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China is third-largest producer of academic papers with international...
A recently published report titled China’s International Scientific Research Collaboration Landscape, jointly produced by the Chinese National Center for Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE) and...
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From "awaiting editorial decision" back to "under review"
Question Description: Hi everyone,I am a bit confused and wanted to bug you about something. I submitted via scholarone and within 2 days my status went from "editor assigned" to "under review". Then...
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China's 200-day isolation experiment for space station simulation
In a suburb of Beijing, a self-sustaining ecosystem with minimal resources has been created for four students and aspiring astronauts of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Lunar Palace...
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In scholarone, under review indicates as i think both internal and external reviewing process so i think that the first under review status meant editorial board chacking whichق was succesfully passed...
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But in between there was already a status saying "awaiting reviewer reports", which as I understand means the external review was already going on until it said "awaiting editorial decisions...and then...
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Planetary scientists ask for better fake space dirt
The physical and chemical properties of real space dirt cannot be replicated by artificial space dirt. This is a cause of concern as it could lead to misleading research results. An asteroid-mining...
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It is hard to believe that the paper was sent to external reviwers within 2 days after submission. It takes at least 2 weeks to send an invitation and recieve the answer which may be decline or accept...
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Ok thank you, I think I don't express myself well enough. Yes the first "under review" was administrative but then after 3 weeks they probably found reviewers since the status said "awaiting reviewer...
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the concept of impact factor is confusing, we are in dilemma of what factor we have to take into consideration. some high quality journals are not forwarded to the Thomson Reuters and not having IF but...
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A look at the conventional journal publishing workflow
This infographic depicts the journey of a manuscript from submission to publication in the conventional publishing model that includes the blinded peer review process.As a young researcher, stepping...
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What researchers want #04
The journey to a tenure track position is one of the most uncertain experiences for researchers. We all know of atleast one colleague who has struggled for 4 to 5 years to obtain this much coveted job...
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Join upcoming webinar by Cabell's International on their new journal...
Register for Cabell’s International webinar "Cabells Whitelist & Blacklist Demonstration; New Web Interface and Features,"to know more about their new features - the Journal Blacklist and...
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An iceberg the size of a country breaks loose from the Antarctic ice shelf
Widely reported last month was the news of a trillion ton iceberg in the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf that had developed ruptures. The cracks in the ice shelf grew larger and larger, and the thin...
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Decline but encourage resubmission
Question Description: Hi all, Recently i received a email from the editor of a relatively high-rank journal that my manuscript was rejected according to the associate editor comments, but he encouraged...
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Is Discussion and Conclusion the same?
Question Description: I just watched the Webinar on Structuring a Scientific Manuscript: Perspective of a Managing Editor, it was very enlightening and helpful, tho I am a little confused with the...
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First movie stored in the DNA of living cells
Pushing the limits of biology, a group of researchers was able to succeed in an extremely ambitious experiment—storing a movie in the DNA of a living bacteria cell. Pushing the limits of biology, a...
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status "reviewer invited" takes too long..... after revision process.
Question Description: I submitted a revised version of my paper to the journal 12 days ago. I believe that the reviewers are already assigned from the first submission. However, the status "reviewer...
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Dear sir, thank you for responding, I started this research while I was doing my PhD because I found it similar in methodology that I used in my thesis. it is not a part of the research that I...
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New study asserts climate change is not debatable
Study that includes 100 handpicked scientists from all over the world offers conclusive evidence that climate change is not a myth, but a reality of the world we currently inhabit. The number of...
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