Why do some journals ask for copyright form at manuscript submission stage?

I find the requirement to submit copyright form at submission stage unnecessary. Most of the Indian journals (some international too) ask for it as part of paper submission criteria. You have to...

06 July 2016 5,141 3 View

Can anybody help me with inflammation part of a review manuscript?

02 March 2016 381 2 View

Are journal impact factors updated annually?

06 July 2015 2,528 5 View

Do journals favor acceptance of trending topics?

05 June 2015 4,058 1 View

How to do metabolomic analysis with bioinformatic tools, especially when you don't have your own data?

07 August 2014 1,518 8 View

Biomed central journals are open access, so paid. Are there any exception that are not paid?

Please name some open access journals that are not paid. I know 3 biotech, and natural products and bio prospecting fit the bill. I would like to know any other dealing with microbiology, food,...

07 August 2014 1,506 9 View

Is molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) study more effective for viral drug resistance study than that of bacteria?

Going by the literature survey, there is a huge number of papers on viral MDS study compared to that in bacterial pathogens? I am interested to use MDS for tuberculosis drug resistance and wonder...

03 April 2014 1,926 1 View

How can I write code for reverse complement of a gene in minus strand, preferably using perl and python?

I have a perl code that generates reverse complement of a Fasta sequence. But, I want it for reference, mutation and their supporting reads in separate columns.

02 March 2014 5,958 6 View

How do people adapt to the changing challenges in the transition from a wet lab to a dry lab?

I am interested to know the experience of wet lab researchers who took to programming, for its not easy one for me.

02 March 2014 5,270 4 View

How long does it take to get your paper accepted? Some of my papers are there for the last 8 months. Is it normal or am I sending to the wrong journals?

Delay in response from communicated journals

01 February 2013 1,971 47 View

APA 7th In-Text citations with two references with three authors with the same surname, but four different author?

I have an issue with APA 7th in-text citation. II have two papers where the first three authors are the same, and the fourth is different. I am using the Mendeley desktop app, and automatically it...

02 March 2021 790 3 View

How Download/Extract citations of 1 given year ALL my publications in Google Scholar?

If you google this you find a lot of smart guys explaining you how to download 1 year of citations of 1 single paper of yours (or anyone else). I mean 1 year of ALL my papers. or ... ALL years or...

01 March 2021 1,121 9 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

Is there a fast method matching citations to bibliography (manually typed references)?

I need to be able to match in-text citations to a reference list and back again in very large documents (100+ pages) WITHOUT the use of referencing software like Endnote. my method is to type the...

27 February 2021 9,848 1 View

How to add missing citation?

Dear colleagues, I have found that many authors have a concern regarding their missing citation in RG because often citation in RG is lower than google scholars. I also missed some citation...

26 February 2021 928 6 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

What is the most important parameter of a research work, the impact factor or the h index?

The impact factor is a measure of the importance of a journal based on the number of citations received in a year. ... Articles published in a journal with a high impact factor do not all receive...

24 February 2021 7,481 2 View

How to empty large intestine in mice ?

Hi all I am working on colon-targeted drug delivery for which I kept mice fasting for 6h using fasting grills during scotophase (dark period). I observed liquid fecal content in the cecum and...

23 February 2021 7,701 2 View

What is the original citation for the commonly used activity factors for converting basal metabolic rate to total caloric need?

I see the same activity factor (multipliers) in research papers and websites, but I cannot find where they come from. Does anyone know where these originated? I am looking for an original...

18 February 2021 7,635 2 View

Why the FIGURE inserted through endnote 20 is not showing in word?

I wanted to insert the FIGURE files through endnote 20, but the image is not showing in the two-column IEEE Journal template. However, the image inserting position is marked as (Figure 1), (Figure...

05 February 2021 8,167 1 View