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What should someone do if they find a similar working paper to their thesis after graduation?
What should a student do if they find a similar unpublished working paper (say at a recent conference) after they have already defended the thesis and graduated? Suppose that the other group has been ...
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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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Publishing a non thesis article
I would like to ask to you about a topic that has been on my mind right now. Before publishing my master thesis, I want to publish a non-thesis article and use it in my thesis and I want to cite ...
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Publishing someone else's thesis work without their consent
Finished my MRes recently. My supervisor has told me that their ex-PhD student (graduated a year and a half ago) had some results in their thesis that they hadn't published. He asked me to complete ...
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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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I did everything on my own regarding my B.Sc. thesis. My supervisor did nothing. I want to publish it without his name
My B.Sc. thesis advisor did nothing regarding my B.Sc. thesis. I chose the topic, I have done everything on my own. He didn't even read the work or provided me with any guidance or any advice. Just ...
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What would happen if I am doing my PhD on a topic and I find a very recent paper with the results I was obtaining? [duplicate]
I am doing my Ph.D. in maths and working on something. However, I was wondering what would happen if someone publishes similar results to the ones I am obtaining while I am working on that. I have no ...
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Publicly available extended summary of PhD thesis and manuscript submission
In my country, if a PhD thesis is written in national language, the candidate must also submit an extended summary of the thesis in English, which will be deposited in a national repository and will ...
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Company wants copy of unpublished work. Should I give it?
A prospective employer requested a copy of my PhD thesis and some unpublished papers (still working on them). Is it wise to hand these to them?
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Authorship for paper based on my thesis
I rewrote my thesis work with improved analytical explanation of major problem statement and included few subsections which were not the part of thesis. Also I rewrote the algorithms with more clarity ...
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