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What title to put on a professional business card, for a person with a PhD
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Reference regarded as plagiarism
Awarded Jun 4, 2022 at 6:21
My students are leaving notes on exam about their difficulties and mental health. How to proceed?
Awarded Jun 3, 2022 at 20:34
As an editor, what to do when a referee recommends citing their own papers?
Awarded Jun 1, 2022 at 16:22
Does the new law "zur Stärkung der Berliner Wissenschaft" make postdocs in Berlin de facto permanent?
Awarded May 31, 2022 at 22:18
Opening / Closing prayer in the agenda at an academic conference - why?
Awarded May 31, 2022 at 21:51
What are the ethics involved in teaching my chair's child in my undergrad class?
Awarded May 31, 2022 at 16:10
My native language is English but I was raised in a different country, how do I prove my native language?
Awarded May 31, 2022 at 7:00
What is the smallest reasonable amount of time needed to prepare lectures?
Awarded May 26, 2022 at 10:47
PhD student pressured to fabricate data due to bad experiment design
Awarded May 24, 2022 at 20:16
Should I reveal my slides bit-by-bit when giving a presentation/lecture?
Awarded May 23, 2022 at 19:35
Would it violate copyright to retype a classic mathematics book from the 1960s using modern notation and uploading it online?
Awarded May 22, 2022 at 6:27
What contents should I put on my academic website?
Awarded May 20, 2022 at 0:27
Is it plagiarism if someone attends your talk and then writes a paper about your ideas?
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 20:02
Is it ethical to ask to see a letter of recommendation if the recommender is dead?
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 18:27
How can I deal with students that are too sensitive when they are wrong? Particularly when they answer simple questions incorrectly during class?
Awarded May 16, 2022 at 13:36
Fee for Recommendation letters?
Awarded May 15, 2022 at 5:17
Should recommendation letters mention a candidate's weaknesses?
Awarded May 13, 2022 at 1:34
Subtle (and not-so-subtle) humor in scientific literature
Awarded May 10, 2022 at 17:27
Help! I think I'm dealing with a predatory journal
Awarded May 5, 2022 at 4:10
Do academic libraries preserve the contents of books before selling them?
Awarded May 2, 2022 at 13:05
How can I finish my PhD in the next year when I don't have any interesting results yet?
Awarded Apr 29, 2022 at 15:05
Does anyone actually publish "structured proofs"?
Awarded Apr 29, 2022 at 11:46
Is it fair to not transliterate non-English sources in the bibliography?
Awarded Apr 26, 2022 at 1:22
Organization of a paper -- completely treat simple case first, remark on harder case after, or unify presentation?
Awarded Apr 22, 2022 at 21:08
Advisor refuses to let me get my Master’s after my thesis defense
Awarded Apr 21, 2022 at 8:11
Is it reasonable to have concerns about the recognition of Russian degrees given the war in Ukraine?
Awarded Apr 20, 2022 at 19:21
Working towards an academic career that lets me do research in two (largely) unconnected fields—is this even possible?
Awarded Apr 20, 2022 at 14:57
How to transfer or delete a Google Scholar profile from my own account?
Awarded Apr 18, 2022 at 8:36
Is it ethical to assign problem sets and not tell students which subset of problems will be graded?
Awarded Apr 15, 2022 at 7:03
Team member has done the work but won't write it up - what to do?
Awarded Apr 9, 2022 at 22:03
Is it ethical to deny someone co-authorship who had not had the chance to contribute to the text itself?
Awarded Apr 7, 2022 at 15:48
Where can I find a paper that has been cited multiple times but only ever appears as a citation?
Awarded Apr 7, 2022 at 7:16
Should I tell the editor I'm declining a review invitation because the authors are hostile about feedback?
Awarded Apr 5, 2022 at 13:22
Where can I publish a parody (but not hoax) paper with a serious message?
Awarded Apr 4, 2022 at 19:57
Why are high pass rates for courses considered acceptable in the US?
Awarded Mar 30, 2022 at 14:27
Why are low pass rates (below 50%) for exams considered acceptable in Germany?
Awarded Mar 30, 2022 at 13:22
What is the geographical location of Python (and other open-source software projects)?
Awarded Mar 25, 2022 at 21:56
Should I review papers according to my conviction about correct methodology or according to the usual methodology applied in published papers?
Awarded Mar 23, 2022 at 0:01
Microaggression in our group towards me
Awarded Mar 19, 2022 at 19:32
Student gives two different answers to one exam question, one right and one wrong. How should I mark/grade this?
Awarded Mar 17, 2022 at 13:32
What to do if a reviewer's question is nonsense
Awarded Mar 16, 2022 at 13:50
What to do if you are assigned to TA a course you are not qualified to teach?
Awarded Mar 16, 2022 at 9:18
How can I have productive meeting with a very prominent researcher?
Awarded Mar 12, 2022 at 16:36
Left academia for a job with a publishing company. Is it normal to feel guilty or "settled" about a decision? How to overcome the feeling?
Awarded Mar 10, 2022 at 14:58
My peers think I slept with my overly friendly TA - what do I do?
Awarded Mar 6, 2022 at 13:33
Is requesting to change US units to SI units reasonable?
Awarded Mar 6, 2022 at 13:33
Making office hours meetings more efficient as a faculty member
Awarded Mar 3, 2022 at 19:04
Is it ethical to get some help from Stack Exchange for my research as a PhD student?
Awarded Feb 24, 2022 at 9:03
Why does one need to be a certified teacher to teach at secondary level and lower, but not at tertiary level?
Awarded Feb 23, 2022 at 17:09
As session chair, how to politely end someone's presentation/conversation if over time?
Awarded Feb 23, 2022 at 14:01
Results that are too good to be true - peer review
Awarded Feb 21, 2022 at 12:26
Is it appropriate for professors to use the f*** word during lectures?
Awarded Feb 13, 2022 at 10:06
Mental health tips for transitioning from PhD to postdoc
Awarded Feb 11, 2022 at 15:22
UK faculty salaries are much lower than US – is there any upside?
Awarded Feb 10, 2022 at 15:19
My PhD advisor is proposing an unfashionable topic
Awarded Feb 6, 2022 at 20:10
Is it acceptable, as a Reviewer, to ask the Editor about another reviewer?
Awarded Feb 4, 2022 at 11:11
Article "communicated by"
Awarded Feb 3, 2022 at 18:18
What goes into a proper review of a paper?
Awarded Feb 2, 2022 at 17:25
ls it wrong to not have any research ambitions after PhD and postdoc experience?
Awarded Jan 31, 2022 at 18:06
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