Edmond Sanganyado

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What makes a book review worthy for publishing in a reputable journals?

I noticed some reputable journals like Science regularly publish three to four book reviews. As someone who aspires to be a faculty, writing book reviews could help demonstrate my level of...

10 October 2017 4,129 4 View

Why do many researchers claim they used "environmentally relevant concentrations" in fate and toxicity studies? Is this an ethical practice?

The number of articles that claims the authors used environmentally relevant concentrations continues to skyrocket. However, a recent study found that in most cases the authors picked the highest...

10 October 2017 9,273 2 View

Now that publishers have taken ResearchGate to court what happens to open sharing of research?

ResearchGate has proven to be one of the best places to share research material among academics. However, have voiced concern with how providing papers for download on ResearchGate might be...

10 October 2017 7,163 0 View

Is writing a book chapter really worth it?

I have written three book chapters and only one has been cited. However, most people cited the whole book rather than specific chapters that had material of concern. Hence, I now feel like I...

09 September 2017 9,343 1 View

What is your take on "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" by John P. A. Ioannidis

Working in method development in an HPLC study, I followed a certain method that claimed separation of my analytes of concern. No separation was achieved, I imitated all the conditions they gave...

01 January 1970 9,509 8 View

Preparation of buffer?

I am doing chiral separation of drugs on reverse phase Chirobiotic V column. One of the methods require that I use triethylamine acetate in methanol as mobile phase. The only instruction I have...

01 January 1970 736 4 View

What advise could you give young researchers on how to carry out literature survey/literature review of their subject matter?

In as much as the basic tenets of research are still the same, research in the 21st century is considerably different with that in the previous centuries. Young researchers are often caught up in...

01 January 1970 5,601 4 View

Hypothesis Based Research Proposal?

I am writing a research proposal and was advised to use hypothesis based writing. I tried searching on google about that but didn't get any satisfactory hits. I am writing a scientific research...

01 January 1970 8,764 7 View

Isolation of Bacteria in Surface Water

I am looking for a good method to isolate bacteria that degrade pharmaceuticals in surface water. I am doing a study on degradation of neutral, basic and acid pharmaceuticals in waste water, river...

01 January 1970 3,695 7 View

What advise can you give on how to write a book chapter on analysis of toxicants?

What is the effective method for mining of literature on determination of human toxic substances? What is the best method you recommend in organizing the literature which I would have found? Are...

01 January 1970 9,650 3 View

Enantioseparation of Pharmaceuticals by Normal Phase HPLC.

I am developing a method for enantioseparation of fluoxetine, atenolol and tramadol using Chiralpak AD-H and Chiralpak IA. Is there any reliable, published method you can recommend? I used a...

01 January 1970 1,521 2 View