Dear academics, can you share the reasons why you accept invitations to peer review? And the reasons why you decline invitations to peer review?

Most academics receive invitations to peer review articles submitted to academics journals. What is not clear is why we do or don't accept invitations to peer review. Please share your insights.

04 May 2018 658 1 View

Is it ethical to read articles for the purpose of collecting authors' ideas and not cite them?

In your opinion, how common is this practice? Is there a tendency to cite publications in high impact factors?

31 December 2017 4,068 3 View

Regarding Scopus Journal Ranking, anybody knows how Q1 or Q2, Q3, Q4 is calculated for overlapping multi disciplinary publications?

Scopus ranks journals according to certain disciplines, so it is common to see a journal ranked Q1 in policy for example, Q2 in a very relevant discipline , and Q3 in remotely relevant disiplines....

10 November 2017 7,539 11 View

Without receiving any credit for their collection; should researchers share data that had taken great effort and time to collect?

Under the open-data mandate, some journals make it a requirement that authors share underlying data. Can journals hold hard-earned data behind pay walls?

10 November 2014 3,302 0 View

Would calling those under arrest "to be cleared or the presumed innocent" show more respect for their rights and prevent irreparable harm by media?

07 August 2014 2,198 2 View

Should academics receive credit for their unpublished research? If yes, on what grounds?

The conduct of research has many components including ideas, protocol, experiments, collection of and analysis of data..... While scientist endure months of hardships to conduct a research...

07 August 2014 3,310 10 View

Should studies published in ResearchGate and refereed by ResearchGate peer reviewers be counted as scholarly publications?

Yes, in my humble opinion. Firstly because scientists have an interest in disseminating their intellectual work through an interactive, secure and free medium. Secondly, traditional journals use...

05 June 2014 4,164 13 View

As for the taxpayers right to access publicly funding research, should scientists publish in their native language?

Recalling the difficulties and increasing editing/translating costs which may encumber them.

04 May 2014 904 4 View

Given the fact that peers include some opponents and unethical competitors; should authors have the right to disqualify reviewers?

When conflict of interest exists and the reviewer does not recuse him/herself.

04 May 2014 7,610 2 View

Should institutions be urged to review their publications for evidence of research misconduct?

Given recent findings of irreproducibility, plagiarism, flawed statistics, data manipulation, falsification and fabrications in some published works.

04 May 2014 2,260 5 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

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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

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View