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Can a bad paper title hurt you? Can a good one help you?

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Sesquipedal

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Should I post my PhD Thesis on arXiv, if I intend to make a paper based on it?

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Felix Y.

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Is this an invitation to submit or a polite rejection?

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The N

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Is there any job security for tenured academics in Denmark?

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lighthouse keeper

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Is a PhD degree from a European university considered equally valuable as one from the US?

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user118011

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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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Lalunalatapi Langte

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Is this professor being unnecessarily harsh or did I actually make a mistake?

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Anne

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How to search for articles from a specific journal in Google Scholar when the journal name is a subset of other journal names (e.g., Science)?

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Sheridan Grant

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Article that plagiarized our paper is still available and gets cited - what to do?

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Salva

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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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anon

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Is "working from home" a bad thing in academia?

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Bravo

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What are the disadvantages of opening the source of your own science tools

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Wiliam

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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]

Awarded Jun 16 at 5:19

Dmitriy Filippov

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Should I tell my class I am neurodivergent?

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starbeamrainbowlabs

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Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?

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Ahmed Taker

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Why are so many professors' websites out of date?

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Allure

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How can I help a PhD student who's dead-set on keeping methodologically wrong results?

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schrödingcöder

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What non-academic job options are there for someone with a PhD in algebraic topology?

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Ggclip

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Why do some journals want figures at the end?

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Namey

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Is providing a slow response to journal reviews a common/good strategy for minimizing the number of review requests?

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Ri49

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I missed a paper from the past year which is very close to what I am doing. What should I do?

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Anmol Gupta

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Why would academics spend funds on an apparently unnecessary publishing fee?

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Piethon

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Is it possible to get a PhD by writing only review and survey papers?

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Raven Cheuk

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How can I find out which universities allow a sandwich (stapler) PhD thesis?

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410 gone

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Is it possible for a student in first year of Ph.D to secure funding for attending conferences?

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TCSGrad

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Colleague Plagiarizes Entire Course Content

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PsySp

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Unexpected email from Computational and Applied Mathematics registering me as an editor and then sending me a paper to review - thoughts?

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Science Man

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Skills Difference between Theoretical Physicists and Mathematicians

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CosminA

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Should I recommend a reviewer that I have no contact with?

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Hanh

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Should I use an author's code made available on request to help retract their highly cited paper?

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Kartik

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Ways to manage something like a 'work-life balance'?

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Michael

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What should I do about a tricky situation regarding a student who plagiarized twice?

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Dan

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Is putting a silly name on a diploma a bad idea?

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je je

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University is killing my passion [for mathematics]

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RNX2D2X

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PhD supervisor wants to assume my apartment lease and buy my improvements to the apartment when I move out

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Lawazyy

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Success of Aggressive Rebuttal Strategy

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mto_19

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What to do when a referee asks for changes I am not willing to make?

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AJed

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Is admission standard for math PhD significantly higher than that for physics PhD?

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Math.StackExchange

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Dealing with discouragement during the academic job hunt

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coffee_into_plots

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When teaching Computer Architecture, why are universities using obscure or even made-up CPUs? Why not x86, ARM or RISC-V?

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FlatAssembler

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Will professors get dismissed for not actively doing research?

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No One

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How do I deal with crying in front of my supervisor?

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Me myself

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Will Israeli Military Service Affect My Chances of a Physics Master's Program?

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Hexadeca

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What can I tell a student I am mentoring who claims: "I want to do pure mathematics because it is superior to any other subject in the world"?

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No One

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Do you write about known code bugs in your publications?

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Katie9206

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What is the proper etiquette when my advisor asks me to add non-contributing authors to author list?

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Relativisticcucumber

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Is there a way to stop students using AI to generate essays?

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Mitsuko

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Asked to cite papers for money

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ronno

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Can academics make a living solely out of publishing?

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camerondiaz

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How long should a professor stay?

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Garry5

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How frequently do pre-tenured assistant professors switch institutions?

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Irwin

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Is it appropriate to ask a sick student to leave the classroom?

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Allure

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How to deal with an incompetent collaborator

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user112589

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Can I submit my old PhD thesis to arxiv with the date set to its original submission date?

Awarded Mar 19 at 11:50

famargar

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Is there a way to report to google scholar some systematic mistakes?

Awarded Mar 18 at 23:50

pancho

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After successfully publishing papers during my Post-Doc, why am I now having trouble publishing as a tenure track academic?

Awarded Mar 18 at 0:56

Odysseus

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Implications for the candidate if a contacted external evaluator declines

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Pete L. Clark

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How can corresponding authors protect themselves from academic spam?

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Maroon

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Is it ethical to send an unpublished draft preprint to a competitor by email to establish priority?

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Worried being scooped

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Resubmitting elsewhere without any key change when a paper is rejected

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Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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