How can we be sure that rainfall changes observed are linked with climate change?

Which part would come from changes in local meteorological conditions (for instance higher temperatures, higher humidity, etc.;., and how to be sure that such changes are not due to local changes...

31 December 2019 1,504 17 View

What is the interest to publish papers in journals which are not indexed neither by SCOPUS or by Web of Science?

Papers published in journals which are not indexed by SCOPUS or Web of Science, are not considered for the national assessment of researchers or laboratory performances in many countries. It thus...

11 December 2019 9,511 23 View

What do you think of i10 index?

i10 index is the number of papers that received at least 10 citations. It offers a complementary view of your publication activity in regard of the usual h index.

06 July 2019 5,910 6 View

If a scientific production not indexed in Web of knowledge or Scopus has a high number of citations, does it make it as valuable as indexed material ?

Many productions are not indexed (or very few) by Web of knowledge or Scopus , like maps, codes, participation to conferences (most of them), posters, research notes, thesis, books, etc... Among...

05 June 2018 2,485 3 View

Does someone knows how to get the Impact Factor of a Journal from Google Scholar metrics?

Google Scholar gives Journal metrics according to H index, not IF. But is there some way to get this IF from google scholar results? And how to compare IF and H ?

04 May 2018 5,879 8 View

SCOPUS, WOS/ISI, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, RESEARCHGATE, all give impact factors for journals; So why most often only use the IF given by WOS/ISI ?

Thanks for your comments.

02 March 2018 6,620 13 View

Could/should we stop using huge private edition companies to publish our results today?

Knowing that we can publish anything for free in various platforms (RG, Academia, private websites, etc..) We only would need something like Scholar to ensure a free counting of citations, and...

31 December 2017 9,222 6 View

Are there studies dealing with comparison of rainfall grids from observed data for Africa?

For hydrological matters it is better to use the most accurate rainfall data. There are several rainfall grids for Africa. Do you know studies comparing different grids for Africa? At the HSM...

31 December 2016 8,938 10 View

How is publication indexation used to assess your work in your country?

To everyone in its country, what are the criterions used by your local institutions to assess your scientific work, concerning publications, h index, indexed reviews (Thompson WOK, SCOPUS, Google...

09 October 2016 5,224 0 View

How exactly is calculated the RI score ? Which replaces the RG score

RG score has been used since years by Researchgate to rank people according to a mix of several inidicators among which the weight of the answers and recommendations is very high They decided to...

01 January 1970 3,445 2 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

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How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 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

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

How to add a journal?

I would like to know how to register the journal Flora Montiberica (ISSN 1138-5952 - eISSN 1988-799X) in Research Gate.

02 March 2021 8,156 2 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