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Why is it acceptable that publishers sell papers they didn’t pay for?

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Is it appropriate to request that the department hire a female faculty member?

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I slept with my advisor's daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do?

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answered Sep 1, 2018 at 23:36

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I got accepted into a math PhD program but I don't feel adequate enough to attend

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answered Jan 2, 2019 at 4:36

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I'm a professor being mistaken for a grad student, how to handle this?

answered Mar 14, 2019 at 3:51

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I got the same referee report from two different journals

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answered Nov 12, 2018 at 20:15

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Why is research at highly productive research institutions better than those at not-so-highly productive research institutions?

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Prospective supervisor wants me to do irrelevant videos as a condition for supervision. Can I say yes when I mean no?

answered Dec 19, 2018 at 3:39

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Is it reasonable to ask candidates to create a profile on Google Scholar?

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answered Oct 3, 2019 at 23:22

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Is it appropriate to rewrite and republish another author's useful but very badly written paper?

publications plagiarism

answered Dec 13, 2019 at 23:44

42 votes

Disputed territorial claims in academic submissions

politics

answered Jul 22, 2018 at 20:06

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Why do professors obfuscate their email addresses on their websites?

email

answered Apr 27, 2021 at 18:08

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Whom should I send the email to? The Principal Investigator or the postdoc who have done the work?

etiquette professorship email

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 16:19

38 votes

How am I supposed to go to conferences with a reimbursement system as a poor TA?

conference funding

answered Apr 21, 2018 at 21:09

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Can a lecturer force you to learn a specific programming syntax / language?

software

answered Oct 25, 2018 at 17:48

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Is it possible to start a PhD at 36 without taking a huge hit financially?

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answered Aug 16, 2018 at 19:07

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How do so many people here on Academia.SE, and in general, afford lavish higher education programs?

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answered Aug 1, 2018 at 20:11

34 votes

What should PhD students do if they submit a paper to two journals and a reviewer notices concurrent submission?

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answered May 3, 2017 at 0:31

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What is a computer science conference, really?

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answered Apr 17, 2020 at 22:37

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Citing a rejected paper in related work

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answered Jan 21, 2019 at 22:16

24 votes

Should I write a rebuttal for all for the reviewers or just the rejecting reviewers?

peer-review conference

answered Aug 31, 2018 at 16:57

22 votes

Is it ethical to omit the PhD credential from my resume?

ethics job-search cv

answered Mar 16, 2018 at 0:20

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What are the most credible rankings of US computer science departments?

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answered Jan 29, 2018 at 20:59

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Does anyone in Academia.SE know about Saudi universities?

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answered Sep 26, 2018 at 20:47

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Donating money to scientific research after my death

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answered Feb 9, 2018 at 5:22

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Should a peer review for an academic journal include a recommendation for acceptance?

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answered May 3, 2017 at 20:16

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Etiquette question: is there such a thing as accepting an offer 'too early'?

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answered Feb 11, 2019 at 20:14

17 votes

Is it ethical to slightly improve upon someone's unpublished work posted in arxiv and publish before the original work?

publications ethics arxiv

answered Jul 14, 2018 at 2:40

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What are the upsides for British science from Brexit?

united-kingdom politics

answered Jul 28, 2018 at 22:59

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Is it better to go for a postdoc in the US or Europe?

career-path postdocs

answered Apr 15, 2018 at 17:29

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Why is it acceptable that publishers sell papers they didn’t pay for?

Is it appropriate to request that the department hire a female faculty member?

I slept with my advisor's daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do?

I got accepted into a math PhD program but I don't feel adequate enough to attend

I'm a professor being mistaken for a grad student, how to handle this?

I got the same referee report from two different journals

Why is research at highly productive research institutions better than those at not-so-highly productive research institutions?

Prospective supervisor wants me to do irrelevant videos as a condition for supervision. Can I say yes when I mean no?

Is it reasonable to ask candidates to create a profile on Google Scholar?

Is it appropriate to rewrite and republish another author's useful but very badly written paper?

Disputed territorial claims in academic submissions

Why do professors obfuscate their email addresses on their websites?

Whom should I send the email to? The Principal Investigator or the postdoc who have done the work?

How am I supposed to go to conferences with a reimbursement system as a poor TA?

Can a lecturer force you to learn a specific programming syntax / language?

Is it possible to start a PhD at 36 without taking a huge hit financially?

How do so many people here on Academia.SE, and in general, afford lavish higher education programs?

What should PhD students do if they submit a paper to two journals and a reviewer notices concurrent submission?

What is a computer science conference, really?

Citing a rejected paper in related work

Should I write a rebuttal for all for the reviewers or just the rejecting reviewers?

Is it ethical to omit the PhD credential from my resume?

What are the most credible rankings of US computer science departments?

Does anyone in Academia.SE know about Saudi universities?

Donating money to scientific research after my death

Should a peer review for an academic journal include a recommendation for acceptance?

Etiquette question: is there such a thing as accepting an offer 'too early'?

Is it ethical to slightly improve upon someone's unpublished work posted in arxiv and publish before the original work?

What are the upsides for British science from Brexit?

Is it better to go for a postdoc in the US or Europe?