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Do German company sponsored Ph.D. students deserve the Ph.D. title? [closed]
Do German company-sponsored Ph.D. students deserve the Ph.D. title?
I recently came across a post on social media that there's a BMW employee who got accepted to the BMW Ph.D. Program Promotion.
So ...
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Publish an article as part of the dissertation, even though it has already been published in the journal
I am about to publish my dissertation via the university library, which is mandatory according to the doctoral regulations of my university.
I have written a total of 4 articles as part of my ...
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Is it unethical to change the affiliation of a published chapter from my PhD thesis after candidature?
I completed my PhD research at the University, submitted my thesis draft for examination, and began working at a company co-founded by my PhD supervisor. Before completing my thesis examination, I ...
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Can my supervisor publish a relevant work to my PhD without citing my published dissertation?
I was a PhD student at an american university, and I graduated last year. After graduation, there are few papers that were sent for publications before my graduation. Because of an authorship dispute ...
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How to add Copyright Notice Code?
I have got a paper accepted in a conference, they have told me add a copyright notice code at the bottom of page 1. This is my first time in conference and I am confused whether the code is same for ...
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Are publications strictly required to obtain a PhD thesis?
I am a PhD student in electrical engineering and I am writing my first article, probably for a Q1 journal. My question is the following: in order to get a PhD degree, do you need to have one or ...
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Proving authorship and names on public magazines when name in publications does not match name in passport [duplicate]
My official passport name is very long Mukhammadyusuf Fakhriddinov that's why I use Yusuf Fakhriddinov on my publications, also on most websites I use shorter name. Will it cause any confusion in the ...
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PhD Thesis from High Quality Masters Thesis and Publications
I went to a non-PhD awarding university for my CS master's degree applied to the medical field. I treated the research very seriously and tackled multiple existing problems and original research. My ...
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Choice between article-based and monograph thesis
I am in the fourth year of my PhD studies in General Linguistics at a university in Spain, and I was working on my thesis in the form of monograph, until the beginning of this year when I managed to ...
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How should I paraphrase a paragraph with several primary references?
I have a question about in-text citations. I have read different answers and want to be sure about it: when I paraphrase a text from paper A, I should cite the author; if there is a reference in the ...
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Accused of plagiarism in my master thesis, which I submitted two years ago. What now? [closed]
I submitted my master thesis two years ago and I got a passing grade. Now I got a call from the university stating that my supervisor has found plagiarism in some pages of the thesis. They told me ...
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Advice to get new PhD opportunities
I have a master's degree in Mathematics in a specialty X. I got a scholarship to do a PhD thesis in a specialty Y in another country. I have started working on my thesis and I have devoted most of my ...
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Adding all entries in bibliography of a research paper automatically other than using Excite and wos [duplicate]
Every research paper had a bibliography at the end carrying various earlier research papers, books, web articles, etc. The user has to click on each one separately and then, through Google or Semantic ...
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References to author or authors in PhD thesis or published paper
In a chapter of my finished PhD thesis I have written "...to the best of the author's knowledge..." several times as a reference to me. Now my supervisor and I would like to publish this ...
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Publication during my intermediate work
I work on wireless communication topic for my thesis and want to published some my intermediate work on my thesis.
There are conferences, Workshops, posters, magazines (did I miss something?). All of ...
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Cumulative Thesis/Dissertation
I am writing my PhD thesis now and my supervisor said it can be in the cumulative way because I've got enough papers, 3 in sum. So now I look for publisher permission to reprint the papers. My ...
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Advisor does not acknowledge their paper to be wrong, what to do?
This is a follow-up to my previous question: (Advisor's paper fundamentally flawed, what do I do?).
My advisor and another student collaborated on a paper. After reading it carefully myself, I've ...
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If the editor-in-chief does not consider plagiarism, is there any possibility of resorting to a new assessment in the scientific community?
The question is a complement for other post not completely answered yet (Plagiarism, intimidation and misuse of doctoral theses results in Brazil):
If the editor-in-chief does not consider plagiarism, ...
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Awaiting AE recommendation before "acceptance or rejection"
Is it ok to ask the journal about the status of my manuscript or it will affect their decision about it?
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How do I justify studying an effect found in an underdeveloped country when it has been found and studied in developed countries? [closed]
I am finding it challenging to motivate my chapter, in particular, why I have to study for a behavioral effect that influences prices in a underdeveloped country, when it has been reported in other ...
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Include content in my PhD thesis from my paper whose content previously appeared in the PhD thesis of one of the coauthors of the aforementioned paper
I would want to include content in my PhD thesis from one of my research papers. I am a coauthor of the research paper. The order of the names of the authors in the research paper is not based on the ...
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Criteria of papers to review
I am preparing my PhD in computer science. I want to do a state of the art about the topic I am working on, are there any criteria to consider when choosing papers to review? Thank you in advance :)
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Is discovering a new (and noteworthy) branch of Mathematics not necessarily worth a PhD? [closed]
I'm currently enrolled for a master's degree in pure mathematics. My supervisor agrees with me that I discovered a new and noteworthy branch of mathematics (and rigorously proved the results).
We both ...
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I refused adding a gift author to my paper and my advisor threatened me that he won't let me graduate
I am a phd student and I am writing a paper with my advisor, which is also part of my thesis. When we were going to submit it for publication, he asked me out of the blue to include in the paper the ...
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Phd Thesis vs 5 years publications documentation [duplicate]
I am doing my PhD in data mining and I want to start writing my thesis. Is there any acceptable percentage of similarities between the final thesis and the used published research to create the final ...
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If I publish my PhD thesis chapters, can my thesis be later still published as a monograph
My supervisor told me that it is not required to publish my papers before submitting my thesis.
We are required (in German universities), however, to published our monograph thesis later as a book.
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What should I do if my former advisor wants to use my research project data (including dissertation) for the current PhD student's dissertation?
I finished my dissertation about 2 years ago and currently continue for a clinical program in the same department. I collected the data from many subjects for my research project including ...
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Can I get a PhD if I did research without being enrolled in a PhD program?
I have been working under the supervision of a Professor at a german University for a couple of years on a research project that could be published soon with me as a first author.
However I am not ...
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Will an error in one of my publication affect the outcome of my PhD defense?
I'm a PhD student in physics in a European country. I'm about to have my PhD defence in about 6 weeks. I have 3 published papers and one manuscript ready for submission. My thesis is also finished (...
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What is a novelty in a computer science PhD'
I'm now on my final year of my PhD in Computer Science (CS).
Unfortunately, I'm still confused with what is considered as a novelty in CS.
Some people say I have to develop a new algorithm and not ...
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In the UK, who owns the intellectual property of a thesis?
Assume the following problem:
A person decides to create software for his thesis. His application turns out to be very profitable.
If he continues creating it, will the University own the ...
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Is my PhD adviser being unethical?
My PhD adviser and I decided to publish in Physical Review Letters. After nearly finishing the manuscript, he realized the publication cost was $800 and now instead wants to publish in a significantly ...
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How can I finish my PhD? [closed]
I have M.Sc. in mathematics, and I was/am working on a PhD for almost 10 years now (on and off), but I haven't published a thing. I have many results (most in a single field) and potential paper ...
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Writing thesis with corrected data after being published
Lack of a systematic strict supervision has lead to inaccuracies in data evaluation. This data was published. While writing thesis I realize that and I don't know what to do. Should I write my "...
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Preparing two PhD simultaneously?
I was enrolled in a PhD at the Faculty of Science, and broke up "temporarily" after 4 years due to a horrible Professor, and restarted a new PhD at the Faculty of Engineering.
For the 1st university, ...
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Make some papers in PhD [closed]
I am a third year PhD Student in math. I am studying abroad from my country. I need some advice.
I have three main problems that I would like to share with you.
1) It seems, I will be graduated ...
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Do PhD students really publish so committee doesn't have to thoroughly read dissertation?
My advisor recently mentioned that the point of publishing throughout your PhD is so your committee doesn't have to read your dissertation to determine whether it's sufficient for a PhD--if you have ...
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How to tell my PhD supervisors I want to publish without them?
I have had poor supervision from both my supervisors, but one in particular. Overall, neither provided me much intellectual support while I was doing my thesis in psychology. Early on, they were a ...
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Publishing phd work after joining another institute for job
I recently submitted my phd thesis and immediately joined as a faculty member in another institute. My final phd viva will be in around 3 months time. Now, I need to publish some of my thesis work ...
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Should my PhD thesis be submitted under my legal name?
I married during my PhD and changed my legal surname however (for many reasons) I will continue to publish under my maiden name. My (UK) university says that a thesis has to be submitted under the ...
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Can I use my master's degree thesis as a Research Project Proposal for a phd application?
Can I use my master's degree thesis (a pilot study not published) as a Research Project Proposal for a PhD application?
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Do people still have to write thesis after finishing their master/phd? [closed]
I know that the thesis is needed when doing their master.
But do people still need to write a thesis when doing research as a past-time?
What if they just want to publish an article but not thesis?
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What are my prospects to get a Postdoc position with just 1 publication from PhD? [closed]
I am a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. I have already completed my 5 years, am writing my thesis and will be submitting my thesis in 4 months. I have published 1 paper till now. That was 2 years ago. ...
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How to have confidence in my research?
I'm a PhD student at a reputed institution and in my 4th year now. I'm researching in the domain of information security & privacy.
I've got a number of good conference publications (4 ...
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Cyclic trend through generations of excellence, Top researchers -> Their PhD students -> Top researchers ->
I was reading about one of the prominent researcher in my field of study. Out of curiosity I read his PhD theses. It was supervised by yet another prominent scientist. I further went on to see his ...
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What are some useful tips that allows PhD students to produce many publications of good quality throughout the duration of the PhD? [closed]
I am starting my PhD in Statistics soon and while I will try not to burn myself out, I still want to publish as much as possible while I am in my PhD program.
What are some useful tips that allows ...
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PhD Student, written my first paper. What are my next steps? [closed]
I have written a first paper for my Finance PhD. It is around 70 pages in length (double-spaced), possibly far to long.
What are my next steps?
How can I start the publication process?
Is there ...
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Mentioning unpublished research paper in Statement of Purpose/Resume
I graduated two years ago with a BE degree. At that time, I did not have any plans for Ph.D./higher education, so I did not put any effort to publish my undergrad research work in any conference.
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Decision Pending | Send a Reminder?
I am a 2nd year PhD student (starting my third year soon). For the past 7 months, I've been struggling with finding an appropriate journal for my (hopefully) first article. I had to deal with many ...
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Can PhD Thesis be converted into Three IEEE Journal Papers (same as they are in Thesis)?
The students of the laboratory in which I worked for follows the below rule:
1) In four to five years, they publish three-four IEEE papers.
2) Merge all those papers into a single document and ...
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