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A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions.
Questions related to academic publications including online and traditional journals, books, and conference proceedings.
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Questions about the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, including requirements such as dissertations and university programs leading to a Ph.D.
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On strategies, procedures, and problems related to getting admitted to, or selecting students to be admitted to, a graduate degree program. Please click on “info” before asking a question.
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Questions directly focused on PERFORMING academic research. Do not use this for questions about publishing research. Read the tag wiki before applying this tag.
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On schools that award advanced academic degrees, such as master's and doctoral degrees. This tag is mainly for questions about the structure and organization of a graduate school or the fundamental experience of being a graduate student. Do not use this tag for questions about research in graduate school (use [research] instead), coursework in graduate school (use [coursework]), gaining admissions to graduate school (use [graduate-admissions]), etc.
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On standards or conventions specific to mathematics as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field. For regular mathematics questions, visit our sister sites Math Stack Exchange and MathOverflow.
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Questions about when to cite a certain work, which work to cite, etc. For questions on formatting a given citation, use [citation-style].
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Questions related to initiation, preparation, editing and presentation of a research thesis. A Thesis is a long research report including personal research conclusions and outputs. A Thesis must include personal research and the proper citations from other publications in the research topic.
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On the evaluation of work (typically, a publication or grant proposal) by the author's peers. This includes: refereeing, which is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication in a journal or conference; peer evaluation of teaching skills; peer review of research grant proposals; and post-publication review of a book or article, as is common in the field of mathematics.
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Online or printed academic periodicals in specific subjects to which the research papers in various topics are sent by the authors and are published after being reviewed and accepted by the editorial board.
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The one who helps students to select courses or an academic major, engages in short-term and long-term educational planning, assists in preparing the thesis necessary to obtain the degree; or a person who advises internship students on training in industry.
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Queries related to a master's degree, sometimes referred to as a post-graduate degree.
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On making a decision based on morals or common ethical codes instead of etiquette, rules, institutional or government policy, or technical or procedural reasons.
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On standards or conventions specific to the United States higher education system, which differs in structure and style from the systems in other parts of the world.
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This tag refers to the application process for an academic course or an academic employment.
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On the process of submitting a paper for review or publication by a conference or journal. Typical questions with this tag relate to selection of preferred or conflicted reviewers, timeline of the submission process, and typesetting or compilation by the publisher.
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This tag refers to questions related to source and utilization of academic funding from government or non-governmental sources.
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An academic gathering for researchers, scientists, engineers, etc. to present and discuss their work and mutual academic interests.
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On standards or conventions specific to computer science as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field. For regular computer science questions, visit our sister site Computer Science Stack Exchange.
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Queries related to progression of academics in various capacities from a student to a professor and the various stages involved in the process.
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Questions on recommendation or reference letters received from faculty members when applying for graduate schools or faculty positions.
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This tag is related to the role and duties of a teacher, an academic instructor, tutor or a teaching assistant.
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The search for employment, inside academia or outside of it, by students and by academics.
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Queries related to academic authorship, i.e., who should be an author, the order of authors, or special roles such as corresponding authorship.
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For questions on the process of writing. For questions on the content of writing, use [writing-style].
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A curriculum vitae (CV) or resume provides an overview of a person's education, academic and industry experience, some of his qualifications, research interests and a list of his references. A CV may be optimized and edited to highlight some parts of the CV to be presented into a research institute or to apply for a job.
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On providing academic services (such as teaching, advising, and research mentorship) specifically to undergraduates. Questions about undergraduate-specific issues that could not apply to graduate or post-graduate academicians are off-topic here and will be closed and deleted. Questions about coursework, etiquette, and other academic issues that apply to both undergraduate and post-graduate students should not be tagged [undergraduate].
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Queries specific to the duties and responsibilities of professors, as distinct from all other academic staff positions. This tag should not be used for queries that could equally apply to researchers or instructors who are not professors.
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Queries related to universities, as an institution of higher education that grants academic degrees and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
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About research projects performed by (or involving) undergraduate students
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On the duties, responsibilities, titles, and benefits associated with an academic job. (For questions on searching for an academic job, use 'job-search' instead.)
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Questions on using e-mail for communicating literature and collaborating with peers. Also related to academic advertising or announcements.
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Questions relating to academic supervision, which is broadly defined as the supervisory relationship between advisors and their students.
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