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Any thoughts/experiences on the importance of cover letters to the editor when submitting a paper? What are the major points we should include there? Do editors reject a paper based on the quality...
24 November 2013 5,736 75 View
I was curious to know of any studies applying the scientific method itself to the process of publication of scientific papers in the age of the internet, and if so did they find that the peer...
24 November 2013 6,093 14 View
It is well known that Google puts Wikipedia pages on the first places in its results list, and for many people it seems that they are the best sources sought by them. But is this really so? From...
23 November 2013 7,776 26 View
Do you have tips for writing up the conclusion chapter of PhD theses? How long should I write?
21 November 2013 9,000 33 View
I asked a question a little while ago about 'is there the prefect journal article'? This was after a recent 'unique' experience where a research article that I submitted was accepted by all three...
18 November 2013 2,456 19 View
In 2009, Gabriel, Wiebe, and MacDonald found: "Notions of influence, agency, and audience did not match their technological understandings. Blogs, online video sites and social networking sites...
16 November 2013 4,700 4 View
I have got a somewhat general question about scientific writing to discuss. I think, everybody agrees that the paper is the major output of a scientist's work, so producing perfect papers is the...
11 November 2013 1,623 15 View
Context- and impact-wise, what is the difference between a short communication and a letter?
11 November 2013 3,776 2 View
If so, can he become a fourth author?
11 November 2013 7,263 7 View
Do brave researchers publish more papers?
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Many sorts of journals are available where one can publish. Some journals are international, some are local, some are indexed and highly reputed, some charge processing fees, some are open source...
11 November 2013 8,229 24 View
In our university we are discussing a paper to create a framework for the evaluation of qualitative research work (master thesis) in several master programs - we observed the dificulty to...
11 November 2013 4,948 15 View
When research students are developing manuscripts under the supervision of one or two or three supervisors, who should be the first author: the student or the supervisor? When the research...
11 November 2013 3,662 97 View
I'm writing a research paper, and I refer to a literature review. It summerizes all of the past research on my topic. I want to use the results of the literature review. Can I cite the literature...
11 November 2013 7,874 10 View
What are the difficulties that a graduate student face in physics when writing a research paper for the first time?
05 November 2013 7,964 4 View
Is funding necessary for broad research collaboration?
05 November 2013 5,660 9 View
Every author is keen to get his/her research published in international journals, sometimes in the most prestigious ones like Nature and Science. Failure to do so means frustration. The failures...
31 October 2013 7,433 11 View
Some people think that it is not the best way, because it will be seen as if one is promoting his own works.
23 October 2013 6,585 3 View
I need to submit the impact factor of this journal along with my published article.
22 October 2013 1,818 7 View
Many publishers write Impact Factor of their journals on the web-sites. Impact factors of the journals that are in JCR can easily be verified. However, what about the journals that are not listed...
22 October 2013 5,836 20 View
Authors and coauthors in publications, order of authors, IF of the journal to publish a paper, h-index, i10-index, RG Score and many other metrics are available to “evaluate” the scientists. I...
10 October 2013 10,002 32 View
I found a paper regarding the work we wanted to do. The receptor they have used is same as we have decided to target but the ligands are not same, we have our own novel compounds belonging to the...
10 October 2013 305 8 View
Dear colleagues, would you mind sharing your experiences related to this, specifically in a study focused on educational research?
10 October 2013 9,604 5 View