Questions tagged [independent-researcher]
An independent researcher is not affiliated with any university or academic institution, and does not receive grants from any such institutions.
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How do I publish the work of my elderly father, a "fringe" scientist? [duplicate]
I am trying to figure out the best way to publish my elderly father's life work. He says he would be considered a "fringe" scientist or an independent researcher. Should we self-publish? The ...
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How to generate credible research in a non-academic setting [closed]
How is research normally done in corporate settings or other settings outside of an academic environment? More importantly how do you get the research to be given credit to you by those in the ...
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Asking A Colleague for a Letter of Recommendation
I am working as an Assistant Professor at a university for over 2 years, but I am not happy with my current job and university. I want to apply to a university in another country (from where I've done ...
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Finding related result in mathematics
Assume that I have a math problem, I want to find results, theorems (as much as I could find, in maximum number) relevant to the problem, how can I do that efficiently?
For example, one way could be ...
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Does it make sense to "pause" an academic career so that I can pursue financial independence and self-fund my research?
I graduated with a bachelor’s in the humanities last year. I would have preferred to continue studying, but I don’t have the money, and I have found very few opportunities for full funding where I ...
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How should an independent researcher introduce him/herself in his/her to be submitted articles? [duplicate]
As we all know, all academic professors or students who want to submit an article (research or review) to a journal should write their affiliations (their institute name and job there) on the first ...
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Finding an advisor without enrolling into a university
I want to break into academia by becoming a PhD student of computer science. However, I need publications and letters of recommendation in order to strengthen my application. The ordinary way of doing ...
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As someone outside academia, how can I get my math paper peer reviewed?
I have written a math paper and I think/hope it is ready for peer review. I am 40+ years removed from academia and have no access to 'publications' but I have learned from my many re-writes and I have ...
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How do I start an initial conversation with a professor to ask them to let me work in their group as a graduated student
I got my master's in Computer Science 3 years ago. I had a poor GPA of 3.3/4. I wanted to get a job back then and I was not that interested in the coursework. I am currently working as a software ...
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Contributing to open research in 2020 [closed]
I am interested in getting into a research oriented role in future and would really like to learn more about the process and gain experience by being part of it.
Can someone please share any ...
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Independent research after grad school while holding a somehow unrelated career. What are the potential caveats or problems?
I recently graduated from a master's degree while working on an interesting but niche intersection of machine learning and biology. This area is of my personal interest and I believe it can impact the ...
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Where can I pay professional researchers online to verify my results and answer my questions? [duplicate]
I am looking for professional help to verify some results I am working on and maintaining in a write-up. However, I can't get anyone for free since I was forced to leave my old university, Case ...
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Could it be possible to answer a new research question with the help of literature review? Could this be published at a symposium? [closed]
I am a master student and my university didn't teach us econometrics, but I am doing self study. So, right now I am not adept at and could handle large time series data. But I sent an abstract to a ...
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As a postdoc, I made progress on a project that I was supposed to do during my PhD. I am regretting the time spent on my PhD [closed]
When I joined my computational modeling lab as a PhD student, I was supposed to work on a topic that I was very much interested in.
I spent 2 years of trying, but couldn't show any progress. I became ...
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What to do when I’m not affiliated with an academic institution and submitting a manuscript? [duplicate]
I am seeking to re-establish my research career after a 7-year career break. The first step involves submitting a paper to a peer reviewed journal which reports a study that was conducted 7 years ago. ...
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Are there any (online) communities for independent researchers?
Perhaps a bit of background on myself is useful in this case. I've obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in pure mathematics and applied mathematics, respectively. Although I would like to do a ...
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How do you deal with the ridiculous catch 22 to get into grad school [closed]
I have applied for a second round of 100% rejections and needless to say I am not feeling great about it. What I am especially angry/frustrated about is that neat little sentence every rejection ...
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How can I publish an academic paper independent of work while working at a company?
I have been working on some independent research for a few years now, and I'm finally at the point where I'm seriously considering publishing a Computer Science/Mathematical Algorithm in an Academic ...
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Should I reply to email from institute director congratulating me for being shortlisted for a position?
I have received an email from the "director" of a prestigious research institute, sent to me and another candidate, announcing and congratulating that we have been shortlisted for a particular ...
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Ethics approval for an independent project akin to a survey
The self-funded project being planned involves participants doing a variant of a Random Number Generation task, involving just typing "randomly" for a couple minutes on a computer program to study/...
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How to find free data sets from the internet for independent research?
I am conducting an independent research on a tourism-related topic. However, data sets on the internet require premium registration.
I was wondering: what are the best websites that offer data sets ...
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How do you respectfully remove someone from your research group?
Recently, I began my work on an independent research project. A few months ago, while I was writing the research proposal for submission, I talked with a peer of mine who hadn't done independent ...
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For how long afterwards can you publish papers based on field research?
In 2010 I did field research for my Masters Thesis in International Peace & Conflict Resolution (i.e. multi-disciplinary social science and international relations) in Bolivia interviewing ...
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Can I list my experience as independent researcher to my resume or CV?
I have graduated from my master's last year. I am very much interested in doing an additional technical master's program and/or a Ph.D. in my field. So, I started applying for both the technical ...
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Why are most cranks old men?
What To Do When The Trisector Comes claims that most cranks (for lack of a better word) are old men (trisector refers to a specific type of crank):
One obvious characteristic of trisectors is that ...
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What's the consensus on sharing raw data? [closed]
Let's say I authored a paper or a study - published either in an academic journal or release just on a website. The study is well received, but I've received some requests from "colleagues" who want ...
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How do I find graduate level topics and textbooks after graduating?
I've recently finished a MS in computer engineering and long term it's likely that I'll look into doing a PhD. One of the reasons I didnt do it straight away is that I dont really have a clue what I'd ...
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Are there funding sources for open-access fees for an independent researcher in industry?
Since I finished graduate school (statistics), I have been pursuing research. This is on my own time, separate from my work in industry, and while my company does not interfere with my work, they give ...
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How important is being in a good institute for a theoretical physicist? [closed]
Will being in a underfunded institute and with mediocre colleagues hinder the performance of a theoretical physicist to a great degree?
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How to publish a book chapter?
I have done some research in a topic. And now i think that i have enough understanding and material that can be used to write a chapter.
However, I don't have any idea about
How can i get it(my ...
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