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74 votes
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I might be rediscovering someone else's result. What should I do?

57 votes

Is it normal for a reviewer to comment about suitability for publication after addressing their comments?

23 votes

Is it reasonable to request to temporarily keep a laptop after a postdoc contract has finished?

16 votes

Referencing works that request you use a specific reference format?

14 votes

How to express my unwillingness to contribute to military projects

13 votes
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Can a researcher use the institution that awarded them a degree many years ago as an affiliation?

10 votes

Is it fair to not transliterate non-English sources in the bibliography?

10 votes

What might be a "compelling" reason for applying to defend my ph.d. degree remotely?

5 votes

Extended version of a paper, what title should it have?

5 votes
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When I integrate a quotation into my sentence, can I decide where I start/end the quotation?Or do words like "a", "the" or "that" need to be included?

4 votes

Behavior of a postdoc supervisor changed after I had a campus visit for a faculty position

3 votes

Should I send a corrigendum to my paper because values in the supporting material are wrong by an amount that doesn't impact the conclusion?

3 votes

If I change the order of quotations from a primary/secondary source, do I need to point this out in the footnote? [History-specific]

2 votes

Is it ok for a thesis chapter to start with a figure?

2 votes

If the main idea of an article is simple enough to be meaningfully exposed in the abstract, should that be done?

2 votes
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How to cite an anonymous quote from a paper

2 votes

Is the use of we / us (in the sense of the reader and writer exploring the topic) accepted in a PhD thesis or bad style?

2 votes

Paper will be rejected on one conference, can I "show intend to submit"/register to another?

1 vote

Chicago intext citation for different references on same sentence

1 vote
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Using data from an old project with a bad collaborator - do I need to loop them in?

1 vote

Would it be a good idea to show my research statement to multiple people?

1 vote
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APA: Citing a text which references other works

-3 votes

Applying to religion affiliated universities: how to write Statement of contribution to mission