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An affiliation is a contractual connection between an academic institution an a student or an employee.

An affiliation is a contractual connection between an academic institution an a student or an employee. It is relevant with regards to publishing research papers or attending conferences, for example.

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Academic affiliation for a congress

Changing affiliation on publication

Is it acceptable to publish a paper using an affiliation with a former employer?

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My coauthor's university address has a typo in our published paper. What should I do?

I recently got a paper published. One of the affiliations (for the 4th author, more precisely) is right but it has a misspelling in the address of his university. The right address is "University X, Street y, no.1780" but we published as "University…
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Can a researcher use the institution that awarded them a degree many years ago as an affiliation?

I'm in the jury of a PhD thesis in a small institution in Canada. The candidate has been a part-time PhD student here for about ten years, and is also the founder of a not-for-profit that aims to disseminate the results of his research. Apparently,…
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Are there accepted criteria to define an author's institutional affiliation?

I ask this question because there are institutions that pay authors an honorarium to add the institution as an additional affiliation when the authors publish, even when those authors do not have any kind of contract or appointment with the…
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What does affiliation (for a publication) signify?

This question is triggered by the (somewhat off topic there) comment thread about an employer who does not want to appear as affiliation for a paper, and the subsequent thoughts of whether an employer can deny an employee the right to give them…
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What author affiliation to put when you work for one university and study at another?

I am an author on a poster, but I am unsure of what to put for my affiliation. I am a graduate student, but the poster and corresponding project is in no way connected with my university. I work for another university and the project relates to…
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Affiliation in the transition period between studies at different universities

I am in a "transition period" shortly after having finished my MSc, and shortly before beginning my PhD. In the summer period the academic life doesn't cease, though, and sometimes an affiliation is asked for at scientific events. I am going to a…
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Publishing without an affiliation while having one

There are many questions here about publishing without an affiliation. They have in common the situation that authors do not have an affiliation to use (for example they are unemployed). My question is different, an author has an affiliation,…
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Writing affiliation as a high school student

I want to send an article to a math journal. As with many others, that journal wants a cover letter, which should include the author's affiliation. I'm still a high school student and my school isn't in the U.S. How should I write my affiliation? My…
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For paper based on thesis, should I list my university as affiliation or the name of the company I currently work for?

I am currently writing a paper for the thesis work I did last year along with my advisors. (I successfully graduated last year and currently work in a software company.) I am confused regarding what organization I should mention in the author's…
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Affiliation for High Schooler who is submitting a Research Paper that was conducted at a university

I conducted a research's project with a Professor at a US University, however it was unofficial. I want to submit the research paper, and I was not sure if I could put my high school as my affiliation or the university which the professor I…
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Should I list my company as an affiliation?

I am working full-time at a large multinational company (not in the R&D department) and working on a small research project with a senior researcher at a local university. We are going to publish a jointly written manuscript. Should I list my…
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academic affiliation for a congress

I have recently appointed to be a reviewer for a congress in my specialization field. The problem that I got is which affiliation should I put? Actually I am working as a lecturer in two universities, part time, but also I am making my first year of…
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What University Affiliation should I list on my paper?

I wrote a paper with my colleagues at my alma mater, fresh graduated from my undergraduate degree. At that time I had no University Affiliation. Now I'm studying a Masters in ANOTHER university, should I put this new Institution as my Affiliation?…
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How to describe affiliation in between college and grad school?

This question is similar to another one on here, but the details of my situation are not quite the same: Affiliation in the transition period between studies at different universities I graduated college recently and applied to and was accepted to…
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How do I change university on academia.edu?

I mostly avoid academia.edu and research.gate, but last I knew, a lot of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) people spend time there, and I just had an SSH publication come out, so I'm updating both sites. I also got a new job three years ago at a…
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