Yes, definitely. They will want others to cite their papers too. Some will responds, some not maybe due to change of working place/email, or simply too busy.

only 2 bro? lucky u...my sv want about 4-5 papers..hahaha..

I already emailed some of the influential researchers in my field. Some of them did provide me with the requested papers.

Which field?

Acta Cryst. E would not have any impact factor from February 2012.

It had one paper cited like 30k times last year. Was that the cause?

yes I also tried to contact some notable scholars in my field, I'm really encouraged to see their email replies.

I actually do more than asking for full-length paper. I was asking him questions! hhaa

+1, nicely said

Just remember to be courteous when asking for a copy

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Added on August 15, 2012, 10:55 amDone that too, most of them never replied me even though they encourage questions

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Aug 15 2012, 10:55 AM

You can also try contacting their grad students (find out from websites or contact university admin). It's a great compliment when people are interested in your work.

Hi how's everyone doing here? I passed my first proposal defense. Now in data collection stage =)

Grats man~ that's good to hear

I've already published two Q1 papers, with 3 more on the way.
Plan to graduate next year haha, damn scholarship, they pay students for 3 years, but stop paying if the student graduate early, pretty ridiculous

you're so good in your progress. My data collection is now nearly 600 surveys, still need at least 300 samples. Oh...

Working on the proposal for my thesis!

Hi everyone. I'm new here. Purposely register just to participate in this topic.

I will start my postgrad life soon. Currently have already got 2 offers from UM. Really dont know which one to choose, either bioinformatics field on microbiology research (mostly dry lab) or molecular genetic dealing with cancer research.

anyone on the same field? I will start as a RA first hopefully next year Februally can register as full-time master student.

Thanks in advanced.

Is there such thing as "dry research" / surveys / questionnaires for PhD in the Biomedical Science field? Reason of me asking so is because I've seen my colleague taking his PhD in clinical pharmacy doing surveys.

I call it as a dry lab. Trust me. After you grad with dry lab, you are zero. No one will respect you, because you also dry experience. Even after F5 can do paper work for survey? Don't you? My 20cent.

At the postgraduate level, we are taught to think like a scientist and how to successfully apply the scientific method to our research work. A critical feature of this process is testing our hypothesis with experiments.

Good experimental design for each and every experiment we conduct will greatly enhance our chances for success in the lab. Even if we obtain a negative result, a well-designed experiment will give us confidence in our work and the reliability of our data.

How do you generate creative ideas for problem-solving in designing good experiments? And, what is the advantage of your idea generation method?

using design of experiment (DOE) method..i prefer taguchi method...simple and yet effective..

I have used some of the methods described in Fig. 4.8. But unlike any other methods, TRIZ has tools for finding solutions. TRIZ will complement and fill in the gaps of how to actually find concepts to solve problems.

TRIZ is actually a comprehensive toolkit with simple tools for understanding “what we want” and detailed tools for “system analysis”, which are helpful for everything from invention of new systems to improving old ones. Engineers love finding good solutions and TRIZ offers systematic routes towards the ideal solution places and in addition offers ways of breaking any mental habits which prevent innovation, clarity of understanding and thought, or keep us stuck in the same old solution space. In TRIZ, this is called ‘breaking psychological inertia.’

All the best man, you can do it!