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Awarded 361 times.
Is declining an offer to give a talk at a conference halfway around the world a bad idea?
Awarded Jun 13 at 6:32
Which review recommendation should I give to maximize the likelihood that a manuscript is rejected?
Awarded May 26 at 15:42
Should I use an author's code made available on request to help retract their highly cited paper?
Awarded May 4 at 16:11
Struggling with PhD in Switzerland: should I transfer to a more favorable climate?
Awarded May 2 at 22:05
Can an undergraduate student be penalized for exceeding what is expected of a work?
Awarded Apr 29 at 16:06
University is killing my passion [for mathematics]
Awarded Apr 24 at 20:31
What is the proper etiquette when my advisor asks me to add non-contributing authors to author list?
Awarded Apr 4 at 21:37
Tenure Track at a Small Liberal Arts College, but bad at research, how do I improve?
Awarded Mar 31 at 15:05
Where are historical research papers stored?
Awarded Mar 21 at 7:51
Is it ethical to assign problem sets and not tell students which subset of problems will be graded?
Awarded Feb 25 at 15:27
To break or not to break with advisor at the end of a Ph.D.?
Awarded Feb 11 at 21:25
I reviewed a paper that was rejected, and the authors have posted the paper online without corrections. Do I intervene?
Awarded Feb 1 at 20:08
I made an inappropriate joke in my class. Should I apologize or just let it be?
Awarded Jan 28 at 21:27
Including an old publication in a CV for a PhD
Awarded Jan 15 at 17:08
Asking a professor for materials before the course
Awarded Jan 13 at 13:04
Master's supervisor said he didn't post projects because he's not taking in any students but said I should apply anyway for PhD in his group?
Awarded Dec 15, 2023 at 3:37
Can I write "paper accepted without revisions" on a CV?
Awarded Nov 14, 2023 at 15:07
Writing a letter of recommendation for a mediocre student
Awarded Nov 7, 2023 at 21:01
Is it dishonest to not list papers published in predatory journals when e.g. applying for a job?
Awarded Sep 16, 2023 at 4:18
Someone I don't know contributed to my program on GitHub. Can I still present that program as my Bachelor thesis?
Awarded Aug 31, 2023 at 1:26
Why do " 'inclusive' access" textbooks normally self-destruct after a year or so?
Awarded Aug 22, 2023 at 8:41
Is it okay to submit a paper from a master's thesis without informing the advisor?
Awarded Aug 10, 2023 at 14:42
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Awarded Aug 3, 2023 at 12:18
Is there a single example of an outsider considered a "crank" publishing a ground-breaking result that was found to be correct (in the last 30 years)?
Awarded Jul 6, 2023 at 11:58
I am reviewing a very bad paper - do I have to be nice?
Awarded Jun 6, 2023 at 13:18
Why does arxiv.org not assign DOIs?
Awarded May 25, 2023 at 9:01
Is it Beneficial for Postdocs to Give Talks to Single Research Groups?
Awarded May 14, 2023 at 17:56
How should I refer to the presence of racial slurs in data presented at a conference talk?
Awarded May 6, 2023 at 6:45
Is it safe to publish research papers in cooperation with Russian academics?
Awarded May 2, 2023 at 20:06
Ethical standards in asking a professor for reviewing a finished manuscript and publishing it together
Awarded Apr 30, 2023 at 21:45
How to list an ABD PhD when I also have a second, defended, PhD
Awarded Apr 19, 2023 at 1:20
Is it okay to criticize authors because of how poorly their paper is written?
Awarded Apr 1, 2023 at 12:36
One of my postdocs elegantly solved a problem another postdoc had been working on for years. I have no idea how to navigate this delicate situation
Awarded Apr 1, 2023 at 10:16
Who is the PhD student to their supervisor?
Awarded Mar 28, 2023 at 5:26
Finding a career as a researcher without any PhD, work experience, and/or relevant academic degree
Awarded Mar 13, 2023 at 8:48
Are reduced working hours in a PhD a reasonable idea?
Awarded Mar 13, 2023 at 3:27
My post-doc is ending and I am applying to faculty positions. In the mean time, does being unemployed look better than taking an industry job?
Awarded Mar 2, 2023 at 16:33
How to deal with an unreasonable reviewer asking to cite irrelevant articles?
Awarded Feb 28, 2023 at 18:28
As an outsider, how do I get academics to discuss my idea with me?
Awarded Feb 28, 2023 at 10:10
"Expect" Nature publication for PhD?
Awarded Feb 27, 2023 at 8:42
When citing your advisor's past work, how can I proceed when their papers are poorly written?
Awarded Feb 21, 2023 at 14:36
I screwed up a talk - how to move on
Awarded Feb 10, 2023 at 8:47
Do peer-reviewers ignore details in complicated mathematical computations and theorems?
Awarded Jan 18, 2023 at 8:27
May my distinguished referee award be withdrawn if I inform the editors that I've actually left academia?
Awarded Dec 23, 2022 at 8:55
Is changing some words plagiarism?
Awarded Dec 17, 2022 at 19:25
Is there a rationale for working in academia in developing countries?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 4:25
Are certain conferences or fields "allocated" to certain universities? Should I avoid attending certain conferences?
Awarded Nov 8, 2022 at 14:04
I want to cite a theorem from a book written by influential scientists. However the theorem is not proven in the book. Should I add a proof of my own?
Awarded Oct 25, 2022 at 3:07
What to do with someone that cheated their way through university and a PhD program?
Awarded Oct 22, 2022 at 13:40
Do I have to report all data and how should I deal with outliers if there are too many?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 2:40
Is it ethical to submit papers under a false identity and affiliation to avoid peer review bias?
Awarded Sep 19, 2022 at 21:49
How to know whether my submission to a mathematics journal is significant enough?
Awarded Sep 2, 2022 at 23:22
How can I deal with students who are not interested in the class but the credits?
Awarded Aug 22, 2022 at 19:36
Scientific writing: attributing actions to inanimate objects
Awarded Jul 21, 2022 at 8:36
When do I switch from "Dear Dr. X" to "Dear Firstname" when exchanging emails with a professor that I never seen before?
Awarded Jun 30, 2022 at 20:26
If transitioning into academic position, should I buy my PhD graduation cap and gown?
Awarded Jun 3, 2022 at 8:41
What are the ethics involved in teaching my chair's child in my undergrad class?
Awarded May 30, 2022 at 16:01
PhD student pressured to fabricate data due to bad experiment design
Awarded May 25, 2022 at 11:46
What level of audience should one aim for in the introduction of a STEM thesis?
Awarded May 14, 2022 at 9:41
What are the potential pitfalls of using non-Greek/non-European characters as symbol in scientific writing?
Awarded May 8, 2022 at 18:10
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