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101 votes

I was caught cheating on an exam, how can I minimize the damage?

27 votes
Accepted

Is it a good academic practice to tell the reader in the introduction what the essay is about directly?

25 votes

How to ask dumb questions

24 votes

Is it normal to feel dread before starting a faculty position?

22 votes

How do you answer "Oh, you're a professor? What do you teach?"

14 votes

Should I cite all R packages I used?

9 votes

Paper or doctorate thesis?

8 votes

How to cite a book that has appeared in multiple versions/editions over the years?

6 votes

As an early-career researcher, what are the consequences of writing papers with famous, senior researchers?

4 votes

Who should I ask for a letter of recommendation?

4 votes

What is the typical time between application and contact for a postdoc on Norway?

4 votes

Would it be considered cheating to ask for homework help on the internet, if I openly acknowledge the help received?

4 votes

Does anybody receive printed copies of new journal issues nowadays?

3 votes

Is providing a slow response to journal reviews a common/good strategy for minimizing the number of review requests?

3 votes

Phd program @Harvard when my '''education''' didn't go beyond highschool?

3 votes

Can one give a conference talk on a topic already published in a journal?

3 votes

Customary to offer a fellow academic a chance to rebut criticism in a paper?

3 votes

Journal decision of submitted paper

3 votes

What is the proper way to submit a "response" paper without offending the one I am responding to?

2 votes

What date goes on your hardbound PhD thesis?

1 vote

Copyright date or publication date, which one should I cite?

1 vote

Do résumés written in LaTeX show more promise when applying to graduate schools?

1 vote

Names in my language used in publications are inconsistant. Should I worry about it?

1 vote

What is a PhD *in*?

1 vote

What is the difference between "prepare to submit" and "working paper"?

0 votes

Doubt regarding uploading Tables and Figures for the accepted manuscript

-3 votes

Including divorce in CV

-4 votes

Prof disagrees with assigned textbook regarding an exam question