Questions tagged [reputation]
The perception of the quality of a journal, conference, university, or other academic entity by a specific community or the general public. Also: how reputation develops and factors influencing reputation. The tag is also used for personal reputation of professors and students and the various things that affect it.
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Jonathan Shimshoni's, Ph.D. Structural Approach to Conventional Deterrence Theory [closed]
I want to understand the basic elements that determine the relative will (what does that mean) and skill to apply force in deterrence. These elements include relative will (or interests) in the ...
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Impact of PhD University Reputation on Professor Applications in India?
How important is the reputation of the university where I obtain my PhD when applying for postdoctoral positions and professorships in India? Specifically, how does the ranking and prestige of my PhD ...
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Potential overlap in manuscript revision with later submission
My group submitted a paper with journal A and it spend a really long time in review, the editor seemingly had a lot of trouble finding suitable reviewers. There was a revision about half a year ago. ...
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Sure way of checking if an article is reliable
I have recently started working on a thesis, and my supervisor told me to make sure I didn't include papers from predatory or unreliable sources.
Typically, i perform my searches on Web of science or ...
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Professional ethics involved with a neurodivergent club as a visiting instructor?
I'm currently a 4th year visiting full time instructor at a small liberal arts college (SLAC). I recently thought about something that I hadn't considered up until this point, which are the ...
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What could happen if my university loses its R2 status?
This post is a bit of a follow up to my prior post on the Clinical Psychology Ph.D program losing funding and (eventually) getting cut sometime in the future. From what I'm reading about public or ...
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Why are Irish universities ranked so low and are relatively unknown internationally?
The United States and the United Kingdom have world famous universities with very good reputations in various fields, such as Oxford, Harvard, MIT or Princeton. On the other hand, Ireland, which is an ...
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Completed a Master's at a program with a bad reputation and no tuition waiver. Will that be judged post Ph.D? [duplicate]
I am a soon to be fourth year doctoral candidate this coming academic year. I previously completed a Master's in Experimental Psychology (now called Psychological Sciences. No Ph.D program there) that ...
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Submit a paper even if you know it will be rejected
Your student is writing a paper and you think it will be rejected with a probability of 99%.
Your student would like to submit it anyway.
Would you submit it? Why?
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Is it ok to ...
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How can I evaluate whether a school has developed a poor reputation?
I'm a father trying to help my son understand his college options.
My son is looking at a liberal arts school in the United States that used to be quite competitive. From the college statistics web ...
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Do I need to sign ex-advisor's PhD dissertation?
This post is an extension of this previous situation that I discussed a few years ago here: Supervisor has said some very disgusting things online, should I pull my name from our paper?
That advisor ...
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Is MDPI a reputable publisher? [duplicate]
I have received an invite from MDPI to guest edit a special issue journal. I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on how reputable they are?
This question has been asked on this forum before but ...
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Masters' advisor uses my work without citing it - Journal decided to intervene
About a month ago, I read a new article published by my previous advisor and three other researchers in a top journal. I noticed that part of it uses part of my master's thesis, only written as if ...
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Exploring dissimilar research topics
I'm currently a graduate student, but I plan on my future career being in research and academia. I like many different related topics and I like being interdisciplinary in my topics, and I see myself ...
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Is it possible to leave a research position in the middle of a project gracefully and without burning bridges?
I have been seeking a full time research position in psychological research since I graduated and moved to a new city. Breaking into it without any connections was hard, so I took a part-time ...
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