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I found a counterexample to one of the intermediate assertions in a proof but not (necessarily) to the overall result – how to publish this?
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Is it rude to ask Phd student to give daily report?
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How to format the name of an R package in thesis?
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What are good reasons for declining to referee a manuscript that hasn't been posted on arXiv?
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The Zentralblatt asked me to review a worthless paper, what to do?
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How serious are German universities about the locality requirement?
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Is there a "blind" e-print service?
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Can a bad paper title hurt you? Can a good one help you?
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Can I predict the fate of my manuscript (from information other than a decision letter)?
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Excel in both teaching and research as a junior faculty member
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Is this an invitation to submit or a polite rejection?
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Should I include a DOI/website URL for a publication in dissertation bibliography?
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Accommodating whiteboard glare for low-vision student
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My result is accepted in a journal as an errata, but the editors want to change the authorship
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Is it appropriate to report mistakes in an engineering paper which makes unsupported claims?
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Can I reuse a large part of my own previously published paper in a new paper?
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Should I apologise to a professor after a gift authorship attempt, which they refused?
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When do you know things are actually going poorly in graduate school?
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As an advisor, how can I help students with time management and procrastination?
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Strange Interaction with Professor
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How to tell my advisor that I didn't get much progress this week gracefully
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How to detect use of multiple AI-based tools by student?
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Why does independent research from people without formal academic qualifications generally turn out to be a complete waste of time?
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Why should I meet my advisor even if I have nothing to report?
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Is it unfair to retroactively excuse a student for absences?
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Is arXiv strictly for new stuff?
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New faculty position – expectation to change research direction
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Is it rude to write in a journal paper "the proof is left as an exercise to the reader"? [duplicate]
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Is this professor being unnecessarily harsh or did I actually make a mistake?
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If a reference is no longer publicly available, should you include the proofs of the results you cite from it?
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I did not contest a wrong but inconsequential accusation of plagiarism – can this come back to haunt me?
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Has a publisher ever taken action against a researcher hosting the final version of their own paper?
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What are A and A* conference ranks?
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Can my grant pay for a conference marginally related to award?
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What does last authorship mean in various fields? [duplicate]
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Bibliographic references: “[19,31-33]”, “[33,19,31,32]” or “[33], [19], [31], [32]”?
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Are many figures in a paper considered bad practice?
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Article that plagiarized our paper is still available and gets cited - what to do?
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My supervisor is promoting my work (that I think has flaws) everywhere - what to do?
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How much is simplicity of ideas/approaches in a paper appreciated by journals and reviewers?
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At what point does working memory and IQ become a problem when trying to follow a lecture?
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Should I tell my class I am neurodivergent?
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I feel like doing a PhD is my only option but I am not excited about it. What can I do to fix my life? [closed]
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Photo on a CV for a researcher application in Japan?
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Found possible instance of plagiarism in joint review paper and PhD thesis of high profile collaborator, what to do?
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Will an off-topic Masters hurt my chances of a PhD place?
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Is the barrier to entry for mathematics research increasing, and is it at risk of becoming less accessible in the future?
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Is it common to email researchers to "sell" your work?
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Why are method sections usually impersonal, when the main text isn’t?
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Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?
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When to retract a submission due to excessive length of peer-review process
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Would I be disqualified from academic positions in mathematics if my PhD is in cognitive science?
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Should I chase up confidential feedback not being "sanitised"
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Handling cases of "potential" ChatGPT-generated reviews in non-anonymous program committees (as a PC member)
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Why are so many professors' websites out of date?
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Are all postdoc jobs advertised?
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Replying to an editor after plagiarism accusation and manuscript rejection
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What happens if two reviewers have incompatible recommendations for a paper?
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How can I help a PhD student who's dead-set on keeping methodologically wrong results?
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Is it bad that I gave the wrong answer to a question during a recorded talk?
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