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I need a proposal about scientific journals in financial and banking sciences that are easy to deal with in terms of speed of response and answer, reliable and not classified within Scopus or Elsevier?
All the research community clearly notice that a classification has been going on for scientifc journals into quartiles; as Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. What do you think about this classification and criteria of categorization in terms of paper quality?
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The Soviet Soil Science (SSS) journal seems to be defunct. Vladimir Volobuev published numerous articles in that journal that I'd like to read. It appears that the Eurasian Soil Science journal supplanted SSS but there is no record of Volobuev's publications on their website.
Does anyone have access to Volobuev's work published in the SSS and mind sharing, or perhaps can advise on how to obtain the articles specifically published in the SSS?
Thanks,
Eron
Thoughts of such a question for a while as a beginner medical/scientific writer and interested in what the responses would be. Thank you!
Please suggest me how to get a link or an invitation for contributing book chapters related to the topics like Agricultural Science, Agricultural Meteorology, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservational Agriculture, Food Security etc. for the books published by well-respected science journals with high impact factor (as for example, Springer, Elsevier, MDPI etc.)
My paper has been under review for more than two years, but the journal can't decide whether to accept or reject it.
I am looking for relevant scientific journals for the publication of policy briefs (especially for sub-Saharan Africa).
So, I am a PhD student and I am just getting to know about the so-called h-index, q-index, etc. The thing is, there are other scores that get attributed to a scientific journal and I can't seem to get my head wrapped around those metrics... As a matter of fact, I need to know how to actually understand those scores (potentially, an explaining source?), whether the scores are universal, or if there is a conflict between the scores and, eventually, the impact those scores have on one's academic career?
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Please suggest me how to get a link or an invitation for contributing book chapters related to the topics like Agricultural Science, Agricultural Meteorology, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Conservational Agriculture, Food Security etc. for the books published by well-respected science journals with high impact factor (as for example, Springer, Elsevier, MDPI etc.)
The goal is to publish the results in reputable scientific journals.
hello, could you recommend me scientific journals touching on the subject of venture capital whose publication time of a scientific article is not very long.
I want to know about the soil science journal names. Impact factor should be above 6. Thank you.
How can we stop receiving thousands of emails from journals that have nothing to do with our scientific specialization? As a mycotoxicologist, what is the relation of my research activities with journals of mechanical engineering, robotics, obstetrics or bones surgery as example...🤔🤔
I would like to discuss corruption and abuse within research and academia. I think many of us have suffered some kind of abuse or have been victims of corruption in research.
I would specifically like to share my experience with my master's thesis guide. She forced me to issue fee slips, where she told me to keep a fifth of the value and to deposit the rest of the money to her personal bank account. This money corresponded to the financial item destined to a research assistant, which in this case would be me. I found this practice very dubious, so I discussed this matter with her in person. When I discussed the matter with her, she got angry and told me that she had had to do that because there were some GPS that she had not been able to submit this expense for the project, because she had to buy them abroad. This seemed very strange to me, because after talking to colleagues who have worked on research projects in Chile, they told me that it is possible to submit expenses of this type of items. In spite of all this, I continued with my thesis, since I had already had two previous thesis themes that I could not continue to develop, for different reasons.
To my surprise, my guiding professor did not show up neither to my preliminary project defense, nor to my thesis defense. In addition, she told me that I should write my thesis in English (my native language is Spanish), since we had reached an agreement to publish my thesis in a scientific journal, and that if I did not write my thesis in English she would no longer be my thesis advisor. After I graduated from my master's degree, she told me that I had to do some extra analysis of my data in order to be able to publish my thesis. I told her that it was complicated for me, because I did not have a scholarship, and I had to start working to pay bills and other expenses. However, she threatened me that if I did not agree to do these new analyses, she would be obliged to publish my thesis by herself, and that we would have to "discuss later" the order of the co-authors of the manuscript, and it was likely that I would not be the main author. After this, I did not want to give away my work to her, so I did the extra analyses and worked as hard as possible to be able to publish the manuscript, working in parallel as an environmental consultant in order to finance my living expenses.
After publishing my thesis in a scientific journal, I reported my thesis advisor to the National Agency for Research and Development of Chile (ANID), because after talking to a friend that is a lawyer, he told me that what my thesis advisor was committing a crime: the illegal appropriation of public funds. Since the research project of which she was Principal Investigator was funded by the ANID (a Chilean government agency).
After this, I was contacted by a professor from the Universidad de Magallanes, which is the university where this professor who was my thesis advisor works. They did an online interview with me, and told me that they were conducting an investigation regarding my thesis advisor's complaint, and that if there was sufficient background, they would do a summary.
In January 2022, I wrote an email to find out if anything had happened regarding the investigation they have done on my thesis advisor, to which they replied that the process is not yet concluded. It has been 11 months since I was interviewed and more than a year since I made the complaint, and there is still no clear answer about the status of the investigation. This is really frustrating, as I had to go through both financial and emotional hardship due to this situation. It is unfortunate that these things happen in research and academia. However, I think it is very important that we begin to report these unethical and downright illegal practices, so that they do not happen again. I hope that my experience will help someone who is in the same situation and help them to make the decision to report this type of bad practices.
Some scientific journals are publishing their articles in very small letter size, thus many of old readers or those with difficulty in their vision can't see well. I think they should avoid that.
I have written a paper addressing the issue of automatic colorization of black and white photographs. The perspective is an ethical one that addresses both pros and cons. Now I am searching for a peer-reviewed paper to publish my essay.
If you have any recommendations, I would be more than happy to see them.
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In order to avoid a demand for perfect symmetry in gravitating bodies Newton's law should be applied to small elements in the gravitating body and then integrated. After doing that we see that uniting his law to Fatio's model is possible. Fatio's law implies an ether wind in radial direction to the gravitating body. Therefore, the ether can be falling (perhaps with the same speed as the escape velocity). By doing this assumption we can explain the Pioneer anomaly and the Big Bang as illusions due to ether motions and not motions of bodies.
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These journals, especially high-impact ones, submit papers for the purpose of review and comment writing.
We, the auditors, audit and review, follow references and scientific content, study and analyze results, and look at the information sequence and its validity.
These operations take several hours and perhaps days, depending on the search volume.
These high-impact, world-class domains charge a minimum publishing fee of $2,000.
Despite this, our references do not find any financial reward or scientific benefit. Both say thank you and you did a good job.
Or some of them suggest that you add the search you reviewed to a specific site such as publons..
What is the ethical aspect of dealing with these journals, and is their work of scientific ethics?
When do we waste hours and days? What did we gain? What is the return to us?
How do we deal with this research? Are there suggestions to respect and fair reviewers, or to give them discounts for publishing in these magazines or for a specific fee?
Kindly, suggest me some SCIE, ESCI or SCOPUS indexed computer science journals which are paid but fast response?
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The Misr (Egyptian) Journal of Agricultural Engineering (MJAE) missions are to be a distinguished and specialized scientific journal in the field of scientific research and provide applied research in both Arabic and English languages and contribute to the development of the agricultural engineering sector, community service and the environment in order to achieve sustainable development goals at the local, regional and international levels.
I have written a comprehensive survey and I wish to communicate it to SCI journal but most of the journals are open access. Kindly suggest some journals.
That would be really helpful..!!
The peer review of manuscripts submitted to scientific journals is currently a basic pillar used to ensure the quality of papers. Besides other problems that the model raises (challenges such as the fact that it is unpaid, without charge to the publishers, or the debate about its relative reliability), I am very concerned about if blind peer review really helps to achieve the desired goal of accuracy and integrity. In many occasions I have received reviews by anonymous reviewers that have been very honest, fair and adequate to the standards of my discipline (Archaeology); however, in a number of cases, I consider that the anonymity of the reviewers has only served to spit poison without consequences, like the anonymous trolls that abound on the internet nowadays, without any intention of helping to improve the manuscript or any desire to ensure that the process serves to maintain the quality of the publication. I am quite sure that many others have experienced this same type of reviews, which are far from the ethical standards that should be considered, and which often have to do with personal vendettas, rivalries, and frustrations that have nothing to do with what the Academy should be. This has happened with journals with a low impact index, but also with others ranked high in international indexes. I consider that peer-reviews should be signed by their authors in all cases, without the option (as is usual nowadays in most journals) of remaining anonymous. If the review should always aim to contribute to the improvement of papers from a constructive perspective, and therefore to the progress of scientific knowledge, there should be nothing to hide about the identity of the reviewers, don't you think?
- To start my research, and have more visibility, it is recommended to publish in scientific journals, of great renown, so I wonder, how to find a better way to publish, especially in the scientific field in which I work, which is marked by its transversality and complexity ?
- also how to find the best database related to my field of research, and especially to have a rich bibliography (knowing well that the main language of my research is the French language)
I am looking for a 2021 SJR ranking. When it will be available for the public? Have you any idea regarding this? I need a tentative time for my admission purpose. Please help.
Based on 709,577 abstracts published between 1881 and 2015 from 123 scientific journals, a study argues that the readability of research papers in science is steadily decreasing.
I am eager to know what is your take on it and, more importantly, how would you relate it to your own work.
Thanks.
Dear researchers,
I submitted an article in a scientific journal, after verification by the editor the status is changed (Awaiting Reviewer Scores), then after a month and a half, the status is changed again (Awaiting decision), after 2 days, the status is changed again (Awaiting Reviewer Scores). I would like to know why?
Hello everyone,
I am looking for links of datasets from Latin American countries that can be used in classification tasks in machine learning. Preferably the datasets have been exposed in scientific journals.
Thank you for your attention and valuable support.
Regards,
Cecilia-Irene Loeza-Mejía
I find rejection — and even negative review comments associated with major revisions — very difficult. I have put months or years of my best work into a project, spent days or weeks writing it up, submitted it to a journal, pinned hopes on it, and waited for months for a response. And then they say it is not good enough! I can totally understand why you are feeling so unhappy.
As a student, I can't find good but reliable sources for expanding knowledge on the internet, so I'm looking for something easy to understand and read, not scientific journals and papers.
Dear researchers, I found a list of Scientific Journals that do not charge APC (Albeit this is an earlier shared list and may not be up to date).
Requesting the research community for a more updated list.
Dear scientists and researchers. I ask those who have knowledge of the names of Free of charge, indexed scientific journals in the field of biotechnology; gives us links to those Journals.
I have done a genetic association analysis based on SPSS software. The allelic association has come out as a significant association. But when I wanted to compute the odds ratio in both allelic and different genotypic models based on cross-tabulation, the SPSS showed the odds ratio of control/case instead of case/control. Can I report this ratio in scientific journals? For better clarity, one SPSS file is attached below. Any suggestion will be appreciated. The analysis process is mentioned briefly below.
> Denote control 1 and case 2 in SPSS. Also denote AG, GG genotype 1, and AA genotype 2 in SPSS (Dominant model).
> Import the excel sheet in SPSS.
> Go descriptive stat, click crosstab.
> Put population (case and control column) into row and genotype into the column.
> Select chi-square, percentage, and risk.
> Continue
There are often problems/discussion reagarding authorship of new manuscripts in scientific journals.
In this context, maybe a head of department, institution leader or equals sometimes try to claim senior authorship or "honorary authorships" of those texts. This is sometimes associated without an active participation in experimental / intellectual work and/or any substantial manuscript preparation (thus, beside editorial work or generation of more or less useful additional aspects/ideas).
In this regard, I would like to ask: "what do you think about ICMJE criteria?" (Especially, in the context of authorship and author rights).
A question to journal editors.
I am the editor of a scientific journal. Like everybody else, we publish articles in PDF files. Now we have an opportunity to publish also in the MOBI and EPUB format. It is a format for e-readers e.g. Kindle, inkBook, ONYX etc. Of course, the journal has to pay extra for the service.
Is it a good idea? Do people read academic papers on e-readers? The journal is focused on civil engineering and architecture, so our papers also include equations.
Journal website:
Is there a scientific journal concerned with biology, microbiology, biotechnologies or medicinal plants, issued monthly or every two months, and is ifree of charge?
Is there an accredited scientific journal concerned with biology, microbiology, biotechnologies or medicinal plants, issued monthly or every two months, and is it free of charge?
With thanks
Unfortunately, many of the scientific journals still pursue a boring and unclear policy in delaying the final decision to either accept or to reject the research. The consequences are wasting time and efforts of researcher and perhaps missing the opportunity to improve the research and to apply for the most appropriate Journal.
Hello everyone,
I am looking for links of Mexican image datasets that can be used in classification tasks in machine learning. Preferably the datasets have been exposed in scientific journals.
Thank you for your attention and valuable support.
Regards,
Cecilia-Irene Loeza-Mejía
Is being a reviewer for scientific manuscripts anonymously considered part of scientific achievement?
Recently, there have been requests from scientific journals for assistance in reviewing scientific articles (anonymously). This has never happened before, but after starting to actively write/publish, the requests then come
I would like to know the names of the best journals and scientific journals for international publishing
Hello everyone,
I am looking for links of scientific journals with dataset repositories.
Thank you for your attention and valuable support.
Regards,
Cecilia-Irene Loeza-Mejía
The pros and cons of scientific journals with Open Access.
I received an invitation of "Modern Sciences Journal" (www.modernsciences.org) on September 1st in order to evaluate my mathematical article. Now I received the notification of acceptation on December 20th and they ask me a pay of 350 USD in order to be published.
I have searched about this Journal but apparently it isn't recognized as a valid scientific Journal nor is it included in the "white lists" of recognized Journals.
On their web page I have searched something about the editors of the Journal, but it doesn't appear anything.
The person that wrote me is called Don Smith (donsmith@modernsciences.org) but he didn't identify with any other institution like an University.
I hope some info about this Journal and its reliability.
Thanks in advance.
(free charges for authors)
In the field of accounting and auditing
- the questionable behaviors and actions of some researchers and faculty members in the world of academia are gaining momentum. most of them in the forms of publications, (there might be more, but not In front of eyes)
- we clearly see that many journals, even top ones allow their EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS publish astonishing number of articles in where they edit.
- take it into consideration that journals are autonomous, outsiders can not ask the reasons
- but yet an alarming issue is that if we seek the names of those people in other journals that they don't serve (in the same field) , we almost fail to find any articles from them...
- how is it possible? what could be the value of such papers? how to trust them? what could be their aim(s)?
hi researchers
I am looking for scientific journals specialized in the field of ancient Semitic languages and their comparison, especially the ancient Hebrew language
Thank you very much
Theoretically, there should be as few restrictions as possible in such matters in the world of science. Science should develop in an unhampered way. Whether less restrictions and regulations can be developed to a greater extent by innovative solutions.
On the other hand, the more authors who have written a specific publication together, the more difficult it is to objectively evaluate the contribution of individual co-authors to the creation of a specific publication. There are several pages of scientific articles that have been written by over 100 authors. Usually, these are also members of research teams for large-scale research projects.
In addition, in the last dozen or so years, research has shown that the quantitative proportion of single-author scientific texts is falling relative to the total of scientific publications being produced. Therefore, more scientific multi-authorial publications have been created in recent years in comparison to single-author ones. What are the reasons?
In the light of the above, the following questions arise:
Why do more and more scientists prefer to publish in multi-author scientific texts than single-author ones? Is the main determinant of the increase of established research teams, whose members conduct similar or the same research projects and jointly publish research results?
In addition, new questions arise in connection with the development of new information technologies:
What is the importance of using the internet to popularize scientific knowledge? Does online information globalization have its share in this matter? Can publication in multi-author texts increase the scope in terms of popularizing specific scientific knowledge, developed new research concepts, results of research carried out, etc. using new online media, including online science portals? Is this the probability of developing scientific cooperation on a national, but also international and global scale? Are there any opportunities for the citation of scientific publications?
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:
Why do more and more scientists prefer to publish in multi-author scientific texts than single-author ones?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Recently, one of my papers is rejected by some reasons that are very abnormal from the editor after the first review process, for instance, “the paper is outside the typical scope and Almost all figures are in color, and that would be very expensive to have published in this way...”, in spite of the fact that the reviewer's opinions were positive about the ms. I think these excuses could not be acceptable in this stage by the editor. It could be unfortunate and unprofessional behavior for the valid scientific journal.
How can you share the programs and codes-like MATLAB code- which you have used in your paper. so that you can reference them scientifically? is there any scientific journal to do it for free?
What are the main differences between publishing in high-scoring scientific journals and low-scoring or no points?
The scientist tries to publish in high-ranked places but he is not always able to publish in other journals, which are low-scoring or without points. It depends on the field in which it operates scientifically, how many scientific journals are scored in a given field and what are the requirements and limitations.
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Dear Colleagues,
is there anything like an open source database for legit scientific journals? I was thinking about something with a concept like Wikipedia but for science journals - so that everyone can add one or more journals and then the scientific crowd can deside if it is predatory or legit.
The reason I am asking this is because I get a bit annoyed with the common science journal listings and data bases. I have a small, independent plasma physics journal, which is fully peer reviewed, the articles get a DOI, it is open access, there are strict ethics, etc... so I thought that I got the standards right and this should go easily into one of the big journal data bases and I submitted my journal. However, I was accepted nowhere, mostly because there are too few articles, or the journal is not published long enough (we just started the second issue).
My problem is now that it is hard to get good articles when your journal is not listed and you do not get listed if you don't have many articles (which is a problem, if you apply high quality standards).
Please let me know, if there is such an open access data base or if there is none, maybe someone is interested in setting one up with me (since I am just a physicist I am not really qualified to make a good webpage ;)).
thanks for you input
My colleagues..
What are the fastest scientific journals that publish research in the field of law or human sciences within Scopus journals and publish quickly (a short period of time) in the English language?
Please Help
Thank you
At several instances I found that adding an article published in a scientific journal was far from easy. In particular, I noticed that all scientific journals are not listed even though thay have a registered ISSN. In the following example, my article was published in SOIL ORGANISMS whose ISSN is 2509-9523. Unfortunately the name of this journal, being unknown (?) to RG, cannot be added when I edit the metadata of the article:
Other examples concern journals whose name has changed, and the ISSN by the same token, or journals which are not listed in the Clarivate Web of Science. For the sake of convenience, it would be better to add directly the ISSN in place of selecting the journal name within an incomplete list of pre-selected journal names. If I remember this was possible in the past, why no longer at all?
I have ready research and have analyzed its data, but I want to publish it with a researcher who helps me publish it in a scientific journal
the article about the great collapse in the world 2021-2023
After a new taxonomy revision or new classification has been peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal, is it necessary for the taxonomic status of the species recognized in the article to be re-evaluated by the IUCN? Is the scope of the IUCN to review and assess taxonomy of species?
There are a lot of scientific journals in different fields. Some journals are tagged as predatory journals and it is often ratiocinated that one should not publish their research on predatory Journals. I want to know the specific criteria by which a journal can be said a predatory one. If possible, provide some in-depth reasons about why a journal becomes predatory?
How can some predatory scientific journals that are classified in Beall's List have an impact factor and are indexed within Scopus?
As a researcher, we appreciate any information that provides light on predatory publications. At the same time, evaluating whether a publication is predatory is a time-consuming procedure that necessitates a thorough examination based on a variety of factors. A predatory journal or publisher has no widely accepted definition. Is there a set of validated parameters for judging scientific journal?
Is it possible that a contentious individual blog called "Beall's list" be used as a only parameter for judging a scientific research journal?
Despite certain disadvantages, peer-review is generally accepted as a quality control of manuscripts submitted to scientific journals. The higher the rank of the journal, the more often manuscripts are rejected by the Editor for various reasons (lack of novelty, routine work, low technical quality etc.). Getting you manuscript back with staggering reviewer comments is a rather frustrating experience. What are your personal tips and tricks to avoid rejection?
The Impact Factor indicators for scientific journals for 2020 have just been published. More journals boast and celebrate that their IF has increased by a few, a dozen or even several dozen percent. I am intentionally not mentioning what kind of magazines they are. Why?
Because the IF grows for everyone. Every year. what does it mean? Isn't that a bit like a credited science bubble? Every year there are more articles, the global number of citations and therefore the IF is growing. Will there be new indicators? For example, the annual growth rate IF : )? If everyone grows, this is how the impact indicator should now be measured.
What are your views on IF inflation?
One of the most suggested ways for a researcher to broaden their horizons is reading scientific articles.... what I am curious about, is how does one become a reviewer/editor in (non-predatory) scientific journals?
As someone who has just commenced their journey in the world of research, it would be great if you all could share your experiences about how you went to become part of the editorial board and/ editor-in-chief in various scientific journals. Does one need a background in science journalism for the same?
I wish to get my institutional scientific journal indexed in research gate. How would I do this?
Dated: 10-June-2020.
Perhaps!
Prefatory, it may be, because this year the radiations and greenhouse gases interaction feedback processes on different timescale (one of the main factor in monsoon dynamics) which makes the monsoon predictability erratic is not expected to add much uncertainty in the prediction system due to the substantial reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions. Implies, may be an upper hand for potential predictive models in the line. Recall that model ability to predict the SW monsoon is higher with initial conditions been used for the month of Feb., March, April (this years these are main lockdown month in the world when atmosphere is not invaded by atmospheric gases) than months closer to the SW monsoon. On other side, can be also be test bed for the models have near accurate long rage forecasting tendency with early months (as mentioned above) initial conditions.
Over all it may be also be manifested that NATURE can be predicted correctly if it is not disturbed. BUT if we keep on disturbing it then predictability may not be that easy and precise.
If yes, then "Commendations" to the accurate predictability of the monsoon system will be higher this year, I think. Good! This may also considered because of Nature natural tendency is higher this year apart from having well resolved and improved interannual and climate systems predictability aspects in the modelling systems, etc...
Nature is in NATURAL swing. Enjoy and try to be safe! But we should also be ready for the monsoon system predictability in the times to come or years to come when emissions will again be dumped in the earth system. It will certainly obstruct the prediction realities. Consistency is the accuracy in the prediction should be addressed responsibly.
What’s your take on that!
Are there software that are usable for formatting papers according to scientific journals standards? Can you please help mentioning some of them, and which is better to be used?
What is your opinion regarding the valorisation of the reviewers' work? Do you think that the efforts of the reviewers for a significant activity, such as reviewing manuscripts for scientific journals, are properly valorised?
The Qur'anic Thematic Exegetical Analysis (al-Tafsir al-Mawdu'i) is a famous method within Qur'anic Sciences in Islamic Studies as much as the Thematic Analysis method is in researches of Social Sciences. Why it is being discriminated against when applied in Islamic Psychology, which is synonym with Islamization of Social Sciences? Are they apartheid who are rejecting subaltern post-colonial methods?
Dear all,
I'm looking for information about the relative distribution of different article types preferably in education / social science journals but basically anything goes. More precisely, I'm interested in what percentage of published papers are reviews, empirical articles, thoretical articles etc. All tips are highly appreciated.
With kind regards,
Dr. Pekka Mertala
I want to know is there any AI based software available for windows which can detects image duplications in scientific journals.
In recent years, authors are increasingly posting their manuscripts to preprint servers before they are officially peer-reviewed in social science journals. How anonymous is the 'anonymous' or double-blind peer review process when referees could easily surmise the identity of authors through preprint servers? The central agenda of the blinding practice is to conceal the identities of the reviewer(s) and author(s) from both parties, throughout the review process. Is the preprint practice in itself to be seen as an 'enemy' of the double-blind review process in social science?
What are the criteria publishers use to check authenticity of submitted papers?
What are some software they use for authentication of manuscripts?
social science journal list who are free to publish and don't charge authors.