Borden Mushonga

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Besides the authors, who should the burden of paying article processing charges fall on?

We have a manuscript accepted by a good journal. Our institute pays for only one article per researcher per year and they have already paid for one. I have also paid for 2 but now broke. Who else...

10 October 2018 5,039 0 View

Can a journal give 2 invoices for one manuscript?

We had an accepted manuscript and we are collaborating with one institution in South Africa. When the South African institution received the invoice for the manuscript, the pronounced that they...

08 August 2018 3,764 2 View

In what reasonable time period should institutions/individuals inform the interviewee of the outcome?

Are there any guidelines?

08 August 2018 4,933 4 View

I got an article after I read another article. Do I cite the first article or both articles?

I have often times got references from the reference section of an article that I read. I then search for these citations and go on to read them. My question is "Do I have an obligation to also...

06 June 2018 6,057 4 View

What is a reasonable upper limit of the number of publications an author can produce per year?

5, 10, 20 , 50 100. Distinguish between a teaching lecturer and a non teachingresearcher

04 April 2018 2,259 5 View

Is it correct for a lecturer or Professor to mark your wife or son"sexamor Thesis?

What does your official University/Institution policy say about this

04 April 2018 7,226 5 View

Do you, as an editor first google the names of Authors before you consider sending a manuscript to Reviewers?

I have a feeling that it is very difficult to break into a journal if you have not published before or if you have never published in the same journal

03 March 2018 975 4 View

What is a reasonable article processing fees in US$?

Some journals are charging up to US$3000 article processing fees for open access publication. Is this not reaping off?

03 March 2018 516 4 View

Should we not publish if we can not afford expensive consumables/equipment?

Having worked in the Africa, I woke up late to publishing because I did not have money to process histological/histopathological specimens. I had to force myself to start with gross...

03 March 2018 9,063 3 View

What is a reasonable period of time for editors to make a decision on a manuscript?

I submitted articles to some journals but I still do not know the fate of those manuscripts. I have written to the editors but dis not get any responses. Should I assume my articles were rejected...

03 March 2018 5,437 12 View

Do you talk to a colleague that is reviewing your manuscript or you avoid him/her?

Some journals request you to nominate colleagues to review your manuscript. If you know that a colleague is reviewing your manuscript, should you avoid meeting him for fear of biasing his judgement

03 March 2018 6,227 3 View

What is your opinion on a reviewer who wants to change your writing style?

Each and everyone of us has a different style of writing that captures his or her readers. Isn't the function of reviewers to check facts?

03 March 2018 8,071 3 View

For how many journals should one be a reviewer?

I am a reviewer for 4 journals and I continue to receive requests to review manuscripts for journals. Where should i draw the line? I have a full teaching load and I am also expected to perform...

03 March 2018 3,181 13 View

Is peer evaluation of teaching by collegues in the same department always fair?

We have peer evaluation but I think the system may be abused by colleagues also competing for promotion

03 March 2018 767 26 View

What should be the ideal length of a medical or veterinary degree 5, 6, or 7 years?

I am baffled with the variation of this period of training the world over

02 February 2018 5,370 0 View

Web of Science, ISI, Scopus Google Scholar. Are they not monopolizing knowledge?

Why are we being slowly being forced to publish in journals indexed by them?

01 January 2018 2,416 10 View

What is the maximum number of years one can keep data from a research before publication?

I stumbled upon my unpublished MSc thesis from 20 years ago and i feel that the question I answered has still not been adequately answered. Should I publish this work now? 20 years later!

01 January 2018 3,256 7 View

What minimum amount of time must be spent between conception of a reseaerch project and publication of the manuscript arising from that project?

Assuming that funding is not a problem. In other words is there a minimum number of days, weeks or months that a research project must take place?

01 January 2018 4,551 3 View

Can I please have a list ISI, SCI, HBSS, or scopus indexed journals that I can submit my manuscript of herbal remedies in animals in South Africa?

My University only recognizes journals indexed in those data bases

01 January 2018 2,664 4 View

What do you think about publications that use more than 2 peer reviewers?

Isnt't 3 toomuch?

01 January 2018 6,157 7 View

How many publications should one have to be Associate or full Professor?

yes I have seen the variation in different places but I want to know the "average"

01 January 2018 3,306 5 View

For veterinary medical students, which module must come first, immunology or microbiology?

it was discussed during curriculum development

01 January 2018 3,232 2 View

If one is scammed int publishing in a predatory journal, Can you withdraw your publication and resubmit in a better journal?

Is it ethical to do so?

01 January 2018 3,841 2 View

What do you think about the use of animal models rather than real animals or people for clinical training?

Some people use virtual animals and models for clinical training whilst others use cadavars and live animals for clinical training

01 January 2018 4,644 4 View

What is your feeling about the establishment of animal houses for keeping lab animals at new veterinary schools?

Do you think that we should get rid of animal houses?

01 January 2018 10,016 2 View

What is the best clinical training platform for a new veterinary School or Faculty?

It has previously been argued that putting up a new state of the art veterinary hospital in a new veterinary school has no return on investment. Rathar new veterinary schools or faculties are...

01 January 2018 1,895 1 View

Do you think the researchgate platform is promoting lazyness?

Instead of reading to find out and learning in the process, colleagues can just post a question and he or she gets answeres at the click of a button!

01 January 2018 2,381 1 View

May I please have information on how to measure long term and short term stress in game meet during harvesting?

I want to determine the best anatomical location to place a kill shot during game meat harvesting.

11 November 2017 6,780 2 View

Can someone without mathematical intuition be a scientist?

Want to know if people who are not naturally gifted in Mathematics make good researchers

01 January 1970 4,449 5 View