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Is there any forum or FB group where people would exchange academic literature? [closed]
Does anyone know any forum, FB group or other platform where students from different univerisites would exchange academic literature available in their libraries?
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Abbreviating the middle-name in the future publications
I have seen some of the previous Q and A regarding this matter (i.e. here, here and here). However, none came close to my specific question that I am asking bellow.
I would like to publish under my ...
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Are there any research databases that accept submission of published articles?
My organisation is a research institute that publishes peer-reviewed research articles via its website. Further social media and digital communication channels are also utilised to extend the reach of ...
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How do I generate an Undergraduate Thesis worthy of publication?
Simply, what do you expect from a good bachelor's thesis?
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How to reference Source Code
I'm writing a paper on a technique which I have implemented in open source software. I'd like to reference the location of the open source software and the code I implemented for the technique so as ...
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Uploading supplementary material to figshare. How to refer to it before making it visible to the public?
My problem is the following: We want to upload supplementary material for bookchapters I'm editing. We have decided to use figshare.com for this. One advantage is that they supply all material with a ...
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Why do conferences and other academic events still mostly happen offline?
Despite the fact that most of the world is now connected with high-speed fiber and even phones can record 4k video, it seems to me that there is a large focus on offline events. Universities invite ...
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When should I register for an ORCID identifier?
I plan on starting my PhD in a few years. Is there any particular time that I should register for an ORCID identifier? Can I do it now (still an undergraduate student), or should I wait for acceptance ...
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ORCID and its QR-code on business card back cover as a researcher?
I am thinking to include my ORCID on my business card back cover as a researcher.
I wanna know if this is necessary or too much.
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Finding an internship - resources for a middle school student?
I am interested in the fields of mathematics, physics, and computer science (broad, I know) but if I had the ideal internship it would be in a quantum computing lab. Really, though, I'm looking for ...
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Is it good style to create http links in a B.Sc. project?
We are two students in computer science doing our term project for B.Sc. in computer science.
Now I wonder if it is alright or advisable to make inline hyperlinks in the report e.g.
We look at ...
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Why would a journal force me to register on ORCID?
I recently got a paper accepted as a co-author in a relatively good journal. Now that we are at the finalizing phase, I got an email prompting me to give my ORCID identifier and to create one if I don'...
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Can research rejected by journals has any chances being accepted if it is disseminated by the social media? [closed]
I know it may sound somewhat out-of-order (if not outright crazy) to suggest it, but has anybody tried to use sites like Mendeley or the arXiv or some "social media" where you can upload PDFs to ...
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What is the preferable way to share data?
Suppose there is data that you as an author of a journal article wants to share with the readership of the article (e.g. raw experimental data, code, gold standard / ground truth data).
What would be ...
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What to use as a identifier for researchers?
I am preparing the final document of my PhD and I would like to include some kind of identifier to my person – something like a DOI for people. My intention is to to make it easy for the readers of my ...
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Online Access of Journals [closed]
Recently I got myself enrolled in a PhD programme.
I want to know whether there is any website where one can get registered and get access to various different sites for journals like Jstor, Science ...
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Where am I supposed to report a broken DOI?
Where am I supposed to report a broken DOI? To https://www.doi.org/, to the DOI registration agency that issued the DOI, to whoever is responsible for the website to which the DOI points to, or to ...
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How do I find researchers to collaborate with online?
I am looking for researchers with whom I can collaborate online. Some ideas are hard to implement by one person. So, how can I find and cooperate with other research students from other universities ...
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What are your recommendations to organizing online streams of lectures? [closed]
What are the aspects you would recommend to pay attention to?
Specifically, we're organizing a seminar series, where we would also like to make the streams available online. It is not so important ...
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Getting ORCIDs by DOI
Is there a web service that retrieves all of the ORCIDs for the authors associated with a DOI? I've looked at crossref.org, but I can't seem to find information on how to do this with their service.
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How to Establish a Community-Scope Means of Sharing Code/Knowledge Across Labs?
In my field there has been a growing interest in establishing a means of sharing resources (i.e. software and technical knowledge) across labs. Currently, these resources are shared ad hoc, and as ...
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Should a professor give students a take-home exam when the answers might be available online?
A professor at a top USA university recently assigned a take-home exam for a masters-level computer science course. One of the questions was extremely difficult, but the answer was available online. ...
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What are the guidelines for using public datasets for publication?
Data are available publicly on several websites e.g. icpsr, databank, UK Data Archive. I am seeking guidelines, references and examples about using these open data for research. In other words, I want ...
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What is the proper method of citing from a video
I have been thinking for a while, some time especially nowadays, you want to cite some interview, documentary or any such material available online as a video or audio. For example I am writing about ...
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Why using ORCID iDs instead of DOIs to identify researchers?
DOIs are used to identified papers, presentations, datasets, programs, figures, audio files, video files, amongst other things. ORCID iDs are used to identify researchers.
Why using ORCID iDs instead ...
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List of open problems: pros and cons of making it public
I am currently a 4th-year PhD student in Theoretical Computer Science, expected to graduate next year.
Since I end up finding more questions I'd be interested in solving that time or brainpower to ...
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Are there universities/institutions which offers free (or almost) recognized degrees through online coursework?
I heard that using online resources, some of the top universities like MIT (Micromasters) and Harvard are offering free online courses and specializations.
I wonder if there are institutions that ...
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How do I add my ORCID to papers authored by myself?
I have a few papers that have already been accepted and published.
I recently signed up for an ORCID.
Is is possible to add my ORCID to these already published papers,
and if so, how do I do this?
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Online "database" for mathematical conferences?
I am about to start applying for Ph.D programs (mathematics), and while compiling my CV, comparing it with many examples avaliable across the internet, I noticed that almost everyone attended one or ...
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How should you cite dead urls in a thesis?
I am currently writing a thesis. In the related work part I am discussing a paper from a few years ago. The paper presents several web applications which were available back then. Hence, these ...
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Finding conferences in subject area (Medical Informatics)
I am struggling to find conferences in my subject area, preferably in Western Europe. My supervisor tends to be otherwise very busy and is poor at actually providing this information in practice.
My ...
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Publish own work online, ethics and platform
My question is similar to this. If someone wants to publish his work in the medical field, for free but without a review process, how is this seen by the academic world? Are there any online services ...
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Using materials from a CC-BY-licensed poster with logos
I would like to borrow a figure (likely as is) and/or a stylized table (likely adapted) to use in a survey research paper, to which I'm contributing my part(s) as one of co-authors (those materials ...
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Is it ok to share a a client's dataset on github, along with my code?
EDIT: I originally tried to make the context as brief as possible, but I may have overdone it.
Context
I'm starting to put some data analysis I'm asked to do on Github, and licensing all my work (...
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When should a source be marked as available online?
Short background: I'm a first year undergrad student and one of our study untis aims to educate us on academic reading and writing, including citation styles. Our Faculty requested we use the IEEE ...
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How important is seeing the face of the instructor?
So, I am yet to make up my mind on which is a superior mode of teaching in flipped classroom videos:
Khan academy type model where you see slides or a digital drawing board and only listen to the ...
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Europe: Central Academic CS Job Market Service like CRA?
When searching for faculty positions in CS, I find the service http://cra.org/ads/ very useful. There you can find many job ads from North America based institutions. Is there any similar service for ...
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Good books/resource on mathematical writing
I am a freshly graduated Ph.D. I want to improve further my mathematical writing (in English, if this matters).
I am looking for books/resource that address good mathematical writing. I can find some ...
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Sources of academic salary information?
What are some useful sources for investigating common salary ranges for academics? This would be especially useful if it can be broken down by region, school type, position, and/ or institution.
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Collaborative development of teaching materials and assessments
I have been teaching for 10 years. During this time I have also been developing and contributing to open source software. The collaborative nature of open source projects and scientific research has ...
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How does ORCID work?
Will the ORCID appear in the article people write? I could not find an article in which ORCID was included. Can somebody point out some examples if there are any?
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Master's Thesis - using wikipedia contents in application
I'm writing a mobile application which will be part of my master's thesis. In my application I'm using contents from the wikipedia (small fragments of articles and pictures) to present my solution on ...
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Handwritten keys and ADA compliance
I'm a Math professor. I teach a face-to-face calculus course, and I'm in the habit of distributing handwritten quiz keys online.
I'm informed by a colleague that she believes that this style of ...
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Is it legal in the US for a student to download a copy of a textbook, to study?
(this is coming out of a comment thread regarding this question.)
The USA has a Fair Use legal provision restricting its copyright law:
17 U.S.C. § 107
Notwithstanding the provisions of ...
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Perennial link to a research article
For convenience, I often want to give a link to a research article in addition to the citation. I am mostly look for the following two properties:
the link should be valid as long as possible
the ...
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Is it possible to use Reddit as a source?
For a writing assignment, I'm doing some research on my topic (CalgaryNEXT). Most sites I've seen report generally the same ideas and the same stats. Then I found this post of someone who attended a ...
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How to cite a complex web-based resource?
I want to cite the IUPAC Compendium of of Chemical Terminology - Gold Book in ACS reference style (American Chemical Society). This resource is not just a web page and the ACS reference guide doesn't ...
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Resources to improve presentation skills [closed]
I will defend my thesis soon. It would be great if someone could suggest me any good course or resource to improve my skills.
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How to advertise a paper to increase citations?
Of course, the best way to improve citations is to write good papers which presents sound, interesting, and important results.
However, assuming that one has a nice paper published in an important ...
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Search for a WYSIWYG, non-latex Online collaborative paper writing Tool
Is there a tool that is
WYSIWYG and not latex (in fact any coding) base
online (for ease of collaboration)
Can write math equation
Does line numbering
Does equation numbering
Google Doc is perfect ...
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