Adewale Ajayi

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The final process of correction/publishing in a reputable journal could be hectic; what challenges have you faced at this stage and how did you cope?

Publishing in a reputable journal could be a daunting enterprise; even when your paper is accepted with minor modifications, minor does not mean little and it may translate to hectic work tidying...

09 September 2019 5,350 1 View

How do you determine the conferences you attend and which factors have positively affected your career in the conferences you chose to attend?

Conferences are a part of academic life, culture and effort. There are many types of conferences all over the world. Some are well organized and some are not so well organized. Also, conferences...

07 July 2018 9,990 14 View

There is a feeble attempt to indict multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies for lack of focus and depth; do you think this is justified?

Some institutions and research funding agencies have taken positions against multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies. Such agencies reject researches and conferences that are...

07 July 2018 3,737 8 View

How do you navigate a situation in which a supervisor, committee member / defense panel member disputes a foundational basis of your PhD dissertation?

I had this very tricky situation during my PhD defense years back and also in facing my inter-faculty committee in the concluding phases of my PhD work. Three important persons (1 on the...

07 July 2018 9,363 8 View

Should papers in predatory journals be rejected by Researchgate?

Should papers in predatory journals be rejected by Researchgate? Where such papers had somehow been on Researchgate, should they be delisted or should be authors be left to go free and sin no...

05 May 2018 1,954 12 View

Would you for any reason publish under a pseudonym / assumed name to conceal your identity?

Many in the past have produced works of great impact under names that are not theirs. They assume a name and write under that name for many reasons; some to avoid political victimization under...

05 May 2018 385 15 View

Are you able to conduct objective research; how do you ensure your research, discussion of findings and conclusions are not subjective?

It is trite knowledge that research goes from the known to the unknown. However, there is no benefit to humanity if research results are contrived and the outcomes are from predetermined courses....

12 December 2017 1,609 16 View

Dear RG colleagues, when I upload my unpublised proposed article on Researchgate, what are the chances an a-list journal would publish it?

1. Journals usually require academic papers that would be considered not to have been published elsewhere. 2. Would a paper uploaded and hosted on Researchgate be considered to have been...

10 October 2017 2,841 9 View

What are the ethically sound options you have when you are saddled with unproductive partners on a collaborative work that you do not want abandoned?

The issues are: the work is ongoing and not much if anything is coming from the partners and if the work is completed, they would have to be listed as co-authors.

10 October 2017 8,453 10 View

The millenium bug was presented as a sort of disaster date/event approaching, did it actually constitute the danger it was posed to represent?

At the approach of the millennium, there was a lot of awareness raised about the apocalyptic nature of the millennium itself and the millennium bug. Fears were stoked in people,...

01 January 1970 8,434 5 View