Do hyphens in paper titles harm citation counts and journal impact factors?

Attention Researchers! A warning from the University of Hong Kong: "According to the latest research results, the presence of simple hyphens in the titles of academic papers adversely affects...

05 June 2019 3,470 4 View

Can bias filter new information?

Murphy's Law of Research tells us that "Enough research will tend to support your theory", but would it suffice? People often accept new information only if it confirms what they believe in. At...

05 June 2019 9,015 2 View

Do great scientists read works of fiction differently?

05 June 2019 5,523 8 View

Do you think "Request for Abstract" is a bit too much?

I humbly request all researchers to avoid it and confine to Request for Full-Text. How does a reader know whether a research paper is within the limits of his/her grasp unless he/she sees the...

05 June 2019 4,343 6 View

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05 June 2019 2,610 3 View

Thinking kinesthetically ~ If Michael Jackson were a soccer player?

RG has it that your toughest technical question will get answered in 48 hours here. One of my questions at RG has never been answered. Maybe because it's nonsensical. Anyway I am posting it for a...

05 June 2019 6,492 4 View

What happens to the flame when a candle is blown out?

What happens to the flame when a candle is blown out? Where does it go? This is an image, in the form of a question, that my mind always invokes when people talk about a "soul" that still exists...

07 August 2018 3,398 2 View

The Boring Billion: Is the period "Da" or "Ma"?

07 August 2018 8,247 3 View

What do you DISLIKE most about Wikipedia?

11 December 2017 8,173 1 View

Is the readability of research papers steadily on the decline?

Based on 709,577 abstracts published between 1881 and 2015 from 123 scientific journals, a study argues that the readability of research papers in science is steadily decreasing. The...

10 November 2017 4,563 6 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

What kind of intervention will be relevant to increase motivation among young sport trainees?

Any suggestion on what book to read is also welcome.

03 March 2021 1,646 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

Any suggestions or recommendations on a good publishing house based on the African for academic books in the field of Communication and media studies?

I am currently working on a book on Public Relations (from an African perspective) and the rationale behind the book is the fact that as instructors in this field, we borrow instances and case...

19 February 2021 2,482 2 View

Which books and review articles describe well the current state of deep reinforcement learning for the optimal control of physical processes?

I am going to treat in a lecture the application of deep reinforcement learning for the optimal control of physical processes. Therefore, I am looking for the best references. Besides the classics...

16 February 2021 1,006 6 View