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

Video sources to learn network meta-analyses?

Dear Colleagues Network meta-analysis entails complex statistical methods. I recently read some papers regarding its methodology, but being a visual learner, i believe videos would be the best...

11 December 2017 9,524 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

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 1 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

How to plot the probability paper of Gumbel distribution using R programing?

In R-studio, there are many commands of Gumbel package. Arguments are also different. I`m asking about the alpha parameter of the Copula which must be greater than 1. If this is the one used to...

25 February 2021 5,229 3 View

Are there methods for automatically mapping floodplains, fans and terraces?

I want to map these river geoforms with as little subjectivity as possible. I have a high resolution DEM generated by drone data.

22 February 2021 7,800 3 View

How we can measure Kemp % in wool without using of benzene?

Would you please let me to know about the methods for measurement of medullation and Kemp % on animal? My problem is that the wool sampling and sending to laboratory is not possible. So I would...

21 February 2021 7,260 4 View

Do I need to introduce HFD to ob/ob mice to obtain a T2DM model?

I am planning to work on T2 diabetic animals and check the efficacy of probiotics. My initial plan is to fed B6 animals with HFD for a while. But now, I have the chance to work on ob/ob mice. My...

18 February 2021 6,896 3 View

What are the options for global scale hydrology DEM?

Hello, I am working on a global scale hydrology GIS project delineating global watersheds and doing some data analysis. I have in the past used hydro1K from the USGS that cover the entire world....

18 February 2021 5,109 5 View

FDC and FRC cell populations in mouse spleen?

I was trying to isolate fibroblastic reticular cells (FRC) and follicular dendritic cells from mice spleen, but kept getting poor yield. I found from literature that the frequency of FDC is around...

17 February 2021 3,506 4 View