How To Use AQ
AQ Team
www.academicquestions.info suggestions@academicquestions.info
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Introduction
This paper is intended to introduce new users to the academic paper shar-ing, peer review site academicquestions.info. This site is intended to provide a better place for individuals to share their research, and promote greater user interaction, as well as using feedback to help solve academic problems, such as the reproducibility crisis and provide possible alternate revenue sources for academics, and experiment funding that isn’t marred by corporate interests. We currently provide many functions others don’t for instance, if you have a P.H.D you can become instantly verified (verification works similar to academia wherein you can recommend papers in your area of expertise) at registration.
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How To
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Get Verified as an expert
If you have PHD, submit a link at registration to your thesis, and we will verify you in the field of your thesis. If you do not have a PHD in a specific area (we use the lowest subsets possible, that is even if its your major, in computer science, but your thesis was, on the polynomial hierarchy you will only be verified in computational complexity theory) then you can become verified by writing a review or research paper in the specific field that is verified as either the solution to a problem by at least 3 experts in the field or is recommended (our equivalent of peer review) by at least 3 experts in the field.
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Solve a problem
complexity rating of the problem, and m is the number of experts who have rated the complexity of the problem, (at least 3 experts must rate the problem before it is , valid, see how to rate the complexity of a problem).
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Rate the complexity of a problem
To rate the complexity of a problem you must be a verified expert in the field the problem is posted in, you can rate the problem from 1 to 10 with 10 be-ing the highest complexity and 1 bebe-ing the lowest complexity. Problems with greater complexity require a higher number of experts to verify a solution as correct before it is accepted. A problems complexity must be rated by at least 3 experts before a paper can be considered a verified solution (this is as the num-ber of verifications required for a solution to be accepted is a function of the complexity of the problem as well as the number of experts who have verified the complexity of the problem). This means even the solutions to the simplest problems (complexity one) must be verified by at least 3 experts before they are considered accepted (for more information see Solve a problem).
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Recommend a Paper
If you come across a paper you feel presents novel research in an accurate manner in the context of your subject(s) of expertise, or an article that accurately sums up and explains the current state of a subject or field, then you can click the recommend button, you will to write a brief document outlining why you recommended the paper and what you feel it contributes to the subject, this will be visible when somebody clicks on the ‘this paper has been recommend by n experts’ button.
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Verify a solution
If you see a paper posted as a solution to a problem, either under the problem or on an individual’s profile page then you can click the verify this solution button then you will be prompted to in the same manner as recommending a paper to write a document explaining why you verified the solution. You should treat this and paper recommendations with the same import as if you were an editor or reviewer on a board of an esteemed journal, all you recommendations are public, so be sure of the worth of those you recommend.
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Have recommendations of your papers verified on your
profile
on your profile, then the review appears on your profile and counts towards your verification and your recommendation score becomes n-1. We don’t display your score publicly or privately, this is to encourage user interactivity, as the only way to ensure your papers still get reccommendations, is to be enagaged with the community, that is you must often reading and recommend or verifying papers, questions and soltuons. We believe this encourages research. This applies in a manner similar, for proposed solutions to questions (however for ’this paper has been verified as a solution to ”...”’) if you are not yet an expert in the field which you posted a proposed solution (or paper), your score is initially set to 3, so you can become verified an expert in this field, after which to increase you score you will nedd to recommend/verify papers, again thse will be public so be assured of the quality of the paper.
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Add to the prize money for a problem
We index on our site, both internal and external rewards for problem solution, for instance the clay math institute rewards 1 million usd, for a correct solution of a millennium prize problem, we index that on our site (as with any other external rewards) to make it easy to find problems and the all possible prize money for solutions, however, there is a clear division between internal and external reward. External rewards are rewarded once the conditions of that institution are met, we do not give out those rewards, but we do update the page as soon as they have been claimed. The internal rewards, are indexed under a problem, (on the left, the external rewards are clearly marked on the right side). To add to the internal prize for a problem (to incentivise a solution, out of curiosity, for the betterment of society, or to further your own research) click the ‘add to this prize’ button and you will be redirected to paypal, where you should enter ‘transactions@academicquestions.info’ and in your note or subject enter the title of the question you wish to contribute to. Or enter the email as recipient, and the question url in the subject or note, in your pay pal at any point of your choosing. We intentionally chose this method over, button links with predefined amounts or inputtable amounts as it makes it easier to customize payments, for instance setting up recurring payments, so the prize increases the longer it goes unsolved, or for a user to easily donate to multiple projects on payday et al.
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Follow a research interest, people or questions
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Post a Paper
To upload a paper, you merely need to go to your profile page, click the upload button, attach your pdf file, and then type your paper title, subject classification et al.
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Add a new topic, or choose which subject to post
under
When you post a paper, or ask a question, you should choose the smallest possible subset or classification that the paper or problem fits into. For instance if your write a paper on the relationship between BPP and BQP then you should post it in bounded polynomial time complexity, not computer science. If this topic doesn’t yet exists you can click the add a topic button next to select a topic (after checking it doesn’t exist) write the topic and select which subject it is a subset of that is the above time complexity category would be a subset of theoretical computer science not computer science, as obviously by the transitive property if it is indexed as a subset of theoretical computer science, it is also indexed under computer science.
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Ask a question
To ask a question simply click the ask a question button. You will need to post a title which sums up the question, and a paper attached outlining the specifics. This is to clarify any ambiguities et al, such as which axiom systems are acceptable.
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Reproducibility crisis
In order to combat the experiment reproducibility crisis if you upload a paper and submit it as a reproduction of experimental results in another paper (with a link to the initial paper), the first recommendation of this paper gets a value of 3 (that is it is equivalent to 3 separate recommendations, and all others after this revert to the standard increase of 1 (recommendation) per recommendation. Thus making this the easiest way to get verified in a specific field, while ensur-ing their expertise in this field, thus incentivisensur-ing reproduction of experimental results. When recommending these papers be sure to check the first experiment to ensure all their variables are the same.
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Profile Picture
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Suggestions
We have intentionally kept our design as simpe as possible, as many prefer the simplistic look of arxiv, however many prefer the social media style of academia.edu, we wish to take as much input from our users in dictating how our site should look, as we are dedicated to serving academics and allowing the best research to be conducted, as such we don’t wish to limit our users. We would also like to recieve as much input as possible in how to truly revolution-ize academia, such as integrating patreon, and other viable income sources so that academics can conduct the best possible research without institutional or corporate restrictions.
