Would your peer review be more rigorous for a high-impact journal rather than a smaller one?

In my experience, some peer-reviewers, when they review for high-impact or tier-1 journals, spend more time and provide plenty of comments on a paper, than if they are reviewing similar papers in...

31 December 2019 826 7 View

Should Research Gate start using emojis?

Research Gate is a social network for researchers. People here often ask questions about science, but sometimes also about life in general. Do you think using emojis in Research Gate discussions...

31 December 2019 9,258 5 View

Can you cite a question thread on Research Gate in a manuscript?

While writing a manuscript of mine, I need to discuss that one technical issue is debatable among researchers. However, I could not find any published study formally establishing this debate. I...

03 April 2019 7,354 9 View

How can you regsiter a journal for DOI system?

Having a Digital Object Identifier is a currently consistent feature of true journal publications. I wonder how to get your journal articles indexed for DOI numbers?

03 April 2018 1,466 6 View

What are the needed data to extract in a diagnostic meta-analysis?

Dear Colleagues I have experience in doing interventional meta-analysis, but this is my first encounter with a diagnostic meta-analysis. If someone has experience with this particular type,...

02 March 2018 3,119 6 View

Any way to stop receiving emails from predatory journals?

Dear Colleagues Everyday, when i open my email, i find at least 10 to 15 invitations for manuscript submission from predatory journals. It became a daily routine to clean my inbox from this junk...

01 February 2018 9,969 11 View

Are SEER-Based analyses considered Primary or Secondary Research?

Dear Colleagues I am recently considering to perform a SEER-Based analysis. However, i am confused whether it is considered Primary or Secondary research. - On one hand, you are woking on...

10 November 2017 1,557 4 View

Is InTech Open Science a predatory or a ligitimate publisher?

Dear colleagues I received a recent invitation to participate in writing a book chapter for InTech Open Science. They claim that over 100,000 researchers published with them before, including a...

08 September 2017 5,163 95 View

Any useful sources to learn about logistic regression and survival analysis?

09 October 2016 1,163 5 View

Any beginner sources to learn about cardiac catheterization techniques?

I am a graduate medical student with an interest to join a career in interventional cardiology and i need a basic primary source to learn about this technology?

07 August 2016 1,443 1 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 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

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

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 increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 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

How to calculate average trend in maximum annual NDVI from MODIS?

I am wanting to calculate the average trend in maximum annual NDVI in Iceland from 2010-2020 using MODIS MYD13Q1 V6. How would I do this? I have currently inserted the NDVI bands from the MODIS...

02 March 2021 752 2 View