I am just wondering if I can legally use a nickname or not to use my official name (Passport name) as the author's name of a conference or a journal publication?   My official name is quite long and I am planning to change it in the future. Is it possible to put the name that I am going to call myself in the future as the author's name?
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Is it possible to publish under a nom de plume (pen name, pseudonym)? ... and still take credit for the work?   I may have a chance to publish with the professor I am working with soon and if I am on the list of authors I would like to use a nom de plume, but I would also like to use the publication to apply to graduate schools next time. Is it possible to have my cake and eat it in the case?  EDIT: Sorry for missing this out; The reason for wanting to publish under a nom de plume is that I would merely want my career to be tracked under a different name. Not to hide identity; I am perfectly fine with what EnergyNumbers was suggesting.
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I am involved in a project on  that is not mine. Nevertheless, my team added me to the project as author.  On  2.0, I am only able to add project I created (so within my "namespace"), or project of other I forked.  I don't know how far you track users and their project, but I think it could be fair to be able to link on a team project where the user is the author but not the owner.
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Is there an automatic way to attach a genitive apostrophe or " ' s " to an author's name?  Currently I use:  \citeauthor{kuran1989}'s \citeyear{kuran1989}   But since this comes up regularily I'd like to know whether there's a general solution.
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In some of the questions regarding author name, it is mentioned that people can use whatever they like, however, they must be consistent across their publications.  When it comes to being hired by a university for a tenure track position or by another principal investigator as a researcher, how can someone prove that they are the author of papers when their author name does not exactly match the one on their ID card? How can a principal investigator be sure that the publication list does actually belong to the person claiming them?
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I finished my B.Sc in CS about 6 month ago and now I am writing a paper for a conference. before when I was a student I put my university and department name below my name as an author. but now I am not a student. I saw somebody put their IEEE membership on the paper something like "member of IEEE Computer society" or something similar, but I am not a member in any society yet!  What I used before:  Sajjad Gerami Department of Math and Computer Science, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran Email: my.email@gmail.com   What I may use now:  Sajjad Gerami Email: my.email@gmail.com   Can I do that? Can I publish a paper just by my name and email (which is a Gmail one) without any institutional affiliation?  Update: For information about email address check these questions:
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Recently my paper is reviewed (by a professor from independent third party) and accepted by a journal. But, my employer allows me to publish this paper only without its name there.  Publishing house is expecting affiliation for each author, i.e. I can not leave affiliation as blank.   What should I write as the affiliation?
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After reading the question , I got the impression that (at least in the writers' field) the "corresponding author" flag could carry an implied meaning, such as "did more work than the other authors", or "is a more senior author". Is it the case?  I am in mathematics, a field where we typically sort the authors alphabetically, and I've never given any importance to that role (apart from "this author is willing to answer a couple of extra e-mails, if needed").
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If a professor in a North American country presents his- or herself by his/her first name in email messages, does this mean that students can refer to him/her by his/her first name? Or is this generally not a good idea, unless the professor has explicitly mentioned that he/she can be referred to by first name? I've noticed that most professors, who prefer to be referred to more formally, do not sign their emails with just their first names, but usually initials or first and last name.
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I'm writing a sports management simulation game. Like most sport management games, it makes heavy use of statistics. I would like to use real players, teams and league names.  i) Am I running the risk of getting into legal battles if I should use the real names? ii) Also what about team colours and emblems etc?    Update Much thanks for all the input!
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Suppose that I've helped other researchers with the statistical analyses for an epidemiological study and therefore I am acknowledged for that in the "Acknowledgments" section of the paper (something like "We thank andrea for his statistical support").  Obviously, this doesn't count as a publication for me, as I am not one of the authors. But if I include it in my CV, how much "weight" would a professor (or someone within the academia) give to that? I also have other publications where I am either the first author or one of the co-authors.  I am not thinking of a particular situation here (like applying for a grant or for a PhD position). I am just curious to know if it could be useful to put it into my CV or if it would just be irrelevant.
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I've gone through all similar questions but I believe my specific question doesn't have an answer yet.  I've applied for a Standard Visitor visa. After I completed the application, made an appointment and paid the fee, I noticed that the way I spelled my name on the application differs from how it is spelled in the passport by 1 letter (this is partially because of myself being an idiot, but mainly because my new passport has an incorrect transliteration of my name, whereas my old passport and any other document in my life has the correct one).  So here are the options I see:   Print the application and make a pen-and-ink correction with a black ballpoint pen by crossing the printed name/letter and writing the correct one - as answers to other similar questions suggests. Edit the PDF electronically and print it so that there are no visible corrections. However, as the form is saved at their end, there will be a discrepance between the printed form and saved form with no visible signs of correction.   Which way has better chance for me to have my application accepted?  Also (probably doesn't matter much but still): if it's the pen-and-ink correction, is it better to cross-out the whole name or only the wrong letter?
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This question has been discussed   but there doesn't seem to be a clear answer for my particular situation.  I have a Dr.rer.nat from Germany but currently I am working for an institute in the United Kingdom. Is it legal or acceptable to continue to use the title Dr.rer.nat (First Name) (Last name) in the UK or do I need to change it to (First Name) (Last name), (Ph.D)?
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It has been discussed before, but in light of some of the , I can't help but wonder what is accomplished by displaying the author of a given question or answer.  There is a , but if anything, I don't think it goes far enough.  If questions and answers are supposed to stand on their own merit, why do we need to show the author at all?  I'm not proposing any change to the way rep works; rep should still be accrued and abilities gained.  The only difference is that questions and answers would appear anonymous.  Does this better reflect the goals of SO?  If so, how far do you think the anonymity should be taken?  If not, what shortcomings am I missing?
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What exactly is the definition of self-citation? I have looked around but I cannot seem to find a definition. There is even a publication, but I cannot access it at the moment. Also I would like to have a definition here on Academia SE.  For example, say I publish paper with a co-author. Then my co-author cites this paper in another publication in which I am not involved. This is clearly a self-citation for him, but is it also a self-citation for me? Does my indirect involvement suffice to make this a self-citation for me?  Maybe there are other ambiguous cases, feel free to edit the question.
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I'm thinking of changing my username to my real name. Given that I have a presence on some of the sites here (mostly codegolf), what etiquette should I follow when choosing my new name?  As my username is currently Quincunx, I'm thinking of changing it to MyRealName (formerly Quincunx). Or perhaps MyRealName (né Quincunx). Maybe just MyRealName (Quincunx). If I do use these usernames, will people be able to recognize who I am? Or is there already a standard way to change usernames (such as relying on the profile picture)?
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My name consists of just a first name and no surname.  Will there be a problem regarding my name in the country I visit with a tourist or employment visa? Are there countries in the world where this might be a problem?
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Usually a name stays the same in whatever language. So, whenever I quote a work by Knuth -- be it in an English article or a German one -- I will quote him as Donald E. Knuth.  This is not always the case with ancient or medieval names. They are spelled differently in different languages. Two examples in English | German | French:   Aristotle | Aristoteles | Aristote Thomas Aquinas | Thomas von Aquin | Thomas d'Aquin   This means that when I write an English article, I need a bib-file that contains the English names, but when I want to write a German article, I need to go through my bib file and change the names accordingly. Depending on how often I in fact publish in English or German this could keep me busy and is prone to error.  So, I though, maybe I could have the different names already included in one single bib-file and let biblatex choose the correct name according to the primary language used in the document. Any ideas?  NB: I do not want to use in one single document both spellings Aristotle and Aristoteles (as the following MWE might make you think). Of course, if the article's primary language is English, then all the references to Aristotle will use the English spelling of his name. However, I want to be able to write articles in different languages, without (a) having to edit my bib-files each time or (b) generally maintaing not one single bib-file but two different ones, one for each language, or (c) having two distinct entries in one bib-file  MWE  % !TEX TS-program = lualatexmk \documentclass{scrartcl}  \usepackage{fontspec}         \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Times New Roman}  \usepackage[ngerman, british]{babel} \usepackage[babel]{csquotes} \usepackage[style=verbose,abbreviate=false,backend=biber]{biblatex}  \usepackage{filecontents}  \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib} @book{aristotle:ross:1924,     Author = {Aristotle},    % It is here, I think, that something could be done, e.g., ...     Title = {Metaphysics},     % ... british=Aristotle,ngerman=Aristoteles,french=Aristote     Editor = {William David Ross},     Commentator = {William David Ross},     Introduction = {William David Ross},     Hyphenation = {british},     Location = {Oxford},     Publisher = {Clarendon Press},     Volumes = {2},     Year = {1924}} \end{filecontents}  \addbibresource{\jobname.bib}  \begin{document}  \selectlanguage{british} Some English text.\footcite{aristotle:ross:1924}  \selectlanguage{ngerman} Etwas Text auf Deutsch.\footcite{aristotle:ross:1924}  \end{document}