Why do some scientific journal editors, following acceptance, ask authors to please add more papers from that very journal to the reference list?

I have a recent observation from a scientific journal, in which the editor asks the authors to try to add more papers from the journal in question into the reference list, before the paper goes to...

06 July 2018 3,544 55 View

*How* do you decide where to submit your latest manuscript?

When deciding on where to send your new manuscript, what are the criteria involved? How do you weigh these criteria against each other? Is fast publication more important than to go for the more...

09 October 2016 2,772 18 View

Do you agree that scientific articles these days often have much more shallow literature reviews than they used to have?

I am a researcher in ernest since 1988, a reviewer for scientific journals and conference proceedings volumes since 1989, a published author since 1992, an author of scientific books since 1994,...

31 December 2015 270 18 View

How do we solve the problem with the unethical selection of authors of a paper?

06 July 2015 6,347 23 View

Are we all honest and objective as authors?

05 June 2015 6,802 4 View

Can you share your worst examples of predatory journals, and their doings?

Science publishing is very lucrative. These days, many of us are also faced with the necessity to publish in open-access journals, and have to seek special grants in order to be able to pay...

01 February 2015 8,507 1 View

What's happening with the criticism of those huge and powerful money-making publishing houses?

10 November 2014 7,864 0 View

"The purpose of our research is insight, not numbers" - but does anyone care anymore?

08 September 2014 3,461 5 View

Is there a good general principle for the ordering of authors of a paper?

More and more frequently I discuss the issue of the ordering of authors with my co-authors. It would be interesting to hear how the reasoning goes among the population at RG, so please share your...

05 June 2014 1,556 4 View

Why the phrase "the model and its algorithm", when referring to an optimization problem?

I saw this phrase a lot many years ago, and now at RG I witness again the phrase "the model and its algorithm". It always refers to the notion that for every model there is a unique methodology to...

01 January 1970 6,569 1 View

Could you recommend any books about Number Theory?

Beginner level books. High level books. Analytical Number Theory. Algebraic Number Theory. Combinatorical Number Theory. Books about partitions. Books about primes.

03 March 2021 7,174 5 View

What kind of intervention will be relevant to increase motivation among young sport trainees?

Any suggestion on what book to read is also welcome.

03 March 2021 1,646 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 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

Genome-wide gene identification protocol ?

Is there any book chapter/book, webpage or research article available to understand genome-wide gene identification?

28 February 2021 8,095 1 View

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View