Can I do meta-analysis of some of the included studies and systematically review the rest?

Hi, For example: If I have 20 eligible studies (Both case-control studies and cross-sectional studies without any control group ) coming out of a systematic search. Can I do meta-analysis with 10...

02 March 2019 4,372 7 View

Software for meta-analysis?

I have been using RevMan for conducting meta-analysis. Recently I came to know about another software called "Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA)". Anyone has experience of using both? Is there...

09 October 2016 5,779 13 View

What are the reasons of retracting a published article? Can it be cited even after retraction?

Recently I came across a published (2006) article (Attached) which has been retracted in 2011. What might be the reasons of this retraction? Can the article be cited even after being retracted?

02 March 2016 6,650 1 View

Anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titre in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)?

According to the last diagnostic criteria of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) (Miyakis 2006), anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) has to be > 40 GPL (IgG) or > 40 MPL (IgM). However, most of the...

02 March 2016 4,722 5 View

What is the cut-point of high impact factor? Is it really possible to conclude what is considered as 'high' and 'low' impact factor?

01 February 2016 202 1 View

Journal name change: Impact factor?

When a journal's title changes, in ISI web of knowledge, I can see both impact factor against the previous journal title as well as the new title. For example BioMed Research International. The...

10 November 2015 1,789 3 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

06 July 2015 2,016 2 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

06 July 2015 8,461 2 View

As multiple submissions are prohibited, is there any alternative way/technique/tactics for fast publication?

Sometimes it takes too long time for the journals to come up with a rejection (I have highest experience of 8 months). On the other hand, we are not encouraged or (it's possibly prohibited) to...

04 May 2015 2,724 18 View

What can a junior scientist do when a senior scientist excludes his name from a published article even after confirmed authorship?

Even after junior scientist's contribution in preparing a manuscript (requested by the senior scientist), if the senior scientist (corresponding author) excludes his name intentionally from a...

04 May 2015 6,288 1 View

Is SSRN e-Journal Scopus indexed?

I have publication in SSRN. I want to know whether it is Scopus indexed? Does it show impact factor? What is its ISSN No.?

02 March 2021 4,565 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 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

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

How to add missing citation?

Dear colleagues, I have found that many authors have a concern regarding their missing citation in RG because often citation in RG is lower than google scholars. I also missed some citation...

26 February 2021 928 6 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View