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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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Beginning as an assistant professor, feeling extremely unprepared
I finished my PhD in quantitative/computational biology in January 2025, and somehow managed to land myself an assistant professor position starting in August 2025, between these dates, I have been ...
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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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Potential Plagiarism by a reviewer (that we recommended to PC chair)
I recently submitted a paper to a conference and received four positive reviews and one negative review. The negative reviewer did not want any discussion on the paper, so we contacted the program ...
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How to respectfully "correct" my supervisor even though normally I'm the one who needs a lot of help?
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I have made little progress in the time I started working as a PhD student (few months) and I need a lot of help from my supervisor (the professor). I get the feeling that I - or my lack of ...
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Are there guidelines that say if post-submission publications must be cited?
I can see from this question Can I cite a paper published after the initial submission of my paper? asking if it is okay to cite papers after submission is answered as, yes- and sometimes you need to.
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To what extent are reviewers influenced by other reviews?
Is there any research/study/survey/... that looked at to what extent reviewers are influenced by other reviews?
For example, ICLR 2019 published reviews publicly before all reviewers had written the ...
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Where do graduates in Chemistry from small PhD programs in the U.S go?
I am gathering information about the universities I intend to apply later this year and I've noticed that even in small graduate programs, most faculty members come from top universities such as ...
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Can I get hired as a psychology professor if I get a PhD in educational psychology in an education department?
I'm interested in educational psychology and learning sciences. However, most educational psychology graduate programs are within the education department, not psychology.
What's the difference ...
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What is a “proper systematic order listing”?
I have a paper under review at a journal, and in it I have included a table of all of the species which exhibit a particular behaviour. Species are grouped by Order, and then family, and then species. ...
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Is it legally allowed to pursue an MBA while pursuing a PhD in Sweden?
The title says it all. To elaborate, In Sweden Ph.D. is being considered a formal job and students receive a monthly salary and pay taxes. Therefore, the question is specifically about whether ...
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What is the process for getting a non-EU PhD "validated" in Germany so I can continue working as university associated faculty?
I am a medical doctor in Bosnia and Herzegovina (which is not in the EU). I also hold a PhD title and am an associated professor on the medical faculty. I am moving to Germany (Oberbayern). I have ...
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OJS Implementation Concerns for University Journal
As an editor of a university journal, I'm considering OJS to improve transparency and streamline our manual submission/review process. Before proposing this to our IT team (who aren't very technical), ...
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Seeking Advice on Choosing a right PI in Japan
I’m a master’s student currently in Japan on an Erasmus program, writing my thesis at a local university where I also plan to pursue a PhD. I’d really appreciate some advice, as I have no prior ...
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Defending my PhD thesis in interdisciplinary work (mainly social sciences) in a life sciences college
I am a PhD student in a life sciences college. My PhD project is in collaboration with another research institute specializing in Biomedical ethics and religion. So my PhD work happens to be more of ...
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