How To Use AQ
How To Use AQ
AQ Team
www.academicquestions.info
suggestions@academicquestions.info
1
Introduction
This paper is intended to introduce new users to the academic paper sharing, 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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2.1
How To
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.
2.2
Solve a problem
To post a solution to a problem you must have paypal linked to your email
account (this is in order to receive the prize money), your solution must be in
the form of a paper uploaded to your profile, which you then post under the
question as a solution, or by clicking the button on the posed question paper.
For your paper to be accepted as a solution and for you to receive the prize
money, ((10 + m)-(10-n)) must verify your solution as correct where n is the
1
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).
2.3
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 being the highest complexity and 1 being 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 number 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).
2.4
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.
2.5
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.
2.6
Have recommendations of your papers verified on your
profile
If someone recommended a paper on your profile it will not appear (or count
towards your verification in that field) if your recommendation score (only visible
to you) is less than or equal to zero. You increase you score by positive one when
you recommend a paper, this is to incentivise peer review without any collusion.
If you recommendation score is positive n, and some recommends your a paper
2
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.
2.7
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.
2.8
Follow a research interest, people or questions
On someone’s profile, you can click the follow button, and any of their new
papers will appear in your newsfeed. You can also follow subjects and questions
by clicking the follow topics and questions button. You can then search topics or
questions or view them alphabetically, to follow a topic or questions, just click
the follow this topic/ question button. THen any new papers in that subject or
purported solution to that problem will appear in your newsfeed.
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2.9
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.
2.10
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.
2.11
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.
2.12
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 ensuring their expertise in this field, thus incentivising reproduction of experimental
results. When recommending these papers be sure to check the first experiment
to ensure all their variables are the same.
2.13
Profile Picture
We do not use or allow profile pictures on our site, unlike many others, this is as
most current statistical evidence suggest that even in the academic community,
subconscious discrimination based on gender, race, gender identity et al still
exists, and we wish to dissuade this behaviour.
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2.14
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 revolutionize academia, such as integrating patreon, and other viable income sources so
that academics can conduct the best possible research without institutional or
corporate restrictions.
3
References
1. www.academicquestions.info
5
AQ Team
www.academicquestions.info
suggestions@academicquestions.info
1
Introduction
This paper is intended to introduce new users to the academic paper sharing, 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.
2
2.1
How To
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.
2.2
Solve a problem
To post a solution to a problem you must have paypal linked to your email
account (this is in order to receive the prize money), your solution must be in
the form of a paper uploaded to your profile, which you then post under the
question as a solution, or by clicking the button on the posed question paper.
For your paper to be accepted as a solution and for you to receive the prize
money, ((10 + m)-(10-n)) must verify your solution as correct where n is the
1
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).
2.3
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 being the highest complexity and 1 being 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 number 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).
2.4
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.
2.5
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.
2.6
Have recommendations of your papers verified on your
profile
If someone recommended a paper on your profile it will not appear (or count
towards your verification in that field) if your recommendation score (only visible
to you) is less than or equal to zero. You increase you score by positive one when
you recommend a paper, this is to incentivise peer review without any collusion.
If you recommendation score is positive n, and some recommends your a paper
2
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.
2.7
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.
2.8
Follow a research interest, people or questions
On someone’s profile, you can click the follow button, and any of their new
papers will appear in your newsfeed. You can also follow subjects and questions
by clicking the follow topics and questions button. You can then search topics or
questions or view them alphabetically, to follow a topic or questions, just click
the follow this topic/ question button. THen any new papers in that subject or
purported solution to that problem will appear in your newsfeed.
3
2.9
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.
2.10
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.
2.11
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.
2.12
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 ensuring their expertise in this field, thus incentivising reproduction of experimental
results. When recommending these papers be sure to check the first experiment
to ensure all their variables are the same.
2.13
Profile Picture
We do not use or allow profile pictures on our site, unlike many others, this is as
most current statistical evidence suggest that even in the academic community,
subconscious discrimination based on gender, race, gender identity et al still
exists, and we wish to dissuade this behaviour.
4
2.14
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 revolutionize academia, such as integrating patreon, and other viable income sources so
that academics can conduct the best possible research without institutional or
corporate restrictions.
3
References
1. www.academicquestions.info
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