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42 questions linked to/from Does one need to be affiliated with a university to publish papers?
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Is it possible to do research in theoretical physics without going to college? [duplicate]
If one doesn't visit university/college and doesn't even take any courses in theoretical physics and learns PhD-level physics from other resources without stepping foot in college or university; Would ...
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How to submit an article (for example, on arXiv) without being affiliated to any institution? [duplicate]
The core of the problem is already in the title but I feel as i should add some more details.
I was doing some mathematics and, if there are no logical flaws or mistakes of any other nature (it seems ...
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If I am "homeless" researcher, where can I get affiliation? [duplicate]
I cannot attend any western university right now. I can relocate in future.
But I already have article which will soon go into publishing process. So affiliation could be useful right now.
I do not ...
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What should one do if they've discovered a "breakthrough" but lack academia credentials? [duplicate]
Let's assume someone has a very thorough knowledge of a particular field of science but they have absolutely no formal education in this background.
This individual one day realizes a very novel ...
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What are the steps and resources I can use to publish a math paper? [duplicate]
I've spent years writing a math paper I call "A study of Pythagorean Triples" and I would like to publish. I've written and re-written for accuracy and clarity and I ported it from Word to TexShop ...
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How do i advance my research career and publish papers without university affiliation? [duplicate]
I am a recent masters grad from a US institution as a foreign student. As of now I have no university affiliation. My work as a grad student was mainly research oriented. Hence now looking for a job ...
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Can I publish a paper in a good journal without having an academic position? [duplicate]
This community is introduced by a friend of mine about a week ago and I hope I can write my questions clearly (English is not my first language and I normally have poor communication skills...)
My ...
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can an unemployed person publish an article [duplicate]
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what is legally needed to be able to publish an article, in respect to the person submitting the article?
does he/she/it (it for computers) need to be employed by some particular entity or ...
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How important academic affiliation really is for getting published in a reputable journal? [duplicate]
More specifically how likely it is for me to get published as an independent researcher working as hard as an affiliated researcher? How much difference does it really make?
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Seeking to pursue research project independently (outside of academia) [duplicate]
Hello Academia Community,
I hold a PhD and would like to pursue a research project independent of an university (outside of academia on my own or in collaboration with other researchers). First of ...
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Independent research [duplicate]
I'm considering taking up freelance journalism full-time, while also hoping to publish research on cultural studies in established journals. I have been published on a research website before, and ...
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Is an institution or a supervisor necessary to make a submission? [duplicate]
I am a motivated student and I had a well running project with a nice exposé presentation at a conference. I could do some more work on this and publish further papers, but eventually I would like to ...
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Publishing as an independent researcher [duplicate]
Could I submit a (Math) paper in a journal (i.e. ArXiv or Annals of mathematics) as an independent researcher (not associated with any university)?
What is the process to submit a paper without ...
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Publishing with a master's degree and no academic affiliation? [duplicate]
Currently I am finishing a master's degree in linguistics. I was accepted for a Ph.D at my university, but I decided not to do it in the end. I love my research and my field, but I don't see myself as ...
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Is it more difficult to publish in a journal when not affiliated with an institution? [duplicate]
Can one generally expect it to be more difficult to publish in a journal when one is not affiliated with an institution? I like the idea of being an independent researcher at some point in the future, ...
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Publishing a scientific article without being a student or a researcher [duplicate]
From what I got to see during my research internship, research master's students, PhD students and researchers, when they do some decent research work or project, they sometimes send a scientific ...
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Do I need a university affiliation to conduct and publish research? [duplicate]
I earned a master's degree in education from a respected US university about ten years ago. I completed a simple study with human subjects for my thesis. It was approved and well-received by my ...
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How to become a peer-reviewer?
I am in an interesting situation, I have a masters degree in electrical engineering but have been working as a software engineer for about 10 years. I have a lot of interest in doing peer reviews and ...
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How can I secure a solo-authored paper as a PhD student, while working with a supervisor who has reputation of forcing coauthorship?
My supervisor has a bad reputation of forcing their name on papers at the final stage of research. The advisor is literally contributing zero or close to zero to my project, nothing more than- or ...
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Is it possible take take part in a research project if I'm not a part of a university?
I graduated with a Masters of Engineering, concentrating in digital signal processing, in particular medical and audio, almost two years ago. I've always been interested in research, but due to ...
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Why don't journal publishers ask for proof of affiliation?
It seems like journal publishers do not require credentials for proof of your affiliation and identity. There are many places where such credentials are important, but even the most popular journal ...
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Can I perform psychological experiments at home and be taken seriously?
I've just finished my under-graduation in psychology in my country and I'm very motivated to start publishing and making my own experiments.
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How do I go about publishing a paper without a university affiliation?
I graduated with a B.S. degree and I have been working in industry for a few years as a software engineer. I am very interested in reinforcement learning, a sub-field of machine learning, and I am ...
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What to put in "affiliation" field when submitting paper without affiliation?
Recently my paper is reviewed (by a professor from independent third party) and accepted by a journal. But, my employer allows me to publish this paper only without its name there.
Publishing house ...
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Does it look odd not to acknowledge any funding in a paper?
Speaking pragmatically, does it look odd or amateurish to write "this work was not supported by any funding" or something like that on a paper? Would it seem to suggest the author is, as I ...
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I have a proof of a result in number theory, shorter than the existing proofs. Can such results be published and how? [duplicate]
Actually I'm proving that ∀n∃p∈P|n<p<en. Which is a result similar to Bertrand's Postulate, but with a shorter proof. Should I publish my result? If so, as I'm not affiliated with any Research ...
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Are journals biased towards more famous authors? [closed]
Say you are an independent researcher, with no affiliation and no famous co-author. Assume that you have authored a paper, which you believe is decently written and reports a method that is at least ...
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Am I naive to think I can focus on professional programming and still be active in the field of CS as a whole?
I am working full time currently as a programmer in a summer internship. In the fall I will be continuing school and working part-time as a programmer.
I believe that I want to be a professional ...
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If I have a PhD in computer science, could I contribute to philosophical outlets or would I need a philosophy PhD to do that?
In the future, I'm planning to pursue a PhD in computer science. Alongside making technical contributions to the field of computer science (artificial intelligence in particular), I'd like to give my ...
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What's the best ways to continue publishing while in hiding?
Asking on behalf of a friend's relative to maximize anonymity.
(Most details are left out to protect the identity of this person, and I was also not given much detail to begin with.)
Dr. X is an early ...
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How to get recognition of research as an independent autodidact?
I have done my own research independently from any academic institution. The theses are mainly biochemical, and aquaculture. I would like to have the work peer reviewed.
I tried to use researchgate....
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
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Can I do experiments on humans without a degree?
I have several ideas for research that I believe would advance our understanding of psychological priming. It won't involve anything extreme - just reading non-offensive words on a screen.
But I ...
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I have no academic affiliation and wrote a research paper in math - how do I publish it and get paid for the work I did? [closed]
I am an independent researcher (no academic affiliation).
If I submit a mathematical research paper to a journal or conference, how do I get any subsidies, grants, or funds for this work? Are you ...
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Is it fine to use a startup as an affiliation?
My situation: I have finished university more than 10 years ago. I work for company X. I also own a small startup company called Y (no employees). I am in the process of publishing a paper and I was ...
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Creating a virtual institute
I have been toying with the idea of becoming an independent researcher, raising money by working very long/hard hours for a year, then taking a year off for solely for research. This would be ...
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Can I write publications if I don't have co-authors?
I'm currently studying a BSc so I'm not fully involved in academia yet. I'd still like to write some publications and have them peer-reviewed about specific subjects.
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New author, independent research, scope of publishing
I have done my masters in Computer Science, but did not receive much support in the masters program to get the final project published. I am presently working as a software developer in the industry ...
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How can a non-professional researcher get to test ideas experimentally?
I'm not professional scientist. I work a normal job and don't make my living out of science. In fact I have never gained any money by doing science. However, I have my scientific ideas, I browse ...
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When is it okay to publish when doing enterprise?
I completed my PhD last year and now work in industry. Nevertheless I've continued to work privately on my MSc and PhD thesis' work and lately I've been getting stellar results on the work I did for ...
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Scientific Research Publishing - Unspoken Rules [closed]
I would like to know more about some (unspoken) rules in scientific research publishing. More precisely, i am interested in computer science field.
Can someone expect his papers to be published in ...
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How can I enter name as author(even after work)in a govt level research without affiliation with an institution? [duplicate]
This question is particularly aimed to target researchers with many years experience in this field.I have done bachelors in Bioinformatics and got an unofficial/voluntary opportunity to work with ...
