Questions tagged [publications]
Questions related to academic publications including online and traditional journals, books, and conference proceedings.
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Severely underperforming during my internship. How do I tell my PI that I want to do more to get a first authored poster at least? Or, am I unfit?
I'm a soon to be a 4.5 year Ph.D candidate (ABD) in Experimental Psychology. A few weeks ago, I started an internship at a nationally recognized hospital in central Ohio (for the summer) that took 9/...
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Use of "would have + past participle" in a scientific article
I want to ask if the use of "would have + verb in past participle" is appropriate in a paper. What is the correct way of expressing a hypothetical outcome when describing past events? I may ...
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How to Ask a Top Professor to Co-Author a Paper with Me?
I am currently working on a research project that I believe has significant potential. I have identified a top professor in my field whose expertise aligns perfectly with my research topic. I would ...
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Has a publisher ever taken action against a researcher hosting the final version of their own paper?
There's an old paper (15+ years) of mine, with average citation numbers. It's pay-walled.
I'd like to just post it on my web site, in its final version. Is this something I might regret?
Has a ...
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Student dishartened by joint first authorship (unrightfully) requested by collaborator - what to do?
Clinical collaborator has collected samples of different body sites, performed assays using blood samples and collected metadata for all subjects. Our lab and collaborator's lab has PhD students. Our ...
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To what extent is it acceptable academic practice to ask for help in SE to write a proof of a paper that may be published? [duplicate]
I am currently trying to write a mathematical proof for a paper that I hope will some day be published in some peer-reviewed journal. In said proof, there is a step I am not seeing, and I have been ...
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Is it possible that the editor is still looking for other reveiwers while one reviewer has submitted the reviewer report? [duplicate]
I submitted my manuscript in April 2024, and it was sent out for review 10 days later. As this is an Elsevier journal, I can track the progress of the peer review. More than two review invitations ...
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An editor thinks a correction should be posted on the author's website rather than published. Is he sticking to the academic ethics?
I had a casual chat about a famous paper in mathematical economics with an editor of a journal different from where the paper was published. We agree that some of the mathematical results are mistaken....
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Researcher status
As part of their postdoctoral life, PhD holders get engaged in more serious research projects, publish in high-ranking journals, attend international conferences, and so on. Would you recommend them ...
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How much does the PhD institution matter for getting a Post Doc position in a top institution [duplicate]
how much does the image and ranking(provided by various institutions) matter irrespective of individual work of an institution where you pursue your PhD in getting a Post Doctorate position in a top ...
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What is the meaning of retrieved paper?
What is the meaning of "retrieved journal" ? Can a retrieved article be cited in a paper? The article has a publication date (2018), but it has been written "retrieved 2024". I do ...
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When is it appropriate to suggest a nonpreferred reviewer?
I submitted a manuscript to a journal and got desk rejected by the editor who also gave feedback on why the manuscript was rejected. We made changes to address this feedback but after some back and ...
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Are many figures in a paper considered bad practice?
I am in the process of writing a paper for one of my PhD test series. As the test series was extensive, with many different materials and specimen, there are quite a lot of figures: images of the ...
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My supervisor is promoting my work (that I think has flaws) everywhere - what to do?
I am in a situation that might seems a bit odd. I published my research work in a pretty good journal. However, I believe that peer review wasn’t very strict (in my opinion). And this work is ...
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What is included in Springer accesses count?
I am mostly curious if I open my article through the Springer website multiple times, will it count as mutliple accesses? Also, if anyone knows，what exactly is counted as accesses?
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