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Potential Plagiarism of Published Papers when writing Survey Paper

I am in the process of writing a survey paper, and found one conference publication A that I will cite. Additionally, I found a journal publication B that I almost would have included in the survey, ...
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Why are most of the researchers at the university or similar centers?

We live in very comfortable times (more or less). Nowadays communication between people from different parts of the world is very easy. In addition, many people are born into wealthy families, so they ...
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Coauthor ghosted me after paper rejection

I'm early in my career (undergrad in US) and I coauthored a paper with a graduate student. The paper is not groundbreaking by any stretch of the imagination, but it is my first publishable(?) research ...
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Having a paper in which the research question is not clear

As a young researcher in economics, I have already published 3 papers in decent journals. Is it sometimes normal to write a paper in which the research question is not clear at all, the motivation is ...
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Tool to distinguish the paper citation by type

I was always interested in whether there is any tool that allows you not only to count the citations of your paper (e.g. Google Scholar) but also distinguish the citations by their quality or by how ...
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How do you call the small numbers close to coauthors in an article?

In a scientific paper, how do you call the small numbers or symbols close to coauthor names that link to their institutions or e-mail addresses, etc.? Do you call them "calls"....? I don't ...
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Is it worth pointing out missed works in already published papers?

I have come across several works that omitted the citation of relevant related literature, but clearly are camera-ready versions already accepted/presented at a conference or journal. Of course, due ...
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Why is my arXiv paper not generating an arXiv watermark?

The paper I submitted was automatically processed by arXiv without a watermark. All other normal papers have the arXiv watermark on the left side of the first page.
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I see these types of plots a lot in older publications. What software/method is used to make this plot? [duplicate]

Anyone know what software or method is used to make these classic black and white publication figures with all caps axis labels and typically a gridded background? Just curious because I have seen ...
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Does the superseded version of a paper establish priority?

Last year a group of authors put online a paper, titled "XYZ". The paper "XYZ" contain part I and part II. Later the authors deleted the old file. They published a new paper called ...
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Is it safe to publish research papers in cooperation with Russian academics?

I am asking the question in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war. Is it safe to publish research papers in cooperation with Russian academics from Russia in terms of future careers? I mean, ...
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Unequal co-authorship (law review)

I am a lawyer/practitioner (not in academia) and have a law review article of legal scholarship. The article was originally a joint venture with someone who left and abandoned the project, but did ...
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Google Scholar mixes all OR-operators to one single OR-condition [closed]

I want to use and compare the results of the three different databases: Web of Science (WoS), Scopus and Google Scholar WoS and Scopus can be searched pretty clearly using boolean operators and their ...
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Writing lit review for publication in a good journal: what to do about papers published in dubious journals?

I'm publishing in a field related to applied linguistics, and I'm making use of a new theoretical framework which has been used only in 4 published articles. 1 of those articles was published in an in-...
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Does publishing medical case reports qualify you as a researcher or just as an author?

I started writing medical content in 2021. Before that, I had never published (or attempted to publish) anything related to medical content. Since then, I have published around 40-50 manuscripts, out ...
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Need clarification on the status of my manuscript in ScholarOne [duplicate]

I recently submitted a manuscript to a journal using the ScholarOne submission system. After the second round of review, the editor provided some minor language revisions, and all three reviewers had ...
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About Consent for publishing in conference

I'm a first year PhD student. I never have any record of publication or conference paper before. In my PhD, I worked as a coauthor for the post doctoral fellow's paper. My post doc work 24x7 sundays ...
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Who pays publication costs after moving positions to different university?

I just finished my PhD and I have just started my PostDoc position in another university. I have 2 remaining publications resulting from my PhD thesis that need to get published, that I have written ...
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Why would author contribution statements for conferences be (un)reasonable?

Slightly different from and generalising on interesting discussions like that one, I wonder whether the increasingly widespread practice of including author contribution statements in many CS ...
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How to find the right audience for controversial, interdisciplinary research to get published?

In the context of research in topics subject to controversy, what strategies are there for getting it published? A dutch cardiologist suggests that such research is difficult to get published. He ...
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How should fair credit assignment work in this situation?

Person A suggested to person B that they implement a certain existing methodology, X, to solve problem Y. And offered to lead by advising while B be the driving force. Now B found another key question ...
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Mathematics paper in arXiv general math section

When does a math research paper get uploaded into arXiv math.GM, the general mathematics section? I have seen some papers in math.GM claiming to have solved some open problem (which are obviously ...
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What is the main general education goal for a student in a PhD program?

I've always viewed PhD programs as having the primary objective of teaching students how to do research. However, to be competitive for tenure track research positions after finishing a PhD, it's ...
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About Hindawi Publishing Group and its merging with Wiley

For a long time, Hindawi journals had a semi-good reputation in my field. Many Hindawi journals used to be on Beall's list in the past. With the merging with Wiley, however, Hindawi now also falls ...
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Arxiv did not accept my submission after being "on hold"

I work in the field of Mechanics of Materials and my scientific papers are mostly about modeling. I have some preprints deposited on arxiv but I never submitted a preprint myself. This time, I did the ...
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Which PhD position I should accept? [duplicate]

I am finishing my master's degree and got 2 PhD offers, one of them in ivy league school but in a lab doing applied science with no molecular biology and the second in a university ranked 120 in the ...
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How to properly list your papers that were "published" in a symposium proceedings?

I was recently listed as an author on some papers that my PI submitted to the ASNE Technology, Systems, and Ships Symposium: see here. It says that the papers submitted to the event will be published ...
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JPG vs PNG vs SVG for plots in publication [closed]

I have generated some basic scatter and line plots that I want to embed in my paper. I am using matplotlib, which gives me flexibility over the format exported. I like the SVG approach for its ...
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Publishing a master's thesis

A master's student in the department of mathematics that I work in has recently finished his master's thesis, on a topic that is well represented in the literature. There are several books and surveys ...
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As a PhD student in computer architecture/eda field, how can I improve my coding ability to work on a large code base and stop procrastinating

I'm currently a 2nd year PhD student in computer architecture field. I've taken some CS classes, but I'm not very confident with my coding skills, especially when dealing with open-ended large ...
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Withdrawing a paper after acceptance modulo revisions?

I have seen the questions here and here, but my reasons for wishing to withdraw are utterly different than theirs, so I don't think they're especially relevant. I work in mathematics, say in field A. ...
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Review invitation of an article that overly cites me and the journal

I was invited to review a paper for a well-known SAGE Journal in my field. The editor of the journal invited me specifying that “I was highly recommended as a reviewer” by the authors. The review is ...
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Adding new experiment in results and discussion section

I'm writing a paper and found some straightforward additional things to do based on what I wrote in the Results and Discussion section. I want to add a new experiment based on the findings and I am ...
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What to do if a book is in peer review for 9 months without a decision?

If a book (full-text research monograph) has been under peer review for 9 months and there is still no decision, what should I do? Would it be counterproductive to press the editor to make a decision?
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Advisor never included me in their research

I am a current 4th year Ph.D. student in social science. In my first year, my advisor asked me to focus on my courses so I did no research even though I wanted to. In my second year, I proposed my own ...
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I discover a misplaced label in a figure after proof editing, but before publishing. Worth contacting the publishing group?

I have an article accepted in a journal. I have already submitted the final corrections to the publishing group, but the article is not yet published (We have not paid the publication fee yet). I have ...
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When is the right time to start publishing as a single author?

Background: Consider a postdoc P in the field of natural sciences. P has completed her PhD rather recently and is lucky enough to be in a group where she has a lot of independence. P gets to decide ...
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Authorship on commentary based on my PhD work

I published my first author papers in 2021 and 2022. My supervisor wants to write a commentary on my Ph.D. work and she will be the first author and corresponding author of that commentary inside ...
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Should my advisor be an author when I found the research question and answered it?

My master's advisor proposed to me a research point that was already published. I found another question, modified the methodology, and got new results, and I am planning to publish the work. He didn'...
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Should I inquire about an update 12 days after appealing rejection of a paper

It is 12 days since the editor-in-chief told me our appeal against a publication rejection is "currently being processed". I have received no further information. Should I inquire for an ...
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Can I submit articles in top math journals from my master's thesis (after the defense)?

I am writing my master's thesis and my advisor is taking the total hands-off approach (I am mentioning that because I am still waiting to hear his feedback on the work when he reads it). He wants me ...
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How to list publication in special issue dedicated to a conference in a CV?

I have presented in conferences A and B. The work presented in A is published in the conference proceedings (in case it is relevant, it is indexed by IEEE), and the work presented in B is published in ...
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Why are there such low rates of acceptance in AI/ML conferences?

I come from a signal processing background and I have even published in a signal processing conference with a PhD student when I was an intern, therefore, the publication process isn't unknown to me. ...
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What to do if a special case of a theorem is published

I published a paper in a reputable journal in 2021 December. I had proved a conjecture. Today I discovered that another author published a special case of the conjecture and published it, in another ...
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How many publications are required to get a postdoc in plant science? [closed]

It is my humble question to all of you: how many publications are required to get a postdoc in plant science? I have seen researchers with plenty of publications not get any postdoctoral funding, but ...
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IEEE rejected our article after minor revisions because the reviewer did not understand a small issue. Is it likely to succeed if we appeal?

I submitted an article to a certain top IEEE transaction journal, and after a year and a half of peer review, it was finally rejected. During this period, we got a chance to make minor revision.The ...
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Not included as an author in 2 publications [duplicate]

Tldr: I was not included as one of the authors of 2 papers. What to do? History: Around 2.5 years ago I started a PhD. I was producing very good results and my supervisor was very happy because there ...
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If you know the original source for something you found in a more recent paper, should you cite both?

The situation I am asking about goes like this: I am writing a math paper that I hope to publish, and want to use a certain math technique that I found in a paper from 2021. In that paper, the author ...
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Contraints for an article

I'd like to write a scientific article from my master's thesis. My supervisor offered to collaborate on this, and become co-author. I would answer positively if it wasn't for the following ...
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Transitioning, First Name Change [duplicate]

I have begun my transition (MtF) and my PhD. This includes, once I have jumped through all the legal hoops, changing my given name. I already have a publication, its very minor, but still I would like ...
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