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Herman Toothrot
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105 votes

When someone cites one of your papers, is it a good idea to send an email to the authors to show appreciation?

68 votes

How to prevent students from using modified calculators to cheat on exams?

54 votes

Colleague stole my work and is publishing it as his own; my PhD supervisor supports him; I got the paper to review. How to proceed?

23 votes
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Is publishing papers before the evaluation of thesis a good idea?

20 votes
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The Curious Case of Disappearing Funds

16 votes
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Improving work conditions of student assistants, PhDs, Postdocs etc

13 votes

Do large number of attended conferences favour application to postdoctoral or tenured positions?

13 votes

How to handle citing duplicate publications?

10 votes

I am the fifth author on a paper, but I contributed more than the fourth author. What to do?

8 votes

PhD or postdoc salary in Denmark according to the cost of living. Is it OK?

8 votes

I'm 2 months into my PhD. When can I ask my supervisor about the rejected candidates?

7 votes

Can I add non-cited reference to bibliography?

7 votes

How to search for articles from a specific journal in Google Scholar when the journal name is a subset of other journal names (e.g., Science)?

7 votes

Accepted a job with a year-long deferral to do a prestigious postdoc. Now a better job came along

6 votes

Do professors from different universities (but in the same field) contact each other about the students who applied to their programs?

5 votes

Popular Science References in Statement of Purpose for Ph.D

5 votes

Do newly hired professors have to take a drug test before they start?

5 votes

Moving to Europe and seeking research assistant work after undergrad / masters - best approaches?

5 votes

Does timing of emails matter?

4 votes
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Where can I find good examples of personal statements [BSc, MSc, PhD]?

4 votes

Propose modifications to a travel arrangement to visit graduate school

4 votes

Shall I apply again after all my PhD applications are rejected?

4 votes

Including a note to reviewers in a submission

4 votes
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Does applying for FAFSA make a school less likely to offer you funding?

3 votes

Reference manager that sorts by number of citations

3 votes

Should I quit if I'm having problems with the Marie Curie industry partner?

3 votes

Is there benefit to publishing the abstract of an English article in multiple languages?

3 votes

What systems are most effective for monitoring student attendance?

3 votes

Methods for finding graduate programs for specific areas of research

3 votes

Applying to top CS PhD programs with a great record but bad GRE scores