	[ "postdocs", "interview" ]
[ "Graduate school admission with a degree in a different field", "Can I be admitted to graduate school in a different field from my degree? Specific cases include:\n\n\nIf I've taken plenty of advanced courses in field X in the process of completing a degree in another field, can I apply to graduate school in X?\...	[ "graduate-admissions", "application", "changing-fields" ]
[ "Why is research assistantship decoupled from masters/phd program?", "I have just been offered a spot in a 2-year full-time masters program at a university in the US. It is very research-focused with a requirement of only a few courses. In the admissions letter they also offer me a full research assistantship (RA...	[ "funding", "research-assistantship" ]
[ "Should I send unsolicited applications for postdoc positions?", "I am currently concluding my PhD in England and I’d like to do a postdoc preferably in the US or Canada. I’d like to know:\n\nDoes it make sense to contact the supervisors when I find an interesting project or should I only act upon explicit job ad...	[ "application", "united-states", "job-search", "postdocs", "canada" ]
[ "Waiting time for editor's decision", "I resubmitted a manuscript to a journal (listed in political science as well as in International Relations and Economics journal rankings). The editor's decision was minor revisions. The email says that after resubmitting, the final decision will be made by the editor's team...	[ "phd", "paper-submission", "editors" ]
[ "When transferring credits do I need permission from the \"leaving\" university?", "I did three years of my four year undergraduate degree in the UK. I want to do my final year at another university in another country (still in Europe). I contacted the university that I am interested in and after sending my acade...	[ "undergraduate", "transfer-student" ]
[ "Just started a postdoc, but it went REALLY bad, REALLY fast. Stay or go?", "I just started my 2-yr postdoc, but things have gone sour really fast. So, I really need some career advice as to what to do.\nOver several months, I did the interviews with the supervisor and the lab and things seems to be really great ...	[ "postdocs", "quitting" ]
[ "Can a PhD student write a letter of recommendation for coauthor/collaborator?", "My good friend and I coauthored a paper that was accepted at a major research conference. He works in industry and has now decided to apply for PhD programs. He asked that I write him a letter of recommendation because I am most f...	[ "phd", "graduate-admissions", "graduate-school", "recommendation-letter", "students" ]

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