How to write a methodological paper?

Dear all, I would like to write a methodological paper. Notably, I would like to explain how a particular methodology can be used to study problems related to a specific field of studies (i.e....

09 October 2018 1,376 10 View

Can anyone suggest good and selected literature on pragmatism and methodology in social science research?

Dear all, I am writing my PhD thesis and I need some good references to pragmatism and methodology in social science with special emphasis on abduction. For instance, I am now reading: "On...

08 September 2018 3,276 6 View

Could anyone think of social theories that refer to language as a means for individuals to interact and create shared narratives?

Hi all, I am writing my PhD thesis dissertation and I have recently come to wonder what is that allows individuals to interact, create common narratives/discourses which then impact on existing...

06 July 2018 6,514 1 View

Could anyone suggest key literature of Complex Adaptive Systems in social sciences?

Hi, I am looking for key literature (mostly significant books) regarding complex systems and complex adaptive systems in social sciences. Just for reference, I use systems thinking and system...

05 June 2018 178 31 View

Would it be ethical to contact a journal's editor to ask whether the general topic of a paper would suit their publications?

I am considering to submit a paper to a journal but I am not 100% sure that it would suit their interests. Among the editors, there is one scholar that I know to be a specialist in the field and I...

05 June 2018 8,922 7 View

Do you know any literature on variables interdependence?

Dear all, I am dealing with variables interdependence in a comparative and qualitative case study. Precisely, I am working on the comparison of two case studies and I consider the variables that...

04 May 2018 5,301 3 View

Could you suggest must-read literature of socio-ecological systems?

Hi everyone, I might be approaching the field of socio-ecological systems to write the final paper of my PhD. I would like to get an idea of a super MUST-READ literature to get an overview of the...

03 April 2018 3,086 26 View

Has anyone written about or is aware of studies/publications about energy policy and political parties/politics in Italy?

I need to understand the politics/political reasons behind the italian energy policy, especially the strong support to natural gas, which creates a sort of lock-in situation where it is difficult...

04 May 2015 7,864 0 View

How is systems thinking applied to innovation in bioenergy diffusion?

08 September 2014 8,202 12 View

Actor-Network Theory can be used in innovation studies? How?

I am not very familiar with Actor-Network Theory yet, but as far as I understand it is applied in STS, whereas Innovation studies use maybe more case-studies or so. I am doing a research on...

08 September 2014 5,147 14 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

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

How to write a scientific report?

We are analysing scientific reports at University in great detail, so I wanted to find a scientific report about how to write a scientific report. Including detail such as what information to put...

02 March 2021 7,602 4 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 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

Energy minimization in LAMMPS using NVT ?

How do I do energy minimization in lammps with NVT ensemble ? I am using the following command and it does not seem to work. It stops at extremely high energy and gives me the error zero search...

01 March 2021 2,294 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

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

How to Balance Bench work with Reading and Writing?

I am a second-year grad student. I am finding it difficult finding time to read literature and write (things like qualifying exam, thesis, grants). I find myself so busy with bench work that I...

01 March 2021 3,325 4 View

What is the most reliable source to get Impact factor of journals?

Source to get Impact factor of journals

01 March 2021 6,654 2 View