Kamoru A. Adedokun

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What are the potential metabolic markers for monitoring conditions of growing culture cell lines?

I like to know the possible markers of metabolism in cancer cells such as in monitoring glycolytic, extracellular acidification and oxygen consumption rates, effected by treatment with an extract.

09 September 2019 1,634 1 View

What best method could be used to screen protein expression profile in a cancer cell line upon novel drug testing?

I am studying gene expression profile through analyses of proteins expressed upon treatment of cancer stem cell line with a novel herbal substance (in the extract) to predict gene function in...

08 August 2019 5,736 7 View

Unbearable article publication charges is the main reason for proliferative number of publications in the predatory journals. Yes or No?. Reasons?

There are many factors to think about as possible reasons that give rise to proliferative number of publications in predatory journals. Arguably, article publication charges has been pointed as...

07 July 2019 927 24 View

What should you do when your journal send you a huge payment list after publication, that was not pre-informed before submission?

I want to know people's opinions and how to handle a case of one's journal that had already published their article, indexed it in popular databases, but as a result of their changing publisher...

06 June 2019 6,911 3 View

What best advice could you offer a group of authors whose article has been accepted and issue-listed but not published for more than 7 months?

How do you advise a group of authors whose papers already accepted but only listed for several months under ahead-of-print without publication as necessary?

05 May 2019 3,212 6 View

Is Impact Factor (IF) truly the best metric index in judging the quality of a journal?

So many metrics are currently in-use by various journals to show the quality of their journals. Again, the seemingly most mentioned metric s, Impact Factor (IF) is largely criticized as biased and...

05 May 2019 8,350 15 View

What's the meaning of each of the following terms- Cited Half-Life, Immediacy Index, Eigenfactor, Article Influence used by RG for journal ratings?

These terms (Cited half-life, Immediacy Index, Eigenfactor, Article Influence) are used by Researchgate to measure the impact of any article uploaded on their system. They are also used to rate...

04 April 2019 2,265 3 View

Does Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (MRT) fit for sample size of 5?

Is there any related non-parametric test that may combine the function of ANOVA and Post Hoc in a single run for replacing Duncan’s Multiple Range Test when there is need or necessity to treat...

08 August 2018 519 2 View

What is the difference between these two acronyms, ESCI and SCIE indexes in considering better journal publisher?

v Which of these two indexes really has affiliation with ISI, between Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)? v And what does each of them stand for? v...

07 July 2018 7,308 1 View

How and where do you get ethical approval in this case scenerio?

You observe some dietary habits in humans living in your vicinity and willing to find out if this will be causal for suspected deficiencies in some blood biomarkers. Fine, they are willing to...

04 April 2018 1,403 0 View

Standard deviation (SD) or standard error of mean (SEM): which way to go; what are the factors to consider in reporting?

Which one under- or overestimates significance in the test of association?. Often times, I come across both choices in the selection of SD and SEM as a measure of spread, however, little is...

02 February 2018 4,215 2 View

Increase the manuscript's chances of acceptance in first-tier journals: what are the required recipes?

Often times, many manuscripts are rejected by some highly notable publishers as a result of lacked knowledge of basic steps involving; 1. Actions needed to be taken right before such research...

02 February 2018 2,475 7 View

To what extent are the non-parametric statistical tests useful other than considering data distributions: what are the other considerations?

Times without number, I have read in many studies where these tests were expected to be chosen especially when the sample size not so many but thought to be considered for non-parametric tests,...

02 February 2018 7,686 3 View

Publishing consistently in one journal or changing journal for different manuscript submissions, which one is better?

Over time, it looks confusing if there is any shortcoming in the choice of publishing continually in one journal, rather than choosing different journals for different paper submissions... I...

01 January 1970 5,565 6 View

What are the consequences of duplicate submissions of a manuscript to different journals?

What is the gravity of misconduct of duplicate submissions of a manuscript to different journals. In addition, if an author finds out that his published article is wrongfully done by a journal...

01 January 1970 6,153 18 View

Is Beall's list of predatory journals and Publishers still trustworthy?

Recently, an archived version of the Beall's list comprising a list of potential predatory journals created by a librarian Jeffrey Beall pointed at some questionable, scholarly open-access...

01 January 1970 3,250 5 View

Why should we publish a study with negative results?

Are there any benefits in publishing results of a negative study?. If yes, what are they?

01 January 1970 2,859 5 View

Have you ever considered withdrawal of an article from a reputable journal following complete review/acceptance?

Have you ever encountered a situation of withdrawing your article? What are the possible stringent reasons you consider possible to withdraw an article after review/acceptance for publication?

01 January 1970 5,829 8 View

Is there any difference in rating or weight of articles designated "short communication" and "original article" in terms of academic usefulness?

I want to know if there is reduction in value in terms of academic usefulness by converting an original article to short communication. Are these two article types the same?. Or, do they rate them...

01 January 1970 5,512 17 View

Who is a corresponding author?

Many questions have arisen due to designation of the position of a corresponding authorship among; 1. the originator of the study (the owner of the concept), 2. the person who uploads the...

01 January 1970 5,347 32 View

Failure to submit or publish findings because of lack of statistical significance is an important cause of publication bias, do you agree?

According to "uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publication 2010" on the obligation to publish negative studies, it is...

01 January 1970 8,629 5 View

What are the tips for drafting a successful grant application for schorlaly Research?

To write a captivating, motivating and scientifically attractive application, what are the needed tips to have one?.

01 January 1970 4,603 8 View

What are the possible reasons that a paper undergoing minor revision could be eventually rejected??

Is there any certainty that a paper requested to be briefly touched for revision may be accepted at the end of revision stage?. Your view and reasons.

01 January 1970 5,020 6 View

Clarivate Analytics released the 2019 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) recently, precisely June 20, do you have a copy?

Clarivate Analytics has released the 2019 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) in this month, on June 20, 2019. I wish to have copy of this.

01 January 1970 3,327 7 View