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Why are academics not paid royalties on published research papers in IEEE, ACM etc.? [closed]
I understand that academics are not paid a single dime on their publications. In my field (computer science), IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier are some known journals/publications and none of them pay ...
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Are reviewers impressed by a quick response to a request to revise and resubmit?
My colleagues believe that if you submit your manuscript revisions quickly, reviewers will be impressed by your confidence about the issues raised.
However, I think that a quick response is not ...
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"Expect" Nature publication for PhD?
EDIT: Original title was "Guarantee" Nature
publication for PhD?
I am currently applying as a PhD student in a group at the intersection of experimental physics and engineering in a rather ...
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Cumulative Thesis/Dissertation
I am writing my PhD thesis now and my supervisor said it can be in the cumulative way because I've got enough papers, 3 in sum. So now I look for publisher permission to reprint the papers. My ...
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Does a master's research project (not a thesis) count as a "publication" for PhD applications?
My master's in mathematical finance doesn't have a "thesis" exactly, but it has a research project where we helped a bank develop a model to help with credit risk by identifying which variables were ...
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Is it worth submitting papers to "graduate" peer-reviewed journals?
I am a first year PhD student in the social sciences at a Canadian institution, and I'm wondering whether it's worth submitting a paper to a "graduate" peer-reviewed journal. This would be my first ...
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How to publish my PhD as a monograph when examiners are unable to oversee the process?
Before my viva (as they call it in the UK) one of my supervisors strongly hinted that one of my examiners would likely be interested in supervising me with the writing of a monograph. Three months ...
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