How can one describe a journal that publishes an article before all reviewers comments are recieved?

I was asked by two journals to review articles sent for publication. I sent in my review comments before the due date but I discovered later that the two papers have been published by the...

10 November 2018 6,703 2 View

Why do some Institutions conference papers lower than Journal articles during assessments for academic promotion?

There are good quality papers presented at conferences with innovative and novel findings but I discovered that some Institutions rate conference papers lower that journal papers and also limit...

07 August 2018 8,156 2 View

Can anyone confirm if Sciendo and De Gruyter are legitimate or predatory publishers?

I am about to enter discussions with Sciendo and De Gruyter about book publications. I want information from anyone who has published with them before or has any knowledge of their operations

04 May 2018 4,163 15 View

What protective measures can one take in a city where soot pollution is a daily occurrence?

I am temporarily in a city where pollution by particulate carbon (soot) both PM2.5 & PM10 occurs on a daily basis especially in the night and early morning. Can anyone who has witnessed such...

03 April 2018 9,874 5 View

Can a predatory publisher turn a new leaf and become a legitimate publisher and what effect will it have on the psyche of researchers?

02 March 2018 3,685 7 View

What are the pros and cons of self-publishing in terms of quality of the published work?

Advantages and disadvamtages of self-publishing

01 February 2018 5,450 2 View

What nanomaterials can be use for removal of emerging contaminants in wastewater?

We are about to embark on a research for the selection of different nanomaterials for the removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater. We need suggestions in terms of literature and methods

11 December 2017 3,851 0 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

Why do the air flow results vary totally when adding scalar in CFD ?

Dear All, We are using Autodesk cfd to calculate the air flow in a single sided naturally ventilated room, where air flow depends only on buoyancy due to temperature difference between inside and...

25 February 2021 9,602 4 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View