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Is Manuscripts.io a legit tool? Any experience with it?

18 votes
6 answers
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PhD Length: are shorter PhD degrees (from different countries) valued differently in other counter countries where PhD Is a longer process?

24 votes
1 answer
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Academic progression in Germany, what happens after a postdoc? What is the next step?

6 votes
1 answer
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What is the difference between TV-L E13 and TV-L E14 positions? Is it negotiable?

4 votes
4 answers
2k views

Is professorship (assistant/associate and full) a title or a position?

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2 answers
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The use of phrase "per se" in academic writing

6 votes
1 answer
362 views

Is there an overview of alternative approaches to voluntary and ideal review process?

4 votes
1 answer
2k views

I forgot to add preprint submission (BioRxiv) before the actual journal submission, what can I do now?

4 votes
2 answers
3k views

What does a managing editor do in scientific journal editorial board?

4 votes
4 answers
1k views

Is it rude to sign off mails with a shorthand

2 votes
0 answers
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For a list of references is it better to give full links to a research group or just the address to the faculty homepage? [closed]

5 votes
1 answer
1k views

Are university salaries public information in Sweden?

48 votes
10 answers
19k views

Is postdoc experience valued by industry?

3 votes
0 answers
658 views

What should a letter of motivation/statement of purpose contain? [duplicate]

1 vote
1 answer
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How to deal with GPA-related questions in standardized job application forms, if you have no GPA for graduate studies [closed]

16 votes
3 answers
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How do I refer to my PhD studies in my CV; under education or experience?

2 votes
2 answers
119 views

How to address title-field inconsistency?

3 votes
1 answer
264 views

Are there any new(er) models of publishing/reviewing and if so how will they address the problems that we have today?

5 votes
2 answers
1k views

Is it bad style to use time-related adverbs (like "recently") in academic writing?

24 votes
2 answers
7k views

How to handle salary negotiations while negotiating a postdoc position?

35 votes
8 answers
7k views

Is it normal to be suspicious of a really interesting finding but in an obscure journal and/or by authors from unknown universities

11 votes
2 answers
10k views

Are there post-doc grants available for non-US citizens in the US?

10 votes
2 answers
6k views

What questions should I ask when I visit labs for potential post-doc employment?

5 votes
1 answer
550 views

When is a good time to go visiting potential post-doc opportunities?

12 votes
3 answers
6k views

Number formatting: use of digit separators in manuscripts

37 votes
8 answers
5k views

What is the socio-economic argument or historical basis for university tuition fees?

2 votes
1 answer
420 views

Does a tutorial type conference submission differ significantly from a regular submission?

12 votes
4 answers
7k views

Is it acceptable, or advisable, to include self-assessed ratings of your skills on your CV

51 votes
9 answers
8k views

What post PhD path alternatives are there?

18 votes
3 answers
2k views

Is there such a thing called native speaker bias when publishing?