How can one describe a journal that publishes an article before all reviewers comments are recieved?

I was asked by two journals to review articles sent for publication. I sent in my review comments before the due date but I discovered later that the two papers have been published by the...

10 November 2018 6,703 2 View

Why do some Institutions conference papers lower than Journal articles during assessments for academic promotion?

There are good quality papers presented at conferences with innovative and novel findings but I discovered that some Institutions rate conference papers lower that journal papers and also limit...

07 August 2018 8,156 2 View

Can anyone confirm if Sciendo and De Gruyter are legitimate or predatory publishers?

I am about to enter discussions with Sciendo and De Gruyter about book publications. I want information from anyone who has published with them before or has any knowledge of their operations

04 May 2018 4,163 15 View

What protective measures can one take in a city where soot pollution is a daily occurrence?

I am temporarily in a city where pollution by particulate carbon (soot) both PM2.5 & PM10 occurs on a daily basis especially in the night and early morning. Can anyone who has witnessed such...

03 April 2018 9,874 5 View

Can a predatory publisher turn a new leaf and become a legitimate publisher and what effect will it have on the psyche of researchers?

02 March 2018 3,685 7 View

What nanomaterials can be use for removal of emerging contaminants in wastewater?

We are about to embark on a research for the selection of different nanomaterials for the removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater. We need suggestions in terms of literature and methods

11 December 2017 3,851 0 View

How can one scientifically determine sample size when collecting of environmental samples (e.g. air, soil and water)?

Many research works that I have read determine sample size for environmental sampling arbitrarily but I believe that the use of statistical tools will make it more scientific

11 December 2017 6,235 0 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

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

Is Journal of Agricultural Research a predator?

it is published by Juniper

28 February 2021 354 4 View

How can I publish a manuscript in free or low cost journal with good H-Index?

Dear all I am going to publish my manuscript which is from my thesis in a good H-Index journal but I found them very expensive(I don't have financial support) based on the exchange currency of my...

28 February 2021 7,800 6 View

Which software is better to write systematic review paper?

We have seen some authors use some software to write review paper. As obvious, the study of all published papers concerning our studying field is not possible and these software can help us to...

27 February 2021 6,296 1 View

Can I put a figure that was drawn by Bio-Render in publication paper?

I want to publish paper in journal but I have figures which have drawn with bio-renders, can I put them in the paper or which other software I can use to draw them?

27 February 2021 8,179 1 View

Can anyone please help me in processing SAR SLC data to generate interferogram using SNAP?

I have two scenes of the study area, one top and the other bottom. As per the tutorials and papers published, the step include coregistering the master sand slave images. However, when i try to...

24 February 2021 6,372 1 View

How do I change a preprint to published?

I want to know how to change the status of an article.

21 February 2021 1,536 2 View

How I can add publication with maiden name?

Good morning, can You please tell me how I can add an article that was published under my maiden name? When I try to add an article with this name, it appears information that I should be an...

21 February 2021 6,866 3 View