Unanswered Questions
1,577 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What is the goal of this AI generated research solicitation?
As a research mathematician, I occasionally get unsolicited emails from local high school students asking if there are opportunities to work on a research project with me. I haven't ever decided to ...
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Is there a flaw in the Elsevier green OA license?
I'm checking the Elsevier article sharing policies and I think there is a problem with their license of the accepted manuscript (post-review article). Indeed, the instructions say:
Authors can share ...
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Is there a "blind" e-print service?
Motivated by questions such as Double blind review allowing arXiv submissions :
is there a respectable e-print website (ideally Arxiv itself) that allows me to submit a "blind preprint", i.e....
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What is arXiv++, and who is behind it?
I have just learned of the existence of arXiv++ via an email, whose main content was:
The summary of your paper "Critical spin chains and loop models with $U(n)$ symmetry" has just received ...
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What are academic conference centers doing to limit their climate impact?
This question is about what I call academic conference centers, by which I mean research centers whose purpose is to welcome international researchers for short-term thematic stays. Examples of such ...
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Google scholar doesn't send me citation alerts
Google Scholar fails to send me citation alerts or alerts when articles have been auto-included in my profile. This happened about a year ago; before that, Scholar faithfully sent me the updates. In ...
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How to search for C++ on Web of Science?
Is there a way to search for the exact keyword "C++" (i.e. the programming language) in the Web of Science database? Unfortunately, by default the ++ signs are ignored and I get millions of ...
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Number of international doctoral students in the US: how to reconcile OECD data and SEVIS data?
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the US Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) apparently disagree on the number of international doctoral ...
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What is an example of a journal based in China which "warns authors that they are not affiliated with any paper-selling companies"?
Regarding the following quote:
... editors say an increasing number of journals based in China warn authors that they are not affiliated with any paper-selling companies.
Mara Hvistendahl, China'...
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Are German university of applied sciences (Fachhochschule) Bachelor degrees recognized in US UK NZ or Australia?
I'm a prospective student looking to apply for an electrical engineering course (in English) at Karlsrhuhe, Rhine-Waal and Ravensburg-Weingarten universities of applied sciences.
After doing a little ...
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Is it possible to participate in Physics research during a gap year?
I recently finished my Bachelor's in Physics, graduating this past May. I have always had grad school as a goal. Currently, I am looking to do a Master's program and then hopefully move on to a PhD ...
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Is there a book equivalent to « Good work if you can get: How to succeed in academia » but for European / UK academia?
I found Jason Brennan’s book very useful when applying to my PhD and planning long term about my academic career.
However I am doing my PhD in Europe and although I’d like to explore US academia at ...
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How would graduate studies in Japan differ from those in the US, specifically for mathematics?
I have decided to make an academic transition from Electrical and Electronics Engineering into Mathematics after graduation. Although my first degree is from an Asian country it is a well accredited ...
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Can I map ISO standards to DOIs?
DOIs are specified in ISO 26324, but can I refer to that standard by DOI? In other words, is there a systematic mapping from ISO standard numbers (possibly including parts and release years) to DOI ...
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How to gain global trust from researchers
I am investigating properties of some material. However it seems that all of the research is inconclusive and material modified the same way but by different teams have different properties.
Because ...
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