Does the marginal utility of publishing diminish, for the scholar, as the number of her/his publications increase ?

The utility here is in terms of self satisfaction, challenge , and attainment of higher academic status ...

08 September 2019 3,564 2 View

Is there a trade off between learning and teaching on one hand and publishing on the other ?

Some thinkers and academicians have indicated this trade off, suggesting that publishing a lot has a negative impact on teaching and learning by the scholar concerned.

08 September 2019 7,066 2 View

The Brain Drain in developing countries: Is there a rationale in letting skilled people go?

human capital is recognized as the major factor in sustaining economic growth and development, yet the brain drain is hardly a pressing priority in many developing countries !!

07 August 2019 3,117 29 View

What could be the main target for a researcher in his career ?

Is " publish or perish" a fact ?

07 August 2019 1,829 4 View

Could providing training courses for skills development lessen the problems of unemployment discouragement and poverty in developing countries?

In this age 21st century all kinds of skills, simple or sophisticated, need to be continuously updated and developed or else they will go obsolete, and that may render many people jobless,...

07 August 2019 996 6 View

Are institutional and governance defects the major reasons that hinder the contribution of education to development in LDCs?

It is not the weak quality of education in LDCs that hinders its contribution to economic and social development, but the formal and informal institutional factors that are invaded by corruption...

06 July 2019 3,614 7 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

What is the best way to keep an anaerobic chamber anoxic in the absence of hydrogen?

I'm a graduate student who works with an anaerobe, so I often work in an anaerobic chamber. I've been working on an assay that involves the steady-state of the quinone/ quinol pool. Anoxic...

03 March 2021 2,971 1 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

Good sites to recruit survey participants on a grad school student budget?

Any good recommendations for participant recruitment for online surveys on a grad school student budget?

02 March 2021 4,293 4 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

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