Manuscripts

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How to approach native speaker to be a co-author and how to build trust?

For non-natives, a manuscript is often rejected based on the reason that idea is not presented clearly. Please ask a native colleague to proofread it. There is no offense to say that I am...

27 November 2020 7,695 12 View

Does it mean my paper will be published if the editor encourages a full submission from me?

Hello everyone, I am new to journal paper submission. I submitted an abstract to a paper last month in reponse to a 'call for paper'. An editor came back to me a few days ago saying my abstract is...

27 November 2020 5,524 11 View

My status has changed from "Awaiting Reviewer Score" to Awaiting AE Decision". Could the Associate Editor reject the manuscript at this stage?

Otherwise what this status means. If the Editor has received the comments from reviewer then why he is not sending it to Authors. As 10 days already spent till the status changed.??

19 November 2020 6,468 4 View

What is the ease-of-use in writing a manuscript using speech-to-text?

Hello, I use text-to-speech to listen to the playback of my writings. However, I have struggled with some applications like those offered by NetDragon to compose a paper. Please let me know your...

11 November 2020 8,492 1 View

How can a mouse splenocyte ( naive T helper cells ) be cultured?

I want to learn about how to culture and increase the yield of mouse naive T helper cells isolated from the spleen of Balb/c mice. I also want to know about the doubling time?

09 November 2020 9,118 2 View

ANOVA: There are fewer than two groups for dependent variable?

Hi there, I am conducting research to investigate the participant gender, victim gender, and victim sexual orientation on the victim-blaming attribution. My dependent variable was victim-blaming...

02 November 2020 9,019 0 View

Can we use data from a previously published paper in a new manuscript/experiment?

After we have already published our data, we decided to add a new experimental group using a different intervention /condition and we are planning to do a side by side comparison between the old...

30 October 2020 6,759 33 View

Can the member of editorial board of a research journal also serve as a reviewer of a submitted manuscript?

I face a confusion whether a member of editorial board of a research journal also serve as a reviewer of a submitted manuscript? What is the international standards?

27 October 2020 6,241 4 View

Can a manuscript be removed from a journals' editorial bench without the consent of the author?

Hello, I submitted a manuscript for publication to Journal X in the month of May. A week later the status showed under review. A month after that (June) it showed 1/2 review submitted. Last week I...

16 October 2020 2,081 3 View

Can anyone suggest a software for analysis of fringe pattern produced by Mach–Zehnder interferometer?

Hi, I am using a Mach–Zehnder interferometer to obtain the wavefront produced by some lenses I am developing. Does any know any software that I can use to unwrap the phase? I have heard of...

14 October 2020 4,620 4 View

To whom do you report a publisher who collects funds from you but refuses to publish your manuscript?

A publisher accepts your paper for publication (after review), then brings up different types of charges for the corresponding author to pay. After payment, the publisher cuts all communication...

12 October 2020 1,549 2 View

Can anyone submit manuscript to the journal Linear Algebra and Its Applications in Microsoft Word?

Does the journal Linear Algebra and Its Applications accept manuscript written in Latex only?

11 October 2020 8,115 1 View

Does mutagenesis work better with haploid strains (yeast)?

Hi, Im wondering if mutagenesis typically works better with yeast haploids vs diploids (as will achieve more full knockouts etc)? The application is to generate increased production of a...

11 October 2020 3,817 4 View

Suggest different techniques for regeneration of heterogeneous deactivated catalyst?

simple methods,easy techniques

05 October 2020 1,253 5 View

Seeking software developed for adjusting manuscripts' similarity with other papers?

Dear scholar Community, Let peace up on you all scholars at all corners of the globe! I submitted a paper of mine to one of the high ranking journals and the editor in chief sent me back the...

28 September 2020 477 1 View

When the Editor Calls for additional Reviewers ?

Recently I have submitted one manuscript to RSC Advances. Within one week the status of my manuscript was in peer review (one reviewer agreed to review). But after about twenty days the manuscript...

25 September 2020 5,753 12 View

Are you seen black colonies on TCBS and TSA?

During bacteriological analysis of water and sediments from pond shrimp I have seen black round colonies grown on TCBS and TSA supplemented with 2.0% NaCl

25 September 2020 466 2 View

"How to File a Complaint Against a Journal"?

I submitted a manuscript to a journal (Published by Springer), they sent back for technical corrections. After the suggested corrections, they sent to reviewers. One of the reviewers accepted...

24 September 2020 3,770 3 View

What is this citation style called?

Hello everyone, I am preparing a manuscript for a journal which indicates in the authors guidelines that the citation and referencing style should look like the following: Citation in the text...

23 September 2020 7,047 6 View

How could I ensure about withdraw process?

I sent an email to the Journal Office that I have been sent my manuscript via editorialmanager platform. But no confirmation for the withdraw received! Due to the shortage in time, we want to send...

10 September 2020 6,175 2 View

How long time should we wait for editor decision on a manuscript?

Some editors keep a paper for a long time, more than 6 months or a year, without a decision. So I ask how a paper takes a long time like that for the review process and What the best way to...

14 August 2020 5,938 3 View

What would be an author's raction to the reviewers' erroneus comments to manuscripts?

I would like to know about how we should react to the review process of our submitted articles.

14 August 2020 7,027 6 View

I am confused about the editor's request (I had submitted a manuscript and then major revision was requested). Can anybody help me?

I had submitted a manuscript to a journal. After a while, they requested major revisions. The end of their request, they mentioned that: "You will be unable to make your revisions on the...

10 August 2020 5,573 7 View

Déjà vu while reviewing an article?

What is the best practice to find out if the manuscript that you are reviewing is a duplicate article? I have tried searching the literature, using plagiarism checker but nothing came up and still...

04 August 2020 7,977 3 View

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