Comment by posdef on Measuring daily/weekly productivity in academia
Possibly overlapping: academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7611/…
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@CaptainEmacs thanks, and good point :)
View ArticleComment by posdef on PhD Length: are shorter PhD degrees (from different...
@Prof.SantaClaus I think you missed the disclaimer in the question. It's not about any individual, but rather the education system in which the said individual gets their degree
View ArticleComment by posdef on Should I be an author on another PhD student's paper if...
Then I wish you the best of luck pursuing this issue, and I mean that genuinely. I'd just advise to tread carefully as you take this issue up the ladder
View ArticleComment by posdef on PhD Length: are shorter PhD degrees (from different...
True, the initiative was there, but at the end of the day whoever thinks that a 3 year PhD program is worth as much as a 5 year one, is plain silly.. Also ECTS grading system never really stuck:...
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I had heard on occasion that people that have done shorter PhDs are generally expected to do longer/more postdoc research, but that's just anecdotes. I would love to see some figures or more concrete...
View ArticleComment by posdef on About career break in CV
Do you mind rephrasing the question, it's a bit unclear at the moment (at least to me). Also what is a sub-bachelor student?
View ArticleComment by posdef on Can I use a method I developed or a data collected with...
I might have misunderstood something but were you thinking of publishing a paper with collaborators, regardless of the methods used, without even talking to your PI, who's presumably paying your salary?
View ArticleComment by posdef on My PhD defense is next week. I feel that I have not done...
There is a club for people feeling like that, it's called academics.. They occasionally go out drinking to dampen their anxieties about themselves and their profession. I suggest you give it a try :)...
View ArticleComment by posdef on Can a postdoc change his/her supervisor in Sweden?
@linker well, yes and no... I will try to update the answer with more info
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Did BSc, doing MSc, applying for PhD. Is it frowned upon...
Will you get a recommendation letter from your current (MSc) supervisor? I would assume that would be the most relevant and important one. References from your last position will likely be the most...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for How to correct citations in Google Scholar?
When your publications are cited, the full reference is the name of the journal/publication, date, volume and maybe even page number, on top of your own name. There is also the DOI.So if they have...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Logo selection for poster presentation
From the top of my head I can only come up with 2 legitimate use cases for logos in posters: Representation: Do advertising for your affiliations, i.e. your university/institution and/or department....
View ArticleIs professorship (assistant/associate and full) a title or a position?
Unless I am mistaken, somehow, if you have defended a PhD then you have a Doctorate degree, which means you are a "Doctor". That remains to be the case, even if you leave academia and go work in...
View ArticleHow to stay on top of recent literature?
When I started my Masters thesis one advice I got for getting good material to read was to subscribe to several journals' alerts system, so that I would get mails with eTOC (electronic Table of...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for How to judge a Ph.D. applicant that arrives "out of thin...
I know there are many answers to this question, and there is likely overlaps in my answer and others' but I hope to give a different perspective. I suggest you look at it from a different angle,...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Proposing research as Ph.D. thesis in Sweden
When it comes to PhD and postdoc positions there is essentially two types of positions, and some partially overlapping ones. The critical element here is where the money for the actual research is...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Would it be OK to ask a professor who recommended me to...
Of course you can ask, normally the worst the person can say is "no" and that'll be the end of it. No normal person would hold it against you to go take another career path than what they recommend....
View ArticleWhat is the difference between TV-L E13 and TV-L E14 positions? Is it...
I am trying to wrap my head around the German research system since I have an offer for a position. I understand the TV-L concept, and that you can go up a step depending on your prior relevant...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for How to structure presentation to avoid getting questions...
I completely agree with the answer given by Spark. It is as much of a luxury problem as it ever gets in academia (maybe with the exception of having too much grant money and too few projects/staff).To...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Is it standard to include a photo of yourself in a CV...
No, it is not common in Sweden to add a photo on your CV. I have even heard that it is not advised. The reasoning I have heard was to keep the CV barebones and down to the facts. They should evaluate...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Two masters simultaneously?
I will answer with respect to Sweden; as far as I know it can be technically possible but in practice, not really...Let's expand on this a bit; again, AFAIK, it is not possible to be enrolled to two...
View ArticleAcademic progression in Germany, what happens after a postdoc? What is the...
As a follow-up to this question, I am wondering whether or not there are intermediate positions between a postdoc and a tenure in the German academic system. I was told that there isn't really a step...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for What could be the reasons to be rejected as a Doctoral...
Without knowing more about your specific case, here are some potential reasons (in no particular order) why you might not be getting the job(s) you are applying to:your profile/prior experience is not...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for deferral of a Ph.D. position in Europe
It happens often enough so it's really not that big of a deal, in general. If you are the best candidate, then they are likely to wait for a month or two. That being said, there are circumstances where...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Separating your publications into journals vs....
I don't mean to sound negative but I agree with the others, this question looks awfully like a poll. So a reframing might be a good idea. Speaking about the CV, the only thing that matters is the...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for Can an energy drink or chocolate before an exam be...
Are you allowed to eat/drink during the exams? If so, I'd have water or something like lemonade, and possible chocolate covered coffee beans. The logic behind it fairly simple, you'll likely run low on...
View ArticleAnswer by posdef for What is expected in a 5 minute postdoc interview...
Typically a postdoc interview presentation is for giving the members of the group you are interviewing with an idea about:who you arewhat you know (education)what have you done before, in terms...
View ArticleIs Manuscripts.io a legit tool? Any experience with it?
A colleague just tipped me about manuscripts.io which advertises itself as a collaborative writing tool, with some really sweet features like importing docx and LaTeX; searching and adding citations...
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Answer by posdef for Reporting results that are significant even with...
First of all, I'd say this question is off-topic here, because it relates more to statistics than academia as a whole. In any case the answer by Janosch is accurate, when doing a statistical test, an...
View ArticleIs there an overview of alternative approaches to voluntary and ideal review...
I was chatting with some colleagues earlier and we talked about about a case where a reviewer was caught consistently asking the authors of the papers reviewed for up to 30 or so of his/her own papers...
View ArticleAny pointers for reading articles digitally (on screen)?
First of all let me apologize for the title, as it is perhaps very vague. The issue is as follows; I have stopped printing my articles and instead starting reading them on screen via my library manager...
View ArticleIs there such a thing like "18-months/half-time syndrome"?
I am about 1, 5-2 years in my Ph.D. studies in the no-man's-land between bioinformatics, systems biology and proteomics. (If you are not sure what those terms are, read: "biomedical research")Coming...
View ArticleHow to make good use of compulsory study plans in connection with PhD studies?
I am not sure if this concept sounds familiar to you but in Sweden PhD students are expected to have a study plan, which is revised every year, in connection with a meeting between the student, the...
View ArticleNumber formatting: use of digit separators in manuscripts
I am reading through a manuscript that I am co-authoring with a colleague and I noticed that it used digit separators/marks for all the numbers (i.e. 2,500 instead of 2500). Maybe it's just me but I...
View ArticleHow to handle salary negotiations while negotiating a postdoc position?
I am a couple of months off my defence and started thinking about postdoc possibilities. I seem to have an opportunity at a very prestigious lab in the U.S. (I'm currently located in Europe). After a...
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