Do we need to have a PhD to be a scientist?

A researcher is usually a trained graduated university in a certain area, but should be a PhD holder. To be a scientist, is it to have postgraduate degree in a certain field?

05 June 2018 3,604 1 View

Has science become more ethically corrupt by time?

All journals are now screening for fabrication, falsification and plagiarism before publications, is that an indicator for corruption.

03 April 2018 8,153 0 View

Is citing meta-analysis data and literature review than original research paper is fair?

Usually we cite and read carefully the original paper than review article than other forms of paper, however, is it fair to cite meta-analysis and review article and not original articles?

01 February 2018 2,584 0 View

Impact factor description, which Factor is most important?

Many factors are used for IP of the journal, but as an author, which one is more important to me to consider?. International Citation Index, Quality of the Journal, Online Indexing, Acceptance and...

06 July 2017 2,494 2 View

Locally published print articles are usually not available to all researchers and hard to follow. How to avoid such a problem if found in late stages?

Do we need to have the only accessible online articles to cite and to follow? With an increasing number of articles appears everyday online, it is hard to follow every related article that...

11 December 2015 7,642 0 View

Who is more responsible for the research article (quality), the first author or the corresponding author?

Sometime, the first author is not the corresponding author, and the quality of the work is shared between the authors but still the first author has a major role in the work, the corresponding...

11 December 2014 7,139 7 View

What's the average of total students and new admittance per faculty staff member?

In order to improve quality and deliver high standards, there should be an acceptable ratio of total students to staff members per year. What are the ratios for preclinical (basic) and clinical...

06 July 2014 2,863 4 View

Can animal models address the mood changes that define the human condition?

Several psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia and many others can not be well studied experimentally due to hard to have a perfect animal models that reflects changes similar...

02 March 2014 733 4 View

Is there a correlation between blood lipid profile and blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)?

Some indications point to a relation between hypertension and diabetes as well as lipid profile of the patients. Could this be studied in healthy persons to predict a high class risk people and...

31 December 2013 1,806 7 View

For what, when and why is the Letter to Editor found in some journals?

We know why review articles and research articles are written and published and the associated process. However, the aim and the core structure of a Letter to Editor is unclear to me. Any insights?

11 December 2013 4,054 10 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

Can NFL theorem be valid in infinite search space in ML?

NFL theorem is valid for algorithms training in fixed training set. However, the general characteristic of algorithms in expanded or open dataset has not been proved yet. Could you show your...

01 March 2021 1,189 3 View

Is there any research regarding how training and development is going to change in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution?

As the organizations getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, to enhance the skills of their workforce what type of changes are necessary and going to occur in the training and...

01 March 2021 3,199 3 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

I have designed reflectarray element and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, I am not getting desired results?

I have designed reflectarray element to generate OAM beams at 5.8GHz and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, i am not getting desired results i.e Radiation pattern...

01 March 2021 9,701 5 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 View