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Q: What is the background of a study on effects of online class to senior high

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  • Asked on September 17, 2021

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Welcome to the Editage Insights Q&A Forum, and thanks for your question on writing the study background.  

We have quite a few…

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Q: I want to cite my previous paper to clarify that it is not a double submission

Detailed question-In order to clearly show that my manuscript is not a duplicate submission, I want to cite my previous paper. Which is better to write it in Introduction section or…
  • Asked on September 16, 2021

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Yes, it makes sense to cite your previous paper if you are expanding upon it or…

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Q: How can I withdraw my submission from Preslia Journal?

Detailed question-Dear researchers, I hope you are doing fine. My colleagues have submitted manuscript in Presila Journal. After few weeks, they received an email from the journal to pay…
  • Asked on September 9, 2021

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Sorry to hear about your colleagues’ troubles with submission. Before considering the aspect of withdrawing the submission, we think it would be worth looking into…

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Q: When listing the IRB approval number in a paper for joint research involving many facilities, which facility number should be listed?

Detailed question-The corresponding author is the principal investigator in the protocol, and the corresponding author prepared the protocol and got the initial approval for IRB. The…
  • Asked on August 27, 2021

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Thank you for your question!

An institutional review board (IRB) serves an…

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Q: Repository and authorship

Detailed question-I registered my thesis to a repository as a single authored paper. Is that acceptable to use its contents in a new co-authored paper and submit to a journal?
  • Asked on August 3, 2021

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Thank you for your question. Note that a thesis submitted to the repository of a university may not be a paper. Therefore,…

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Q: Can I use the same datasets in two different research papers?

Detailed question-Can I use the same datasets in two different research papers? The second dataset has 11 additional samples. I need a quick publication so I cannot wait until the first…

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Given the data, method, and variable are the same for both studies, if the results are different, it…

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Q: Can I talk about the same theory or model at different invited conferences?

Detailed question-I am required to write a report for Proceedings after conference presentations. But its contents are inevitably similar to another report which summarized for another…
  • Asked on July 20, 2021

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The same poster and paper cannot be presented at different conferences; however, presenting different components within the…

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Q: Is it acceptable for the same author to publish an academic article with the same method that s/he published in a manuscript before?

Detailed question-The author used the same research method to study another substance as one used in her/his published paper, which leads to a high similarity rate. l would like to ask is…

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Thank you for writing to us. Methodology from a previously published paper can be used, but the source must be clearly cited…

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Q: Is this considered a salami publication?

Detailed question-We are currently conducting a study that measures multiple variables. The paper A (focusing on pain) was already accepted by an international journal. Next, we would…
  • Asked on July 9, 2021

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Journals discourage the submission of more than one article dealing with related aspects of the same study. If the study is…

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Q: Inquiries about IRB

Detailed question-1. Most journals require to mention IRB for human studies. On what basis do they require this?2. Should manuscripts, not case reports, such as simple images in clinical…

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An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee that reviews and approves research involving human subjects. “IRB”…

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