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34 votes

Is it valid to feel uncomfortable with questions unrelated to the grading of your performance?

33 votes
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How much editing can one ethically accept from one's advisor on a fellowship proposal (e.g. NSF/NDSEG/etc.)

29 votes

Why do students go for a PhD even when chances of getting academic jobs on its completion are slim?

24 votes

Job prospects after math PhD in cryptography

23 votes

Being forced to publish a paper?

20 votes

Why would a PhD adviser ask to be removed from the "Acknowledgments" of a paper?

18 votes

Is generic "thank you" email a waste of time in academia?

17 votes

Should I cite the paper from which I got the research question in my own paper?

14 votes

What does an industry recruiter want to know my Ph.D. GPA for?

13 votes

Was I unreasonably left out of author list?

13 votes

How to acknowledge a crappy supervisor at the start of my PhD thesis?

12 votes

Is it a good idea to respond at all if a person I never heard of is asking for a reference letter?

12 votes

Order of authors in a paper

11 votes

Could I submit an abstract for a conference prior asking my supervisor permission about it?

11 votes

What should I do if I feel that a senior academic is trying to take advantage of me?

10 votes

Should I name drop a famous coauthor on my resume?

9 votes

How old can references or sources in a thesis be?

9 votes

What makes academic failure different from failure in another career?

9 votes

Co-author keeps rewriting the article in poor English

9 votes

Role of textbook reading for a PhD student

8 votes

Dealing with rejection anxiety as a reviewer

7 votes

Can I use the sentence "Most of the references in this paper" in my paper?

7 votes

How do I handle a "fake" co-author?

6 votes

Letting another author know I'm using one of their results

6 votes

Is it appropriate to ask the professor a trick question?

6 votes

How can I have productive meeting with a very prominent researcher?

6 votes

How to help PhD students when they get blocked (for months) trying to figure out an extremely complicated technical procedure?

6 votes

Ethical standards in asking a professor for reviewing a finished manuscript and publishing it together

6 votes

Should an instructor adjust grades for students from underrepresented groups?

5 votes

What can be done when a professor from reputable institute asks me to publish in a predatory journal?