Ramzi Mansour

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Are there some logical links between « Scopus H index », « Impact Factor » and « academic ranks »?

In other terms, how « Scopus H index and Impact Factor values » are used for recruitment and promotion purposes linked to the three academic ranks (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and...

11 November 2018 8,994 9 View

Can you share your experiences in publishing / reviewing scientific articles by responding to the following important questions ?

1/ As author: Can you compare between submitting (taking into account the quality of the reviewer’s evaluation received) a manuscript to a scientific journal with high Impact Factor and submitting...

08 August 2017 8,611 6 View

Which is (are) the main factor(s) causing decline in pollinator populations including honey bees and bumblebees?

Over the last decade, a mysterious decline in bees has been noticed in several countries / agro-ecosystems around the world. This decline (die-off) could be caused, for example, by parasites...

11 November 2016 2,563 10 View

What is the classification approach of living organisms most adopted by the scientific/academic community: Linnaean or Phylogenetic ?

In recent years an increasing use of phylogenetics as newer, potential alternative classification tool of living organisms has been noticed. In this context, a great part of scientists/academics...

09 September 2016 4,923 11 View

Which factors (either biotic or abiotic) could hamper / limit the action of a biocontrol agent (parasitoid or predator) in controlling an insect pest?

According to several research scientists, biological control (using either parasitoids or predators) is by far the best environmentally safe insect pest management method. However, performance...

02 February 2014 4,698 35 View

Which is the most efficient parasitoid species that can be used for achieving sufficient/better control of the invasive insect pest Tuta absoluta?

The South American tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is currently a key, devastating insect pest of tomato in several European/Mediterranean countries. Management...

02 February 2014 9,662 52 View

How could host and non-host plant volatiles be adequately exploited to manipulate insect behavior for enhancing integrated pest management programs?

Among control methods of insect pests, insect-behavior manipulating (modifying) strategies through adequate use of semiochemicals. These latter can be: a) Pest’s sex pheromones: used for mass...

02 February 2014 5,715 49 View