What is the best way to retract or withdraw a paper after it is published?

Recently, one of my colleagues found out major errors in a paper written by him and published in a reputed journal after peer review. He wants to retract the whole paper and resubmit afresh after...

01 February 2016 8,309 3 View

What shall be the criteria and norms to declare a student unfit for pursuing Research Degree or Undergraduate / Postgraduate Degree?

06 July 2015 1,284 0 View

What is the best way of imparting training to young faculty members who are new to teaching?

In most of the institutions, there is no provision for imparting training to young faculty members who are new to teaching profession. Right from day one, they are allotted subjects (irrespective...

10 November 2014 1,334 10 View

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation?

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation? Edit A very small percentage of population either knows or understands...

09 October 2014 5,199 0 View

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation?

A very small percentage of population either knows or understands 'Academic Scams'. There are many types of 'Academic Scams', such as bogus degrees, bogus publications, bogus awards, etc. It is...

09 October 2014 6,508 0 View

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation?

A very small percentage of population either knows or understands 'Academic Scams'. There are many types of 'Academic Scams', such as bogus degrees, bogus publications, bogus awards, etc. It is...

09 October 2014 5,112 0 View

Why are scientists (technologists and researchers) poor communicators with the general public?

Research is mostly funded by tax payers money. However, it is observed that researchers are unable to explain their work in simple language to general public. Does this mean that modern research...

31 December 2013 2,007 29 View

How important it is for the Scientists to be 'Visible'?

One of the important criteria for a scientist to get research funding / awards / honors etc. is to be 'Visible'.

31 December 2013 561 6 View

Why senior teachers are reluctant to take classes for freshly admitted students?

Normally, senior most teachers shall take classes for freshers. This practice is followed in many US Universities where senior most Professors or even Nobel Laurette teach freshers. But it is...

11 December 2013 7,382 10 View

How should Heads of Departments allot subjects to teaching staff? Shall freedom be given to teachers to select the subject they prefer to teach?

Heads of Departments are often put in a critical position viz-a -viz allotment of subjects to staff. There are some subjects which nobody wants to teach. On the other hand, there are subjects...

11 December 2013 5,294 36 View

What is your perception on using visual analysis or quantitative approaches to evaluate data from single-case research designs (n of 1 trials)?

Results of single-case research designs (i.e., n-of-1 trials) are often evaluated by visually inspecting the time-series graph and computing quantitative indices. A question our research team is...

03 March 2021 687 1 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to upload pdf of my articles published?

How to upload pdf of my articles published?

03 March 2021 2,183 3 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 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

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

Would adding books published in Lambert Publishers increase my RG impact?

There are some books published in LAP. Shall I add it to the RG?

02 March 2021 2,753 1 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

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View