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Technology for redesign of a math seminar room
Awarded Nov 1, 2022 at 14:07
When should a PhD student be removed as first author?
Awarded Oct 31, 2022 at 14:26
Mentor trying to be first author?
Awarded Oct 29, 2022 at 9:32
I want to cite a theorem from a book written by influential scientists. However the theorem is not proven in the book. Should I add a proof of my own?
Awarded Oct 27, 2022 at 7:07
Why are there dollar amounts listed near the copyright information for journal articles?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 11:06
Should I tell my advisor my fiance left me?
Awarded Oct 22, 2022 at 23:07
Leaving academia to join company's R&D department - How to deal with not publishing anymore, losing the cutting-edge knowledge and decreasing h-index?
Awarded Oct 20, 2022 at 16:28
What can the community do about serial fraud by a conference attendee?
Awarded Oct 20, 2022 at 15:33
Post-publication "marketing". Is it necessary?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 13:51
Advisor's paper fundamentally flawed, what do I do?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 12:10
Does becoming good at scientific research force one to become one dimensional?
Awarded Oct 16, 2022 at 3:27
What is 'Diamond' Open Access?
Awarded Oct 13, 2022 at 23:52
Should I give full credit for a correct answer different from the expected one to an exam question?
Awarded Oct 7, 2022 at 1:05
For what reasons might a full professor lose tenure?
Awarded Oct 6, 2022 at 18:26
Did my professor refuse to write me a letter of recommendation? (in Germany)
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 19:35
How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in Country X?
Awarded Oct 2, 2022 at 8:21
How important is networking at conferences really?
Awarded Sep 25, 2022 at 18:18
PhD in a probably hopeless research project
Awarded Sep 22, 2022 at 23:42
Is it possible to complete a Master's degree while working full-time?
Awarded Sep 18, 2022 at 17:17
Is there a rule to rather use points and not commas as decimal separators in academic writing?
Awarded Sep 16, 2022 at 20:48
Why do academics have to get their own grants?
Awarded Sep 15, 2022 at 13:07
What to do with authors who ignore all the criticisms and suggestions from reviewers?
Awarded Sep 14, 2022 at 15:48
Where should citations be placed relative to punctuation (e.g., full stops and commas)?
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 20:09
Being TA for abusive professor
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 1:40
Should I cite the paper from which I got the research question in my own paper?
Awarded Sep 12, 2022 at 15:03
Is it normal to reject a paper due to a large amount of ambiguity and lexical errors instead of recommending a major revision?
Awarded Sep 9, 2022 at 16:31
What should I do if a paper's theoretical justification isn't right, but the method based on that justification works?
Awarded Sep 8, 2022 at 15:56
Should a conjecture's author be notified before a disproof is posted?
Awarded Sep 7, 2022 at 18:32
How to put 14-year Ph.D. on C.V.?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 20:03
When can I safely use CC-BY license on arXiv?
Awarded Aug 31, 2022 at 0:21
Supervisor advised me to quit late in my PhD
Awarded Aug 30, 2022 at 20:41
What to do if one reviewer asks to delete and another asks to add more details to a proof?
Awarded Aug 30, 2022 at 15:03
Can exam questions be removed for being too difficult after students have sat the exam?
Awarded Aug 30, 2022 at 6:05
Why do people generally do postdoc?
Awarded Aug 27, 2022 at 13:25
I witnessed massive cases of corruption and cheating in my university. Now what?
Awarded Aug 26, 2022 at 1:10
My supervisor wants me to sign an acknowledgement that I will not be listed as an author after I graduate. Can authorship be signed away like this?
Awarded Aug 25, 2022 at 9:36
What can grad chairs/departments do to help senior PhD students under a toxic advisor?
Awarded Aug 24, 2022 at 3:57
Is it common for an undergraduate thesis in pure mathematics to prove something new?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 14:57
Is education in Europe really this cheap?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 14:57
Why are US PhDs different from European PhDs?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 14:57
Student keeps asking about attendance policy
Awarded Aug 18, 2022 at 14:50
How should I politely address an email to two professors, one who holds a PhD and one who does not?
Awarded Aug 18, 2022 at 13:56
Ethics of scraping "public" data sources to obtain email addresses
Awarded Aug 17, 2022 at 17:21
Patching things up with advisor? He has been avoiding me since I found a simple answer to a problem he thought would be challenging
Awarded Aug 15, 2022 at 18:40
Math paper with no "Conclusions"
Awarded Aug 9, 2022 at 15:50
Is it ethically justifiable to conceal a fatal conceptual flaw in a thesis to avoid an unaffordable 2-year setback if the flaw is the advisor's fault?
Awarded Aug 5, 2022 at 18:50
Is it appropriate to ask to be delisted from department webpage?
Awarded Aug 4, 2022 at 21:46
How to tell reviewers that I can't update my results
Awarded Jul 28, 2022 at 17:05
What should I do when someone publishes a paper based on results I already posted on the internet?
Awarded Jul 20, 2022 at 16:25
Is it good courtesy to reply and express gratitude to an editor's long letter of rejection?
Awarded Jul 16, 2022 at 9:17
Are postdoctoral scholars considered students or researchers in other countries?
Awarded Jul 15, 2022 at 12:55
Conflicted about performing joint research with individuals from an enemy country
Awarded Jul 6, 2022 at 17:40
I just realized that my published papers are based on a buggy version of my dataset (due to a SQL error). How to proceed? How to tell my advisor?
Awarded Jul 6, 2022 at 14:16
Is it ethical to make an anonymous referee realize we know who he is?
Awarded Jul 6, 2022 at 2:25
What are the ethics of reviewing a paper, spotting issues, not raising them in the review, and then trying to publish a paper on the issues?
Awarded Jul 3, 2022 at 23:04
How can I recover the lost time in my career?
Awarded Jun 28, 2022 at 13:08
My supervisor is too involved, what should I do?
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 7:36
What is the long-term professional status of a spousal hire?
Awarded Jun 23, 2022 at 10:16
What good is my paper if the code is not open source?
Awarded Jun 21, 2022 at 9:33
Is it unethical for nursing school assignments to require students private medical information?
Awarded Jun 21, 2022 at 5:46
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