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Chemistry lab safety during pregnancy - what are your protocols? $75
SciPinion is seeking opinion and input regarding a situation in an organic chemistry teaching lab that was brought to us from a professor. One of their students recently shared the news that she was expecting a child, and asked if there were any concerns with her working with or handling lab materials. Our colleague reached out to another more experienced professor, and received little input besides that the student should avoid handling chemicals and just contribute through notes and...
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What are some obstacles you faced when trying to explain your research? What are your solutions?
Each of us has our own expertise, and there can be knowledge barriers for others outside of our expertise/industry to understand our research. This can hinder collaborations. What's your experiences and do you find ways to overcome it?
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Answer Accepted 47 Answers 28 Votes
What are the most promising areas of research for the next 5 years?
1. Artificial intelligence and machine learning 2. Genetics and personalized medicine 3. Climate change and environmental science 4. Neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces
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Answer Accepted 36 Answers 27 Votes
Do you think that H index reflect experience?
H- index in any database such as google scholar, Scopus, web of Science
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Answer Accepted 35 Answers 35 Votes
Are their any benefits, if a recent PhD graduate have too many peer-reviewed publications as first author?
fresh PhD graduates face difficulties sometimes to apply for postdoc positions and for funds as an independent researcher
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Answer Accepted 86 Answers 78 Votes
Which part of a scientific manuscript is the most important? 1. ABSTRACT 2. RESULTS 3. DISCUSSION 4. CONCLUSION
Scientific papers are written based on the results. But whatever the results, they are to be interpreted in the discussion section in the context of worldwide scientific discovery. The most important part of his paper is the discussion, which reveals the Author's scientific personality.
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Answer Accepted 50 Answers 26 Votes
Is it really necessary to add one or more foreign based authors in your manuscript even with required objectives proposed and work done?
The question is based on the manuscript submission to peer reviewed, Scientific journal and highly Indexed with societies or communities like Scopus, SCI, Web of Science and many more. We see many a times the same type of paper was accepted in the journal by ours were rejected and we may find the difference is foreign authors in the manuscript, whereas journal nowhere mentioned foreign authors are required or mandatory in your manuscript.
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Answer Accepted 16 Answers 6 Votes
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Why universities underpaying their faculty and delaying their promotions should not be penalized?
There has been a lot of hype about the ranking business in higher education sector. While ranking agencies consider many parameters e.g. faculty number and qualification, infrastructure, research output, etc. why they do not attach any value to whether participating universities are paying their faculty as per norms, whether deserving faculty are getting promoted on time? The system will become more fair and transparent if universities not adopting fair practices with respect to faculty...
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Is shifting scientific meetings from offline to online mode doing more harm than benefit?
During the coronavirus pandemic post-2020, the whole world was forced to replace offline communication with online mode, wherever possible. Interestingly, the practice of online meetings has continued even after the pandemic has gone away. In universities, there are meetings of Research Progress Committees, Ph.D. viva, etc. Now many universities have adopted the practice of conducting these meetings online to save the money which otherwise they would be paying for travel and food of external...
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