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63 votes

Should your PhD students call you by your first name?

answered Jun 19, 2013 at 10:15

34 votes

Is supervisor bound to clarify the technical queries of a Ph.D. researcher?

answered Jul 31, 2021 at 9:20

26 votes

What is the advantage of becoming a full professor if you already have tenure as an associate professor?

answered Feb 23, 2013 at 19:08

26 votes

How to deal with students who are regularly late?

answered Mar 15 at 10:44

24 votes

My advisor stopped formalizing my work, what should I do now?

answered Aug 15, 2023 at 9:11

23 votes

Why should I meet my advisor even if I have nothing to report?

answered Jul 1 at 16:37

21 votes

If one got good feedback from a double-blind review, is it ever possible/ justifiable to find out who the reviewer was?

answered Mar 3, 2015 at 16:04

20 votes

Can I write a systematic review as an undergraduate and get it published in a journal?

answered Apr 24, 2022 at 13:57

18 votes

Why are papers without code but with results accepted?

answered Jun 11, 2014 at 18:29

15 votes

Major review for the second time

answered Nov 19, 2015 at 9:10

11 votes

How should I admit a teaching mistake without losing authority?

answered Nov 3, 2021 at 9:41

9 votes

How accurate are published papers?

answered Mar 18, 2015 at 9:38

9 votes

How to suggest reviewers for a journal?

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 11:21

8 votes

Journals selection - alternative criteria to impact factor

answered May 29, 2013 at 8:14

8 votes

Why aren't more research papers/textbooks written in a "thought process" style?

answered Jul 29, 2021 at 13:59

8 votes

Is it normal to be expected to read a 400 page academic textbook in a week?

answered Jan 18 at 15:27

7 votes

Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?

answered Jun 7 at 12:54

7 votes

Having a lot of papers published in unimportant conferences VS very few in good ones?

answered Jan 8, 2014 at 17:08

6 votes

How to supervise and support a smart but rebellious student?

answered Aug 13, 2021 at 14:46

6 votes

Advice for an early career lecturer

answered Feb 28 at 16:56

5 votes

Does taking the title 'reader' have any connotations?

answered May 14 at 9:06

5 votes

Is it fair to not transliterate non-English sources in the bibliography?

answered Apr 24, 2022 at 7:37

5 votes

If a theorem is named after Mike, is it a "Mike Theorem" or "Mike's Theorem"?

answered Aug 26, 2023 at 18:44

5 votes

Will rejecting more papers than I accept reflect negatively on me as a reviewer?

answered May 18, 2013 at 16:59

5 votes

Archiving papers, simulation and experimental data, etc?

answered Mar 4, 2013 at 8:52

5 votes

Publication fee for reply to comment?

answered Jan 26, 2017 at 18:13

4 votes

Answering the "why do you want to do a PhD?" question

answered Jan 9, 2018 at 12:53

4 votes

Will the PhD degree be retracted if the thesis is found to be not novel?

answered Feb 1, 2019 at 9:29

4 votes

Can I withdraw a paper from IEEE conference after signing the copyright form?

answered Sep 15, 2016 at 7:58

4 votes

Worry about stealing of research ideas

answered Feb 27, 2013 at 18:45

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Should your PhD students call you by your first name?

Is supervisor bound to clarify the technical queries of a Ph.D. researcher?

What is the advantage of becoming a full professor if you already have tenure as an associate professor?

How to deal with students who are regularly late?

My advisor stopped formalizing my work, what should I do now?

Why should I meet my advisor even if I have nothing to report?

If one got good feedback from a double-blind review, is it ever possible/ justifiable to find out who the reviewer was?

Can I write a systematic review as an undergraduate and get it published in a journal?

Why are papers without code but with results accepted?

Major review for the second time

How should I admit a teaching mistake without losing authority?

How accurate are published papers?

How to suggest reviewers for a journal?

Journals selection - alternative criteria to impact factor

Why aren't more research papers/textbooks written in a "thought process" style?

Is it normal to be expected to read a 400 page academic textbook in a week?

Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?

Having a lot of papers published in unimportant conferences VS very few in good ones?

How to supervise and support a smart but rebellious student?

Advice for an early career lecturer

Does taking the title 'reader' have any connotations?

Is it fair to not transliterate non-English sources in the bibliography?

If a theorem is named after Mike, is it a "Mike Theorem" or "Mike's Theorem"?

Will rejecting more papers than I accept reflect negatively on me as a reviewer?

Archiving papers, simulation and experimental data, etc?

Publication fee for reply to comment?

Answering the "why do you want to do a PhD?" question

Will the PhD degree be retracted if the thesis is found to be not novel?

Can I withdraw a paper from IEEE conference after signing the copyright form?

Worry about stealing of research ideas