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2015/08/11 | 1,799 | 7,748 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking at a particular research group for graduate studies. The research group is in STEM.
From talking to the professors, they have repeatedly told me that a master degree merely takes two years. First year you take courses, second year you complete your thesis. Sounds about right.
But... |
2015/08/11 | 1,726 | 7,259 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a young PhD-student who just started doing real research in mathematics. Of course, this starts with learning stuff which has already been investigated. If I try to understand for instance a paper someone wrote, I find it difficult to focus on the main aspects and ideas of the paper. Most ... |
2015/08/11 | 534 | 2,211 | <issue_start>username_0: In the United States, most professors are paid by the university on a 9 month basis for teaching (Sep - May). During the summer months a professor is typically paid from their grants and other revenue sources. How is the summer salary chosen? E.g. if a professor is paid 10kUSD/month, can (s)he ... |
2015/08/11 | 1,214 | 5,021 | <issue_start>username_0: We know that family can have a lot of impact on academic direction of a student, but is it appropriate for a student to have a supervisor/advisor who is also a family member? For example, a dad might supervise their son. What would make this more or less appropriate? What conditions might be re... |
2015/08/12 | 735 | 3,100 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, I was working on implementing a new optimization approach to publish a paper. Additionally, I've also implemented the other famous existed methods in the area in order to demonstrate the efficacy of my approach.
It is worthwhile to note, I had a lot of difficulty in implementing th... |
2015/08/12 | 445 | 1,994 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be applying for a PhD this year. So, I would like to ask for recommendation letters soon. Should I ask for each recommendation letter separately, or may I group email all the letter writers? Is there any general benefits or caveats in either approach?
My primary supervisor would like me... |
2015/08/12 | 2,970 | 12,431 | <issue_start>username_0: I have searched a lot and I am surprised that this topic hasn't been discussed yet. I am an M.Sc. Student in Computer Science. Our lab is actually a dry lab in which we need to do a lot of reading of heavy maths on a daily basis.
The problem is that some people (mostly senior students such as ... |
2015/08/12 | 1,025 | 4,333 | <issue_start>username_0: So this is pretty much it. My co-author, who is also the main author, has hired an assistant through Elance (an online work outsourcing platform) for doing statistical analysis and also to collect and annotate some relevant literature about connected topic X. I was aware of this and was OK with... |
2015/08/12 | 690 | 2,887 | <issue_start>username_0: I had submitted a manuscript to a Journal in December 2012, which got rejected in February 2013 with some comments and advising to re-submit as a new manuscript along with reply to the comments. But I neither modified the manuscript nor submitted to same/other Journal. This is because, the work... |
2015/08/12 | 842 | 3,109 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently enrolled as a graduate student and am working towards my PhD. I need to update my CV and was wondering how others reported *ongoing graduate study when the completion date was uncertain*. That is, I know that I'll be graduating in, say, 2019 +/-3 years, and therefore can't honest... |
2015/08/12 | 1,244 | 5,494 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been wondering this for quite some time and decided to ask finally. What really is the role of math in computer science on higher levels like master's and PhD? Currently I am working on my BSc and hopefully get it done next summer. I have done like 5 math courses(linear algebra etc) + 5 st... |
2015/08/13 | 2,601 | 9,873 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD (stipend) student at a [Max Planck Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck_Society) (for a biological science) here in Germany. I came here to write software, but ended up spending practically all my time doing wet-lab work. As a consequence, the programming I wanted to d... |
2015/08/13 | 1,093 | 4,499 | <issue_start>username_0: My department is planning an event (2-3 hours) welcoming incoming PhD students and giving them a chance to meet the rest of the department.
So far, the proposed activities for this year's welcome event are: welcome from department head and graduate program director, happy hour, followed by din... |
2015/08/13 | 2,228 | 9,214 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a postdoc (in mathematics) lasting for less than 8 months. In the UK, at the area of the university, I find it difficult to find accommodation since no one wants to let to me for such a short period of time, which is very annoying.
I was thinking I could live with my parents, and visit... |
2015/08/13 | 768 | 3,432 | <issue_start>username_0: This past year I taught two undergraduate freshman-level required religion courses (one in the Fall and one in the Spring) and the teaching evaluations from students were rather average-to-poor. These are the only two courses I have taught so far in my career.
Many academic jobs now request yo... |
2015/08/13 | 3,663 | 15,816 | <issue_start>username_0: My principal investigator (PI) got a grant from a company and wants me to work on this. However, this is not related to my thesis at all and we might not be able to publish anything on this.
My question is: am I obligated to work on this just because I'm part of the lab?
This is in no way re... |
2015/08/13 | 921 | 3,996 | <issue_start>username_0: In the last decade, more and more researchers read the scientific literature on electronic copies or on printed copies, but not anymore directly from the printed journal.
Nowadays, I think the most important role of journals is therefore only to offer a well-established editorial and refereein... |
2015/08/13 | 840 | 3,246 | <issue_start>username_0: Just curious is it crucial?
It's one of the reasons I like academia that I don't need to care too much the boring stuff like wearing suits.<issue_comment>username_1: Dressing in a fashion that expresses awareness of the context would be ... oh-so-wise. :) Whatever the local standards are, cont... |
2015/08/14 | 4,618 | 20,031 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a mathematics professor in a small, good but non-elite department in the US. Several of my colleagues and I would like to work to improve our recruitment of strong prospective Ph.D. students.
We do not really know how to go about this most effectively. Obviously it is difficult, but -- wh... |
2015/08/14 | 879 | 3,753 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, I have a paper accepted at an IEEE conference, and I am supposed to present my paper orally at the conference. The programs have been released, and it is a four day conference.
I am supposed to present at the last day.
The question I want to ask, is that, should I also attend the f... |
2015/08/14 | 618 | 2,578 | <issue_start>username_0: It is commonly accepted that professorship is the final rank of promotion in universities. I would like to study the possibility for promoting professors further. Is there any grading or ranking system for professors in universities?<issue_comment>username_1: They can negotiate more income, a n... |
2015/08/14 | 732 | 3,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my PhD in 2013. I don't have any experience in supervision of research students. When I apply for teaching job uni. always ask me "Your experience in supervision of research students". How to answer those kind questions properly?<issue_comment>username_1: If the jobs you are applying... |
2015/08/14 | 1,392 | 5,874 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a comajor masters student who is experiencing difficulties in timely responses from my advisor. It has taken an average of almost 4 months for me to get feedback each time I have received feedback on my thesis since leaving campus.
As a result, I am trying to convert from a thesis to a no... |
2015/08/14 | 1,122 | 4,697 | <issue_start>username_0: Pardon but I couldn't find a better title for my question.
I am one of the editors of an undergraduate journal, created alongside 2 other undergrads of the same school, in which we publish upper-undergraduate articles related to our school courses(mostly expository, sharing our love about our ... |
2015/08/14 | 551 | 2,176 | <issue_start>username_0: I can't find any information about when NSF announces the recipients of their postdoctoral fellowship awards. I'm specifically interested in the one for mathematics. I'd like to use this information to get a rough schedule for rolling applications.<issue_comment>username_1: In 2014 I received a... |
2015/08/14 | 648 | 2,534 | <issue_start>username_0: Sorry if this is an obvious question. I earned a MS in psych, went and worked a few years, and I'm thinking I want to go back and finish out the degree, earn a PhD. More than one of my professors at the time I was in school recommended I go on, but for personal reasons it wasn't the right time.... |
2015/08/14 | 955 | 3,441 | <issue_start>username_0: I am citing some papers with the same first author but different co-authors.
For example, `[1]` is a paper by X, Y and Z, and `[2]` is a paper by X, A and B. Would `X et al. [1,2]` be appropriate here? because essentially `et al.` in `[1]` refers to people other than those referred to by `et a... |
2015/08/14 | 963 | 3,509 | <issue_start>username_0: So, when I did my undergrad degrees in computer science (BA) and creative writing (BFA), I spent the whole time thinking "I'm going to be going into industry. I should take business classes." But since I was doing 188+ credits in nine semesters I didn't have a ton of spare time, and I didn't.
... |
2015/08/14 | 664 | 2,720 | <issue_start>username_0: Often, as soon as I submit a pre-submission paper on the arxiv, I receive a couple of emails from other researchers pointing out their previous relevant work, which in their words is connected with mine and deserve citations.
Sometimes, it happens that their work is *really* connected with my... |
2015/08/14 | 771 | 3,362 | <issue_start>username_0: This question [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/51360/how-much-does-video-broadcasting-on-youtube-benefit-you-academic-life/51451#51451) left me thinking that maybe I am too old and intolerant towards those things young people are doing.
I always think that academic publishi... |
2015/08/14 | 2,062 | 8,636 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently submitted my latest draft thesis to my advisor. I had been having problems with my advisor because I had found him unhelpful, he would not make it easy for me to ask him questions as he would raise his voice and cut me off, and I was confused by the goals/aims of the project and I fe... |
2015/08/15 | 2,389 | 10,269 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a physics student at a small North American university. As part of the requirements for my degree, the current policy dictates that all students must take 6 humanities courses before graduation.
I believe I understand the benefit of this requirement: it ensures that students are well-roun... |
2015/08/15 | 770 | 3,247 | <issue_start>username_0: As one with significant interest and some knowledge in the subfield of computer architecture, living reasonably close to a university, the idea of organizing and facilitating a discussion/reading group in this subject area came to mind.
Would a university be open to the use of its facilities f... |
2015/08/15 | 3,890 | 16,161 | <issue_start>username_0: Background: I just graduated from a US university. I have also received my diploma (both in paper form mailed to me and also in electronic form) certifying that I have received such-and-such a degree.
However, I have not paid the tuition fees for the very last semester in which I enrolled.
I ... |
2015/08/15 | 1,507 | 6,820 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a grad student in computer science. Having read many research papers and having worked with an adviser has made me much more aware about best practices concerning presentation and reporting of results in published research.
I have also published a paper when I was a junior in college. Loo... |
2015/08/15 | 1,298 | 5,758 | <issue_start>username_0: I've finished my masters thesis and waiting for results. Meanwhile, I've started searching for PhD position. and I find out one of the requirement of one to three referee contacts, one of them preferably the masters supervisor.
I've 3.93/4.00 CGPA with coursework and My current masters superv... |
2015/08/15 | 1,233 | 5,274 | <issue_start>username_0: Applying for research grants costs a lot of time and energy. Which would still be acceptable, if the success rates wouldn't be so depressingly low. Currently, it appears to be an incredible waste of time and energy of some of the most gifted people in our society.
So are there examples of syst... |
2015/08/15 | 842 | 3,526 | <issue_start>username_0: I am starting to contact potential supervisors to do a PhD and I am wondering whether (and how) I should include my grades while contacting them. I am in the UK so there is no GPA standard (there is a GPA but it differs substantially between universities and can be very confusing). So far I hav... |
2015/08/15 | 612 | 2,441 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen several programs and libraries partially named after a school, e.g.:
* [Berkeley Entity Resolution System](http://nlp.cs.berkeley.edu/software.shtml)
* [MIT Information Extraction](https://github.com/mit-nlp/MITIE)
* [Stanford CoreNLP](http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml... |
2015/08/16 | 270 | 909 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using a quotation in my text which I am citing appropriately the first time. Do I need to cite again when using some text or, a concept, or even a word of the quotation later in the text?
For example:
>
> Smith (2015, p.15) states that: ‘the weather is going the be good today’.
>
> ... |
2015/08/16 | 754 | 3,245 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a third year student in a U.S. university and for the past two years I was funded by dept. TA-ship.
The new semester is coming but I have not got the TA-ship. I contacted my advisor for help and he sent a note to a professor who is taking charge of all TA stuff and he also told me to hope... |
2015/08/16 | 1,232 | 5,470 | <issue_start>username_0: I began an undergraduate program in subject A and because of circumstances outside of my control (receiving threats from someone with a history of violence against me), had to repeatedly withdraw from courses in that program.
I am considering going back to school in a totally different subject... |
2015/08/17 | 3,987 | 16,557 | <issue_start>username_0: I am having trouble asking questions in seminars, conferences, and public talks.
As a graduate math student I often fail to keep up with speaker and more mature members of the audience at events like seminars and conferences. It is very frustrating to lose track of the talk simply because I am... |
2015/08/17 | 291 | 1,320 | <issue_start>username_0: The arXiv version of my article has two citations. Now that my paper is published in a journal, I want to know if these citations will be transferred to the journal version? Should I withdraw my article from arXiv?<issue_comment>username_1: No, the citations will not change just because the pap... |
2015/08/17 | 1,112 | 4,393 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to be able to submit a DoI or PubMed ID and find all the papers that cited that paper.
In other words, I need a publicly-available citation graph database that covers papers in PubMed.
The bottom comment on this question refers to a publicly-available citation graph: [How do I get ... |
2015/08/17 | 379 | 1,505 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using an image from a users’ manual of a piece of software, and I was wondering if I can put a citation in the caption of the image. For example:
>
> **Figure 1.3** Illustration of WonderSoft’s interface. Image taken from WonderSoft’s users’ manual (Bitsmith et al., 1821).
>
>
><issue... |
2015/08/17 | 815 | 3,643 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes it is mentioned in the US academic position announcement that "Applicants must address in their application their ability to work with culturally diverse populations and on interdisciplinary teams" where the following documents are asked from the applicants:
1) resume,
2) work-relate... |
2015/08/17 | 675 | 2,956 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate Masters student from one of the top-tier universities in the US. I have been working closely with a Professor and two of his Ph.D students on a Research Project for the past two months. I approached the Professor out of my interest, hoping to gain some research experience. I hav... |
2015/08/17 | 546 | 2,240 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for a scholarship at the USA in order to study renewable energies.
For that I have to ask if it is considered as a subfield of electrical engineering or not in the US, because I can't find a major in energy engineering in the application form and the closest in my mind to renew... |
2015/08/17 | 675 | 2,798 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an assistant professor on a year-to-year contract in academic med (I'm a PhD biostatistician). I just signed a new contract in July. I have been 'head hunted' to join a private company, and I am seriously considering it. What do I 'owe' in terms of my contact? I get the feeling the contact... |
2015/08/18 | 842 | 3,145 | <issue_start>username_0: As a soon-to-graduate undergraduate student that is on his hunt for a M.Sc. program, I am making sure my CV is up to date.
I would like to highlight the fact that I have attended a nearby university as a "visiting student" and have successfully completed two courses at this institution while s... |
2015/08/18 | 460 | 1,975 | <issue_start>username_0: What powers does a Department Chair have in a University setting? For instance, is a Dept. Chair the "boss" of a tenured full professor within the department?<issue_comment>username_1: In a way, yes. If you have an issue with a faculty member in a department, your first stop is the Department C... |
2015/08/18 | 742 | 3,169 | <issue_start>username_0: I was a philosophy major who took a bunch of graduate-level classes in linguistics and I wanted to apply to PhD programs in linguistics (in the United States). I had a writing sample in the philosophy of language, and I found out later from other professors that PhD programs in linguistics are ... |
2015/08/18 | 1,360 | 5,601 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just about to finish my master's in law with only my dissertation left to handle. I'm being extremely cautious with the language that I'm using when writing as I've previously been told that my writing style is not academic enough for a UK institution. Although I agree with this criticism (... |
2015/08/18 | 1,959 | 8,165 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a couple of code snippets, included in my thesis. What is the most convenient way to format code in a Word document, particularly, in regard to keeping the syntax highlighting, etc.? And the guidelines say that text should use double space. Does this apply to the embedded code as well?<i... |
2015/08/18 | 1,044 | 4,473 | <issue_start>username_0: When I wrote my first paper, I experimented a bit with different colour styles until I found one that was both clear and aesthetically pleasing. I’ve since used it for all papers where I was first author. One of these submissions has been with a master’s student, who is now writing up his thesi... |
2015/08/18 | 3,039 | 12,899 | <issue_start>username_0: I wonder why tenured professors still publish in pay-walled venues. I can understand that non-tenured professors are publication pressured, but once one gets tenured, why should one still place knowledge behind walls?<issue_comment>username_1: There are lots of reasons, but high among them are ... |
2015/08/18 | 1,683 | 7,567 | <issue_start>username_0: I've heard some compelling arguments from open science advocates for a system of reviewing scientific research outputs that focuses almost exclusively on post-publication peer review. The idea is that research would initially be published in free and open venues, with little to no lag time resu... |
2015/08/19 | 405 | 1,520 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the process of notifying my PhD dissertation committee (already formed)on the proposal exam. I would like to send an email to all of them and now I am confused as to how to address them. Should I address them as committee members or Professors ABC, PQR, XYZ or Sirs, etc. What would be t... |
2015/08/19 | 324 | 1,390 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in applying course-based master program in electrical engineering. Most of them are self-funded, 1~1.5 years in length, and don't require a thesis .
I learnt that it is (usually) advantageous to contact the Prof of your interest in Phd application. Is this still true for appli... |
2015/08/19 | 1,615 | 6,975 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm soon handing in my PhD thesis, and have funding for at least a one year Post Doc position at the same institute. In my post doc I'll be working on research related, but not directly associated, with my PhD field of work.
My phd has been funded by a huge 'umbrella' project involving both ac... |
2015/08/19 | 1,302 | 5,798 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently our group published a paper in an important open-access publication. During my work, I was subordinated to a person who left the research center six months before I finish the study, but during two and a half years this person evaluated the work, and suggested some analysis and modific... |
2015/08/19 | 4,596 | 18,861 | <issue_start>username_0: I was invited to give a research seminar in another department, and two professors kept looking at their mobile phones while I was talking. They were doing this at the start of my talk, and they kept looking at their mobiles for a fairly long amount of time, maybe 15 minutes, without interrupti... |
2015/08/19 | 900 | 3,883 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an international student in one of the top universities in Canada.
The graduate admission in Canadian university is a little bit different from other countries; if you want to pursue Phd, you have to have a Master first, and Msc program here is usually admitted with funding (everything pa... |
2015/08/19 | 411 | 1,688 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going to submit a paper to the journal of *ACM Transactions on web*, there is an option for attached files named "*File for reviewers*". I guess it is the option I should choose, but I don't know in which format the file should be. As I searched the site there are a word and a latex templa... |
2015/08/19 | 363 | 1,521 | <issue_start>username_0: In the current technical report that I write, I have used graphic from an online-source where their policy requires that the author of the drawing has to be acknowledged in case that the drawing is to be used.
This policy applies to electronic and printed formats of the given work.
Where do ... |
2015/08/19 | 710 | 3,080 | <issue_start>username_0: After publishing an article, assuming that the publisher doesn't prevent you from sharing an article online in a public place, the authors might want to receive additional feedback.
Are there good online methods for attracting and receiving comments on one's article, in addition to collaborat... |
2015/08/19 | 504 | 2,224 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished a research-based Masters program, where nearly my entire degree was funded through sponsored research from a particular lab. In the normal schedule of events I should have had time between my final thesis submission and the end of my final's month funding to clean up my files/da... |
2015/08/19 | 1,201 | 5,414 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be applying to start graduate school in the U.S. next year during the Fall. Currently I am an undergraduate senior student and most programs require three letters of recommendation with the application. I know professors are busy people and many programs have different requirements for t... |
2015/08/19 | 488 | 1,771 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently reviewed a paper for a Math/Comp-Sci conference. The author's response came back with responses to 12 referees.
Am I wrong in thinking it absurd that there are this many referees on a paper?
For one, I, like many researchers, expect a paper to have about 2-3 referees, so make a r... |
2015/08/20 | 172 | 636 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student of physics at graduation level.I want to Masters and PHD in CSE in USA.
can it possible?<issue_comment>username_1: Assuming, that CSE means Computational Science & Engineering, you can get a good overview of CSE graduate programs at the [SIAM webpage.](https://www.siam.org/stude... |
2015/08/20 | 1,910 | 8,682 | <issue_start>username_0: This question has been bothering me for some time as I had to fail a student as you'll see later on. I am hoping that another SE member has seen a student or may have even been a student like this.
During my course - a business course, not a writing course - I had a student in my class. Every... |
2015/08/20 | 848 | 3,560 | <issue_start>username_0: This semester I need to take a course that is offered in two sections, one of which will be taught by my M.Sc. thesis advisor.
The problem is that I personally prefer to take the course with the other professor instead of my advisor because:
* The teaching quality of my advisor is not as good... |
2015/08/20 | 595 | 2,463 | <issue_start>username_0: I was going through my supervisors corrections and comments on a particular section of my thesis and I realised that he consistently removed words like "*recently*" when referring to literature, i.e.
>
> "In a ***recently*** published study, monkeys were taught discrete algebra when listenin... |
2015/08/20 | 1,879 | 5,641 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any research/study that looked at the impact of the percentage of links posted in published articles are dead? I am trying to know to what extent dead links are an issue. E.g. [on Stack Overflow, it looks like 10% of the links posted here are dead](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/3009... |
2015/08/20 | 1,070 | 4,731 | <issue_start>username_0: I studied physics and computer science as an undergrad, got a master's in computer science, and now am applying for a second master's in engineering physics. So, I have emailed one of my old physics professors for a recommendation letter. He agreed to write one, but has requested more informati... |
2015/08/20 | 958 | 4,201 | <issue_start>username_0: Two years ago, <NAME> [discussed](https://web.archive.org/web/20150809222539/http://simplystatistics.org/2013/04/30/reproducibility-and-reciprocity/) in his blog the ramifications of requiring [reproducibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility) for the first producers of research o... |
2015/08/20 | 422 | 1,632 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a GPA from a single school and I want to add it into my cumulative GPA.<issue_comment>username_1: A cumulative GPA is the final GPA from a single university, college, or school, not from all of them.
While it may be tempting to "raise" the GPA from a particular university by incorporat... |
2015/08/20 | 2,993 | 12,339 | <issue_start>username_0: Some mathematicians said that general topology in general and theory of proximity spaces in particular are dead (meaning that no new discoveries appear in this field of mathematics).
I have discovered a theory which generalizes general topology in general and theory of proximity spaces in part... |
2015/08/21 | 3,247 | 14,455 | <issue_start>username_0: I'll be simple and direct, since the situation I'm asking after is pretty general, and hardly requires an anecdotal context.
Would it be ethical of a student for him/her to act as a proofreader/editor for other students' essays and works?
For example, students unfamiliar with English seek out... |
2015/08/21 | 635 | 2,860 | <issue_start>username_0: I am replicating a model to report on how well it does on a new evaluation metric I am proposing. The method/hyperparameters of the model are given in a paper about it, where it breaks all benchmarks on the tasks on which it is being evaluated.
After that paper came out, several people tried t... |
2015/08/21 | 1,471 | 6,260 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not planning on requiring my students to use Twitter, but it popped up on someone else's syllabus and got me thinking as to whether it's appropriate with respect to student privacy.
I don't think it's right since Twitter allows public viewing of messages and their sender, exposing the enr... |
2015/08/21 | 293 | 1,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I've developed a package for R and it is added to CRAN. Should I add it to my work published, although it isn't peer reviewed for content, or should I just add a single line that mentions the package?<issue_comment>username_1: I would definitely consider including this in your CV. It's scientif... |
2015/08/21 | 709 | 2,624 | <issue_start>username_0: I’ve discovered that website like ResearchGate offer the possibility to ask the paper editor to provide his paper for free. Many are collaborating.
Are there any other ways for researchers to obtain free access to papers?<issue_comment>username_1: I always use the following methods to get many... |
2015/08/21 | 970 | 4,301 | <issue_start>username_0: During a collaborative experimental project in my PhD, I developed a rather intricate simulation + data processing tool. The work was published with myself as the lead author. One of the collaborators, who is located in a different country, was keen on extending that work and, based on ideas an... |
2015/08/21 | 247 | 1,003 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm giving a handout out at an upcoming lecture. It contains unpublished data that will soon (within the next year anyway, if accepted) be published. I trust the people at the conference to respect my wishes. What's a polite footer to include at the bottom of the handout to these ends?<issue_co... |
2015/08/21 | 1,584 | 6,320 | <issue_start>username_0: I fully support the Elsevier boycott, and came from mathematics (BS and MS) into my current PhD program in an engineering subdiscipline. I'm finishing up my PhD now and starting a post-doc soon.
I've already refused to review an article a few years ago for an Elsevier journal, and the editor s... |
2015/08/21 | 928 | 4,038 | <issue_start>username_0: As I'm starting to look to put together my plan of study, a question popped into my mind: are there, generally speaking, rules against taking additional courses beyond what is required for a Ph.D., or is it simply frowned up by most advisers (in the interest of creating more time for research e... |
2015/08/04 | 506 | 2,153 | <issue_start>username_0: In other words, can anybody publish an open science project, or does the author need to have some specific title or at least study the subject in order to receive some positive feedback from the community?
Or is it simply evaluated based on the quality of the published data and its positive fe... |
2015/08/04 | 903 | 3,630 | <issue_start>username_0: Since open research is about publishing data which are accessible to all, what kind of actions should I take to prevent open research from unauthorised copying or its data being plagiarised without referring to its sources?
What kind of policy, terms or copyright statements should the open pro... |
2015/08/04 | 334 | 1,468 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there any organisations/foundations/hubs which manages/approve independent open science projects which are accepted and well recognised within mainstream scientific circles?
For instance, what if [the published project doesn't make any sense](http://thatsmathematics.com/blog/archives/102) ... |
2015/08/04 | 1,380 | 5,430 | <issue_start>username_0: What kind of formal or non-written rules/requirements does our project need to match and follow so we can say that our project is open science?
Is it only about research data which should be accessible to all?
What if the project [doesn't make sense](http://thatsmathematics.com/blog/archives/... |
2015/08/15 | 851 | 3,150 | <issue_start>username_0: Does engaging in open science practices (e.g., reproducibility, data sharing, study preregistration, open access publication) affect tenure and promotion decisions for academic scientists? One can imagine that these would be viewed favorability and scientists would be rewarded for being open. A... |
2015/08/04 | 438 | 2,025 | <issue_start>username_0: Distributing articles that are not freely available can get you into trouble. However, it is important to share and distribute knowledge.
If you are not sure about whether or not you are allowed to distribute scientific work (be it yours or from others), what are the main criteria that need t... |
2015/08/05 | 1,255 | 5,492 | <issue_start>username_0: Virtual machines (VMs) provide a way for scientists to package not only scientific software, but also data, external dependences, and even entire operating system configurations, facilitating a faithful and exact reproduction of a particular computing environment used to derive a particular res... |
2015/08/18 | 571 | 2,387 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to publish an article open access, but I cannot afford the [article processing charge (APC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_processing_charge). I am based in the UK, so I do not qualify for some of the available fee reductions or waivers. I also do not have grant funding to ... |
2015/08/16 | 1,006 | 3,896 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the difference between Green Open Access and Gold Open Access? Are there other "flavors" of Open Access?<issue_comment>username_1: The term "Open Access" has been used in numerous ways (see [How Open Is It](https://www.plos.org/open-access/howopenisit/)?), but in this context, *Gold* st... |
2015/08/15 | 688 | 3,024 | <issue_start>username_0: In my experience with publishing in some journals, those journals require a signature on a copyright transfer agreement before an article can be published online or in print. Do I have to sign this agreement in order to publish or are there alternatives to this? What do I gain and/or lose by si... |
2015/08/05 | 6,983 | 23,945 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested to know the cost of publishing an academic article. I do not mean in the simple sense of "what does a given journal charge an author to publish?" or "what does an association or publisher charge a library for access to the journal?"
Instead, I want to know the actual costs of t... |
2015/08/05 | 889 | 4,114 | <issue_start>username_0: I work with governmental register data, which includes sensitive information about individuals, and therefore cannot make datasets available to the public lest I risk violating the privacy of my subjects. Even though the data are anonymised, it contains information such as addresses and dates o... |