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Is it common to refer to someone as “Prof. Dr. [LastName]”?

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education

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Preprint Best Practices in Computer Science

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References must be cited vs. need not be cited

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Dependence of EU universities on external funding

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Identical projects by students at two different colleges: still plagiarism?

university plagiarism

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copyright

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Most efficient way of developing a comprehensive understanding of a field

learning

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Should I expect to be paid for post-graduation research?

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Plagiarism from preprint of paper (from the Arxiv)

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Student accused of Plagarism

plagiarism

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Prof disagrees with assigned textbook regarding an exam question

professors books exams

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Automatically checking retracted papers in bibliography

citations programming retraction

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Should I leave my “first” job for a PhD student position?

phd graduate-admissions job

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How should multiple anticipated degrees be listed on the CV?

cv

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Citations missing in Google Scholar profile [on hold]

google-scholar

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Knowing when the code is good enough, for research

code

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Taking an academic pseudonym?

personal-name

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Rejection of papers after a long time [on hold]

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What to do when advisor does not want to work together?

phd advisor

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Postdoc vs Assistant Prof - which is better for a career academic?

postdocs tenure-track biology medicine

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Regular issues per volume means? [on hold]

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How should I fill the “First name” and “Last name” in an application if I have two given names and two last names?

application research-undergraduate formatting personal-name

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Difference between a letter/short article and a full length article?

publications journals mathematics

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Found a major flaw in paper from home university – to which I would like to return

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whether to send a follow-up email asking for research internship

professors email internship

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Summer research opportunities for undergraduates [on hold]

undergraduate research-undergraduate

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