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Do conference abstracts by other groups preclude publication?
N.B. This question is about physics (if you want it really specific: applied physics, adjacent to chemistry). This means that (a) abstracts are typically very short compared to a full paper (around 1-...
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How to do short research projects with professors?
I am a physics student looking to apply for PhD positions. To increase my chances of getting selected and to increase my exposure to research, I want to publish research papers. The only research I ...
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Emphasis on explaining background knowledge in PL; not much so in physics?
As a CS-Physics double major undergrad entering my senior year, I have begun reading a handful of articles from both fields. Specifically, I have read some articles from programming language-related ...
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Is it a good idea, for a young researcher, to submit to arXiv a "mediocre" paper?
I'm a PhD student in physics, working on some projects with my advisors, which are hopefully going to be published soon. I have a profile on ResearchGate, on which I posted my theses, a poster, and a ...
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Do people care about single-author works in quantum information theory?
I am a junior postdoc (completed one and a half years) working in the field of quantum information theory. I was told by my PhD advisor that single-author papers don’t really matter in physics. They ...
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Disadvantages/risks of publishing new raw data as one of a group of instructive examples while planning to publish a full analysis of the data later?
We have a few 2D low energy electron diffraction LEED images (field is Physics/Surface Science) that are currently not yet published, the analysis is not complete nor their implications fully explored....
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I see these types of plots a lot in older publications. What software/method is used to make this plot? [duplicate]
Anyone know what software or method is used to make these classic black and white publication figures with all caps axis labels and typically a gridded background?
Just curious because I have seen ...
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Convention on embedding three pairs of items in a single sentence using parentheses
I am writing in a description of three items in a thesis on Particle Physics, and I can do it in one line in theory. If there were just two items, e.g. A and B, which produce results C and D, I could ...
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strategy of publication fee for a junior faculty member in math/phys fields
Most good journals don't charge a mandatory publication fee. Many open access only journals aren't that good and accept papers easily. For a junior faculty member who has much money for publication in ...
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How does one keep hammering on another study in preprints so forcefully that one gets temporarily banned from posting to arXiv?
The September 26, 2022 news item in Science ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted discusses one individual who levied substantial criticism of the study, ...
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If I write a paper as PI, is it best to be first or last author? [duplicate]
I'm a physicist at a national lab. I recently became head of a group at my lab and am currently writing a journal paper with a few of the people in my group.
Is it better to put myself as first author ...
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Can I publish plots for already derived and plotted data with different values?
I am doing MS Physics. If I take some previously derived results and plot them for different values, can I publish this work? If I do so, will it be like a review work? The plots are already there in ...
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Can I do publish my paper without APC? [closed]
Now a days,I have no money to pay for Article Processing charge (APC) since I have no money support foundation.I want to publish my paper without paying any amount of money in an international journal ...
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Does adding a co-author with a high citation record in a paper have an impact on the peer-review process?
While going through some papers in my research area. I have noticed the presence of an author X with a high citation record (+3000), on several research papers. Digging deeper, I have discovered that, ...
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Can I publish something which is more like a study and which does not contain any concrete results?
I am a theoretical physics researcher. I have not published any papers yet, so I do not have that much experience in publishing a paper. Though I am a Ph.D. student, I am also working independently on ...
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Should I tell my supervisor about my upcoming paper?
I'm doing a PhD on theoretical physics.
The last months, I'm working on a paper that my supervisor is not aware of. I'm now finishing the paper. The idea of the paper is closely related to my PhD ...
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Citing programming packages [duplicate]
I wanted to ask how to cite python packages into a scientific article.
I used a code package for my project and I can not find a scientific publication of the package I used. Exist a standard to cite ...
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# as abbreviation of "Number of"/"Count of"
I'm writing a scientific paper, and I seen a lot of times the abbreviation # for 'number of' or similar, for example if we are counting events, I seen expressed the results as,
# type1 = 100, # ...
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Scientific paper with 3D scatterplot in supplementary information; I can add a video but how to let readers rotate/zoom interactively?
When publishing in the physical sciences the main paper is usually something 2D, you can read it online or print it. Many journals support supplementary data in the form of pdf files and videos.
It is ...
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I have developed a tool which I think can benefit others. Can I publish this to a journal? [duplicate]
I'm a physicist and have written a tool which greatly simplifies my job. Instead of needing to worry about implementation details I can now simply input my data and the software will do all necessary ...
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Publishing a physics paper when you are outside academia?
I'd like to publish a paper in a cosmology journal. However, I've been outside academia for about 3 years since completing my masters. Is there any platform where I can share my idea and get feedback ...
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Pursuing a UK PhD with a Greek BSc + research experience [duplicate]
I am beginning my final semester of my 4-year undergraduate program, studying Informatics (Computer Science) in Greece, and I expect to graduate this September. I would like to pursue a PhD in the ...
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My paper is rejected repeatedly without naming a technical flaw [duplicate]
My theoretical physics paper is being rejected repeatedly at the editorial stage, without undergoing peer review. However, every rejection explicitly states that there is no technical error in my line ...
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Would it be inappropriate to complete this project on my own?
About a year ago, I quit my PhD in mathematics. At the time, I was working on a project given to me by my former advisor. His contributions were as follows:
Explaining the basic idea of the project, ...
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What niche is PRResearch supposed to fill that the other APS journals don’t already cover?
I read the description of the new journal PRResearch on the APS website, but I am still confused.
APS publishes specialized journals, including PRA/B/C/D/E, for each major branch of physics, and ...
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Importance of peer-reviewed proceedings in particle physics
How important can be peer-reviewed proceedings based on talks on work-in-progress? Do they carry equal importance like a publication in a journal and count as an independent publication even though ...
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What is the formal process for a theory to get accepted by the science community? [duplicate]
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Since last many years, I have self-studied a subject that is Theoretical Physics - Cosmology, Time and Space. I have never got ...
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How does one manage to "time stamp" their physics paper without submitting it to a preprint server like arXiv?
Say, I have a paper written up. I wish to publish it in a reputed journal without submitting it to arXiv. The first journal(A) I submit it to rejects it. I send the paper to a 2nd journal (B) for ...
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Writing a book expanding on a previous review paper?
After writing a review paper on a specific topic, is it common to write a book to expand the review paper in a more pedagogical way, and to include more subtopics/content? Also, since published papers ...
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Plagiarism between a Physical Review Letters paper and a previous arXiv preprint
I am a PhD student and today, a PRL paper has been published in which a part of its main section reports the same results as our arXiv preprint, that was submitted also to PRL (and to arXiv) at the ...
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How can I ease in to the research arena?
I'm a first year graduate student and my age is 24. I got a degree in statistics, but it was not that interesting. I barely got into a below average grad school program in mathematics. I want to ...
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I am extremely passionate about entropy/physics, but I don't think I can get into grad school. What can I do to pursue these topics sustainably? [closed]
I am a recent graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland with a 2.94 GPA and a 3.01 major GPA and I am completely obsessed with entropy and the foundations of quantum physics. I'...
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How do researchers use published plots?
I was wondering how people deal with data represented with plots (of any kind) in a published paper, in particular for what regards Physics. When doing theoretical research (but not only), often you ...
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Will a paper be retracted if a flaw in released software code invalidates its central idea?
Say I have written code that performs a physics calculation. After this, I get a paper published based on the results of the code. In the interest of advancing the progress of science, I upload the ...
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Looking for an endorser to publish on arxiv.org as well as other suggestions [duplicate]
My grandfather, a long since retired professor, recently finished a very long in the making paper, which tries to cover a lot of ground around physics and general nature science. He is very old-school,...
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Life cycle for Physical Review Letters [duplicate]
What is the average time does it take from the time you submit your paper to the time is it published in Physical Review Letters?
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Graduate courses or research experience for PhD admissions: Which is more important? [closed]
I am currently at a crossroads, deciding between several MS program offers. I have the choice to do a research based masters, where I would take very few graduate courses but focus almost solely on ...
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How to explore Physics research as an undergraduate, keeping in mind the ever increasing weight on publications? [closed]
I am currently 3rd year Physics UG and have been working on Cosmology for past 3 years.
I want to explore different areas like QFT, Quantum Gravity and maybe a bit of basic Math research as well, ...
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Example of joint submission to PRL, PRA
We are thinking about a joint submission to Physical Review Letters, and PRA per these guidelines. I'm however not entirely sure how the two submissions should be exactly related, e.g. how much ...
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Why do citations in physics journals leave out the article title?
I'm not a physicist but I read the occasional physics paper. Coming from another discipline I find it odd that most article references in physics journals leave out the article title - this seems like ...
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How can a prospective PhD student know beforehand which universities have the most reputable teams/supervisors?
I am interested in astronomy/astrophysics and cosmology. It is my understanding that choosing the best supervisor/team to work with for the PHD is more crucial than choosing the best (and most ...
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What is the workflow of an editor in this case? [closed]
I am rather new to the academic so I am bit insecure about the whole process. I have a small question regarding the publication process.
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Recently I submitted a paper to a physics journal. ...
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How does a book editor's scientific reputation affect how the work of the chapter authors is evaluated?
When considering to publish a paper in a research journal, the journal's reputation itself is what people usually care about, rather than the editor's expertise and scientific status (although high-...
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History of mega-collaborations
Curiosity spurred by this recent question: what were the first mega-collaboration papers (hundreds/thousands of authors)? Which institution/project/experiment started them? How were they received at ...
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Article got accepted into PRL -- do I pay the costs?
Last week we got an article accepted into PRL (Physical Review Letters). As is standard, they afterwards sent out an email saying
To help defray editorial and production expenses, APS, a
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Authorship disagreement
I'm in physics where the order of authors is meaningful. The first author is the lead author and the last author is the principal investigator. I am an undergraduate who has collaborated on a topic ...
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Is first authorship a big deal (in terms of highlighting it on CV, etc.)? [duplicate]
From August 2015 through August 2016 I was on a Nuclear/Radiation Physics based work placement in a scientific research institute, between my second and third years of my university Maths degree. I am ...
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In physics, does the order of authors on a paper matter?
I'm writing to inquire whether or not the order in which the names of the authors is mentioned has any bearing? Here's my case:
I started working on a project with a professor in the physics ...
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Two potential ways of presenting results, is there a preference?
In a short paper I am writing, I have developed a fairly complex model. To express it in a highly watered down fashion, the purpose of the paper is to study the variation of a Variable Y with an ...
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Publishing a paper as the sole author (undergraduate)
I am an undergraduate student and I have been working with a computational physics group for three years.
Over the past three years, the code I used for our research has grown from one simple ...
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