Questions tagged [workflow]
Concerning the establishment of repeatable patterns of academic and research related activity.
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Managing a paralyzing backlog of "potentially useful" math papers to read
I am a PhD student in Mathematics. Through seminars and alerts, I have accumulated about 20 "active" papers that I want to read. Currently, they are just sitting open in Chrome tabs because ...
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Efficient storage solutions for large raster files in a GitHub-based reproducible workflow? [closed]
As part of my PhD, I have integrated in my workflow a GitHub architecture to organize my work, as following:
PhD_Thesis/
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├── Chapter_1/
│ ├── Code/ # Scripts for data processing, analysis, ...
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How do you archive multiple versions of the same article on computer folders?
I have some articles that were accepted by different journals, translated into different languages. How do you archive your writing in those cases? By publication? So to know exactly what was sent and ...
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Why do most journals use separate manuscript submission systems?
As you all are familiar, most journals use manuscripts submission systems hosted on some separate domain. Why is that so, are there some other benefits except separation of the presentation layer and ...
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Transforming Development and Management Practices
Disclaimer, I already posted this on StackOverflow and got advised to post it on "The Workplace" where I got advised to post it on "Academia". Please don't send me back to ...
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How can I enable productive online meetings with my supervisor?
I am currently writing my master's thesis. My advisor is very busy, and I reckon he will allocate about 1-3 hours a month to actively supervise me, at least in the near future. Due to the ongoing ...
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Peer review prior to beginning a study?
In scientific research there are a number of problems today:
Studies that aren't reproducible.
Studies and papers that are criticized for their methods, conclusions, or bias.
Industry-funded studies ...
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What are the main practical complications/challenges to using Linux as your full time OS, particularly as faculty in Biology/Ecology?
I am an ecology post-doc and considering switching from Windows to Linux for my main work computer (I am not a mathematical modeller). I have used Linux before and I am aware that, with effort, one ...
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Do academics actually work "full-time"?
My current postdoc position requires that I work 41 hours per week during a 5-day work week. As my first post-graduate position, I decided to take this seriously and actually track my hours. (People ...
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Best practice when summarizing (not reviewing) research literature [closed]
I recently started my PhD program and have already accumulated a vast amount of papers on my to-read-list. I never had troubles reading and remembering content of academic papers, but this pile is ...
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What tools do you use to manage writing co-authored papers? [duplicate]
What tools do you use to manage co-authored papers? This is similar to questions active 4 years ago and 5 years ago. I assume tech has changed since then.
Co-authored projects I have been on have ...
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Accessing previous versions of papers in EasyChair
EasyChair allows authors and chairs to "replace" previous versions of a submission. Is it possible to access previous versions?
(Context: I'm interested in the extent to which EasyChair supports a ...
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Resources for quantitative social science research workflow [closed]
I'm interested in best practices for research workflows for quantitative social science. The best book I have encountered on the subject is "The Workflow of Data Analysis Using Stata" by J. Scott Long ...
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Sane document filing and multi-project workflow system [closed]
As a research assistant, I need a better document filing and workflow system that can solve my current problems.
Preface
I mainly encounter these kinds of documents in my day-to-day work:
papers I ...
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Handling computer files in simulation-based research with multiple storage drives [closed]
Can somebody give me an advice about how to efficiently handle data files, source codes, documents, and manuscripts of research projects based on numerical simulations? My problem is that I use ...
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