Should peer review of journal articles be paid?

Should peer review of journal articles be paid? And if so, how much? Do people think that this will speed up the publication process? Some publishing houses are making massive profits so the money...

03 April 2019 5,537 8 View

How do I make a ammonium formate solution to remove salts from seawater?

I have some bivalve biodeposition experiments coming up and the methods describe rinsing filters in ammonium formate but don't give any other details. What concentration do I use? I have the...

08 September 2017 4,688 2 View

What is Postdoc life like at your institute?

31 December 2015 2,549 1 View

Is Open Access enough?

I wonder if Open Access is really just a distraction from what we really should be focussed on. I have a PhD and I publish strongly in my field. However, I really struggle to understand the vast...

31 December 2015 3,327 4 View

What is the fastest way to become a full Professor? Should we focus on papers, funding, teaching or politics?

I have recently made it our of the 'post-doc death spiral' and made it to Senior Research Scientist (equivalent to Assist. Prof or Lecturer). At my university, Profs earn roughly 2 x my salary....

31 December 2015 2,013 11 View

Is anyone using Google Earth maps directly in academic journal articles, rather than recreating the maps using ARC GIS etc?

Is anyone using Google Earth maps directly in academic journal articles, rather than recreating the maps using ARC GIS etc?

10 November 2014 7,595 0 View

Are species from low latitudes tending to shift their boundaries more rapidly than species from high latitudes in a warming climate?

Can anyone recommend papers on this topic?

31 December 2013 4,864 41 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 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

How does Scientist/RG community evaluates a case study article and the impact of it on a researcher career?

An article that is published as a case study in the SJR listed journal. How much value is added to a researcher career? How it is evaluated by a scientific researcher/University admission...

02 March 2021 9,661 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

How to highlight novelty in your research paper?

I have come up with a method and had written a paper on it. Paper got rejected by a journal stating that there is no theoretical novelty. I am kind of confused on why the novelty that I am able to...

28 February 2021 2,393 8 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Which period is considered as study period in research?

Is that starting from proposal development to result writeup or just from data collection to result writeup and reporting (publishing)?

28 February 2021 910 2 View

What role should journals play in leading academic fields?

A recent paper by Yeung and Thomas (2021) on journals in event management opens up an interesting debate on the role of journals as academic fora. They demonstrate that event management publishing...

28 February 2021 3,494 6 View