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Is it common to make seniority distinctions between coauthors of a paper in math?

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Is it unethical writing two papers addressing two aspects of the same research project

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Pagebreak within tables of scientific articles

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Will it be difficult to get a PhD position if the economy enters into a recession?

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Progress to Ph.D. delayed due to COVID-19: How to convince advisor to let me finish degree without taking an extra year?

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When are there reasons to cite more or fewer sources?

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