Questions/discussions related to acknowledging the contribution to an academic publication and/or grants or funding.
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On the use of grant funds for extracurricular research
While reading the PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH section of some completed NSF award abstracts, I expected to find papers only within the limited scope of the goals of the ...
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Acknowledging a reviewer from a journal from which the paper was rejected
My paper was rejected from a journal. However, remarks of one of the reviewers were useful, and I incorporated them into the next version of the paper.
Is there a general pattern of acknowledging ...
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Position and prominence of 'Acknowledgements' in a publication
What is the appropiate position for the 'Acknowledgements' in a paper? Are there policies by (mathematical) journals where to put them?
Furthermore, is it common to make acknowledgements a \paragraph ...
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How to acknowledge funding
This question expands a bit on my previous one Acknowledging funding.
I am unsure how to write proper acknowledgments at the end of a research paper. The wording that I read most often is Author XY ...
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What is proper acknowledgment for figure authorship in a book chapter?
A senior researcher, with whom I worked a few years ago, is writing a book chapter. He contacted me to ask what was the latest work of our group on the topic of his chapter. I gave him a few links to ...
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Should honorifics be included in acknowledgments?
In the “acknowledgments” section at the end of a paper, I currently have a sentence saying:
The authors thank Bob Johnson for discussions and insightful comments
However, I wonder: Bob’s full ...
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What are the strategies for getting feedback on articles?
As an academic, one has to publish. Often, an article is drafted, and you need feedback of a colleague. I see that quite often some perspective articles are often written by long-term collaborating ...
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In a thesis, which comes first - Abstract or Acknowledgements?
I am writing my masters thesis now. I saw some theses with the acknowledgement chapter after the abstract, in other cases it's the other way around.
I think the acknowledgement chapter is not related ...
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Should writers give credit to reference librarians?
The reference librarians at my school are often very helpful. If I tell them my topic, they will help me find many resources which I might not have otherwise found and generally tend to save me a lot ...
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Should I include a publication where I'm only acknowledged (and not one of the authors) in my CV?
Suppose that I've helped other researchers with the statistical analyses for an epidemiological study and therefore I am acknowledged for that in the "Acknowledgments" section of the paper (something ...
