Md Asiful Islam

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Can I do meta-analysis of some of the included studies and systematically review the rest?

Hi, For example: If I have 20 eligible studies (Both case-control studies and cross-sectional studies without any control group ) coming out of a systematic search. Can I do meta-analysis with 10...

03 March 2019 4,499 7 View

Software for meta-analysis?

I have been using RevMan for conducting meta-analysis. Recently I came to know about another software called "Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA)". Anyone has experience of using both? Is there...

10 October 2016 6,046 13 View

What are the reasons of retracting a published article? Can it be cited even after retraction?

Recently I came across a published (2006) article (Attached) which has been retracted in 2011. What might be the reasons of this retraction? Can the article be cited even after being retracted?

03 March 2016 6,791 1 View

Anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titre in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)?

According to the last diagnostic criteria of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) (Miyakis 2006), anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) has to be > 40 GPL (IgG) or > 40 MPL (IgM). However, most of the...

03 March 2016 4,864 5 View

What is the cut-point of high impact factor? Is it really possible to conclude what is considered as 'high' and 'low' impact factor?

Sometimes researchers say above 2.0 impact factor is considered high! I wonder is there any such rule?

02 February 2016 320 1 View

Journal name change: Impact factor?

When a journal's title changes, in ISI web of knowledge, I can see both impact factor against the previous journal title as well as the new title. For example BioMed Research International. The...

11 November 2015 1,923 3 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

Could anyone tell us whether there is any ranking of "indexing" besides ISI? Some say Scopus is the highest status as non-ISI indexed, some say Pubmed or so on. If there is any authentic website...

07 July 2015 8,584 2 View

Ranking of non-ISI journal "indexing"?

Could anyone tell us whether there is any ranking of "indexing" besides ISI? Some say Scopus is the highest status as non-ISI indexed, some say Pubmed or so on. If there is any authentic website...

07 July 2015 2,134 2 View

What can a junior scientist do when a senior scientist excludes his name from a published article even after confirmed authorship?

Even after junior scientist's contribution in preparing a manuscript (requested by the senior scientist), if the senior scientist (corresponding author) excludes his name intentionally from a...

05 May 2015 6,425 1 View

As multiple submissions are prohibited, is there any alternative way/technique/tactics for fast publication?

Sometimes it takes too long time for the journals to come up with a rejection (I have highest experience of 8 months). On the other hand, we are not encouraged or (it's possibly prohibited) to...

05 May 2015 2,856 18 View

Is there any precise website to view all the Scopus indexed journals?

From ISI web of knowledge, we can have a view of each and every ISI indexed journals (Journal citation reports), however how can I have a list of Scopus indexed journals of different categories?

11 November 2014 7,995 3 View

What are the criteria of a journal to be indexed in ISI?

I see new journals are not ISI indexed. Some are indexed in pubmed or scopus. If a journal is scopus indexed, does that mean it will be indexed in ISI in near future? Sometimes the total citations...

11 November 2014 9,612 0 View

How long can I store PBS buffer?

Will it be okay if I use PBS buffer stored for less than 2 years?

09 September 2014 1,070 4 View

Does anyone have experience with more than one drug detection at a time in HPLC? I am having problem to detect 3 drugs individually.

Anyone has experience with more than one drug detection at a time in HPLC? I am having problem to detect 3 drugs individually, even though all of the 3 drugs appear at a time in a single run.

09 September 2014 8,620 6 View

Does anyone have experience with Stabilizing RNA?

Hi, Anyone has experience to work with RNA stabilizing reagent? If yes, which product you used and how was your stability result?

08 August 2014 2,325 2 View

For RNA extraction, are white blood cells or mononuclear cells better to isolate from?

Further we want to sequence the extracted RNA. So is there any major reason to choose mononuclear cells or white blood cells?

05 May 2013 9,444 0 View