Timeline for Is it okay to put up a submitted paper and a paper which is about to be submitted on Academia.edu?
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| Nov 9, 2013 at 5:17 | comment | added | Mars | If you can't get it in front of them, then I think it's fine to make it available on the web. I personally like the idea of a private link (although putting it in a public place does have the advantage that people evaluating you can find it even if they lose track of the link). | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 5:13 | comment | added | anon. computer scientist | @Mars They do ask for a statement of purpose and I would be writing about these there. But not all them allow us to submit additional materials like papers or other writing samples with applications. And those are the places because of which I just wanted to put it online. In fact someone suggested me another idea - to make a simple webpage on dropbox and put the papers there. That way it would be known to only those to whom I give the link. Any opinion on that? | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 5:11 | comment | added | Mars | Sorry, I forgot that you're applying for a slot in a graduate program rather than a job. But the general principle is the same. | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 5:05 | comment | added | Mars | Don't the job ads ask you to send a writing sample? If not, would it be OK, in your situation, to send it with your application, anyway? That way, if someone looks at your materials, the paper is right there. They don't have to go looking for it on the web. I can tell you that when someone is plowing through dozens of applications, whether printed or in front of them on a computer, they may not want to go looking around at academia.edu or anywhere else. Maybe there won't be many applications competing with yours, but if there are, try to make it easy for the people reading them. | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 4:59 | comment | added | anon. computer scientist | first of all thanks for the reply :) Although it's true that I might end up embarrassing myself, my adviser thinks that it is good idea to submit it somewhere and so we plan to do it in a few days time. But in the meantime I just wanted to put this up (at least the first draft) so that admission committees might be convinced that I'm just not boasting when I say that "I want to pursue research". One more reason is that I just thought doing so might increase my chances of getting in. | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 4:43 | comment | added | Mars | It's not just that. You may think the paper is ready for everyone to see when it's not. | |
| Nov 9, 2013 at 3:15 | comment | added | JeffE | Are you sure that you want everyone in the world seeing your paper now? — If the answer is "no", the paper is not ready to submit. | |
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| Nov 8, 2013 at 22:48 | history | answered | Mars | CC BY-SA 3.0 |