Category Archives: Academia

Your social network on DBLP as a graph

Today, I discovered an interesting function of DBLP which is to draw your social network as a graph (assuming that you have a DBLP page). To use that feature, it is simple. Open your DBLP webpage, and then click here … Continue reading

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Fake reviews…

Today, I would like to talk about something that happens sometimes in academic journals, which is fake reviews. While many reviewers spend time to write reviews that provide a fair evaluation of papers, some reviewers have a very unethical behavior … Continue reading

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As a speaker, we should always be ready for the unexpected…

I often say that as an invited speaker for a conference or as a teacher for a course, we need to be ready for the unexpected and be prepared for every situation that could happen. This means for example, to … Continue reading

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How to become a well-known researcher?

The other day, a young researcher asked me: what should I do to become a more well-known researcher in my field? In this blog post, I will try to answer that question. But before that, it should be said that … Continue reading

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Some shortcomings of CSRankings

CSRankings is a popular website that provides a ranking of computer science departments around the world. The website can be found at: https://csrankings.org/ In this blog post, I will talk about this ranking and some of its shortcomings. Of course, … Continue reading

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My paper is rejected. Can I appeal the editor’s decision?

Today, I will talk about what to do when a paper is rejected from a journal, and more specifically if it is possible to appeal the editor’s decision, and then what are the chance of success? Generally, if a researcher … Continue reading

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How to propose a special issue for a journal?

Today, I will talk about how to propose a special issue for a journal. What is a special issue? A special issue is a collection of articles on a specific topic or theme that is published in a journal. Special … Continue reading

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Unethical services in academia

Today, some people contacted me on LinkedIn to ask me if I have any papers where I could sell the authorship. I was quite amazed that someone would ask me that… But I have heard that it is something that … Continue reading

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Unethical reviewers in academia (part 3)

Previously, I wrote two blog posts about unethical reviewers in academia (part 1 and part 2). It is not that I like this topic, but today, I will talk again about that. Why? Because, I keep encountering them, unfortunately. It … Continue reading

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Turnitin, a smart tool for plagiarism detection?

Plagiarism is a serious issue in academia. In this blog post, I will talk about Turnitin, a service used for plagiarism-checking by some journals and conferences in academia. I already wrote a blog post about this, which you can read … Continue reading

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