Most Popular
1500 questions
45
votes
6 answers
As a Ph.D. student, should I spend time reviewing papers?
I am a PhD student halfway through my journey. After I published a few papers, I am getting review requests from some medium rank conference and journal editors. While certainly it is an honour for me, doing good review takes some time since I am…
Della
- 1,605
- 1
- 15
- 21
45
votes
4 answers
As a referee, how can I avoid being force-opted into marketing?
Multiple times, for multiple publishers, I have received an automated email, sent through editorial manager software, asking me to referee a paper. When I click on the link in the mail, I am first prompted to agree with the publisher's "Privacy…
academic
- 12,788
- 3
- 40
- 51
45
votes
5 answers
How should I ask my new chair not to hire someone?
I recently received an offer to join another university (in the US). I have not told my new university this, but one of the main reasons I want to leave my current university is because of another member of the faculty (let's call him "Joe").
Joe…
microbiome
- 552
- 2
- 7
45
votes
9 answers
My supervisor uses my scientific jokes and metaphors in his talks. What's a healthy way to deal with this?
I'm a PhD student in the US. During my PhD I gave many conference talks, seminars, and presentations at our group meetings. In my talks, I often mention a creative way to phrase a problem, sometimes in a form of a scientific joke, sometimes as an…
user166549
- 369
- 1
- 3
- 6
45
votes
7 answers
Do Springer, IEEE, Elsevier charge a fee for non-open-access journals?
My PhD advisor and lab colleagues think that Springer, IEEE and Elsevier journals non-open-access charge authors for publishing a paper. (They usually only publish in local journals.) All the info I've found points to the contrary (except for "gold"…
Pepe Mandioca
- 592
- 1
- 5
- 10
45
votes
7 answers
Any place for people with fear of writing?
This isn't the best moment to ask the question, since I should be writing an overdue document and presentation.
However, is there any place where a person with fear of writing can work? I am studying for a PhD in Europe in a STEM field. I was…
user3411792
- 1,053
- 10
- 7
45
votes
16 answers
Good slide design for teaching?
When I am preparing slides for a course (as I have been today, weekend be damned), aside from questions of pacing and exposition, I often find myself asking various questions about the layout of slides such as:
Should bullets generally be…
badroit
- 13,675
- 5
- 61
- 80
45
votes
2 answers
IEEE conference chair asked to take down the arXiv version of the paper within 24 hours
Recently, an article by one of my colleagues had been accepted at an IEEE conference, and about a week ago, he presented it on the main track. He published a preprint of this paper (without final changes) in arXiv with the following copyright note…
Michel Gokan Khan
- 780
- 1
- 6
- 19
45
votes
8 answers
How to share computer code?
I am writing a paper with my adviser.
Some of the key contributions of our paper include:
A computer simulation model of an inventory system
A set of simulation experiments and results to validate the simulation model
An implementation of an…
I Like to Code
- 19,300
- 24
- 78
- 116
45
votes
2 answers
How to communicate achievements on the StackExchange network in an academic CV or job interview?
I think contributions to StackExchange constitute a valuable thing for an academic to do. In many cases such contributions are directly related to the aims of an academic department: community engagement, building new knowledge, etc.
This is…
Jeromy Anglim
- 20,310
- 9
- 72
- 108
45
votes
5 answers
What did Grothendieck mean by "the capacity to be alone" in the context of mathematical research?
I'm confused about a statement Alexander Grothendieck made in his book Récoltes et semailles.
In fact, most of these comrades whom I gauged to be more brilliant
than me have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians. Still
from the perspective…
jasmine
- 1,485
- 13
- 22
45
votes
4 answers
How to have a fulfilling social life as an academic
I will be a postdoc in the coming academic year. While I have not decided on where I will be in September, it seems likely that I will be a research postdoc at a decent research university.
An aspect of a life as a postdoc that I had never…
user10269
45
votes
7 answers
How do I articulate my grade dispute in a letter of complaint (student grievance)?
I'm filing a formal letter of complaint (for a grade litigation request) over a grade dispute in an English literature course. I've got 90/100 (an A) in each of the 3 exams in this course. These exams make up 85% of the course grade. The other 15%…
Adam
- 441
- 4
- 6
45
votes
6 answers
Can I write a referee report too fast?
As a math postdoc, I received my first invitation to referee a journal article today, and I accepted the invitation. I've already read a preprint of the submitted article (which has been available on arXiv for a few months and coincides with the…
Marktmeister
- 548
- 5
- 9
45
votes
4 answers
Which ACM copyright license to use?
ACM now offers authors of published papers a choice of two copyright licenses: the "traditional" ACM Copyright Transfer Agreement or the ACM Publishing License.
How should I choose between these two licenses? What are the advantages and…
D.W.
- 8,221
- 2
- 31
- 57