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The customary code of polite behavior amongst the academic world.

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The IT department bottlenecks progress. How should I handle this?

At many universities, you can actually go through a (rather secret) bureaucratic process that allows you to install your own software on the university computer, even though this is not the default op …
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Affiliation on a paper written mostly in previous position

Firstly, some journals have specific rules about what counts as an affiliation. So if the journal has such rules you should follow them. These rules are variable, and I have seen all three of the opti …
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Is it worth pointing out missed works in already published papers?

It depends on how you do it. If you say, I really enjoyed your paper on X. We have some lesser-known related work Y (attached). Its cool that you found result Z we found result W which is similar but …
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Is it OK to thank the examiners in the acknowledgements of the final draft of a PhD thesis?

The acknowledgment section of your thesis is to give thanks to anyone or anything that you want to give thanks to. This should include anyone who provided substantial intellectual support towards the …
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Am I making a mistake by going to a "mid-tier" program?

The best students in "mid-tier" programs publish more than the average student in the most prestigious programs. There are many factors that help explain this. Happiness - being below average is quit …
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