Dear Shangula,
Thanks very much for using our forum.
What is the general subject area of your thesis, and when is the end of your term?
These are pieces of information that may help others decide if they would like to contact you.
I am making a public reply here, so that others can also see how to compose an effective request, and use this forum.
Best regards, Peter
Hi Martin,
Ecologically speaking, nothing ever is free or independent, but I think we have done pretty well with human evolution so far. We don't need great steps, we just need to avoid over-stepping our own capacities, and to accept that the universe does not revolve around us.
I think the big paradox for human existence is that we think we have free, independent minds for thinking (and it can seem that way at times) but even the freedom to think is not guaranteed. Practical realities come in the way, at every moment. Cold winters, food supplies, human relations, etc.
Speaking of which, I should get back to cleaning the floors of our apartment before my wife comes home, so the whole family can enjoy a long-weekend (public holiday) with less anxiety.
Cheers, P.
Dear Mohamed,
There is at least one specialist for editing of mathematical papers in our network: see Les Gates .
If you contact him directly, he may be able to give advice on how you can proceed, according to what you are writing, and what you can afford to pay (if anything).
Best regards, Peter
ps Last night I wrote a blog post on the subject of ' costs and expectations '. Maybe it is useful for you or others.
Dear Sam,
You might like to join our working group, Volunteers for Communication , which currently has few members volunteering for anything.
It seems that practical efforts like building toilets in distant countries, or helping farmers on organic farms, are more popular than volunteer help with communication, although communication is what connects most things to most things.
Just a thought.
Dear Sam,
Play writers seem to get into anything and everything... now its science writing!
See:
http://researchcooperative.org/group/researchcoopaotearoanz/forum/topics/writing-for-science-course-victoria-university-of-wellington-22-2
Peter (now back in Japan)
This garden in New Zealand has taro from Japan and Cyprus, and probably from China too. The leaf stems always go to the middle of the leaf blade, not to the edge.
Dear Aydin,
Thanks for using our forums.
I hope others will find your offer, and that you can find some good customers!
You might also like to join our group for Translators , and our country focus group, The Research Co-op Turkey (all inside the present Research Cooperative network).
I replied to an earlier mail from you, and gave some suggestions, but then found you are already here!
Best regards, Peter
Dear Kumar,
What is your deadline, approximately? If you can say more here about the paper (subject area within ethnobotany), that will also help.
Open your message, and then click on the Options menu above right to edit the message.
You can also cross-post a link to this request in other places (copy and paste the URL in browser window, when the message is being displayed), for example:
(1) our group for ethnobotany communication , and
(2) our group for editors and proofreaders .
Depending on the exact subject, there may be other research communication groups where you could post a link to your request.
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Thanks for using this forum!
Peter (Admin.)
Dear Ayam,
I have never heard of ISJN and cannot find any discussion of such a number on the internet. ISSN is the number used by most journals that wish to be catalogued globally. There are many useful small newsletters and journals that are published by small organisations that do not use the ISSN system... the keyword here is organisation. Academic societies usually consist of members who know each other, meet face to face, and begin distribution of a newsletter or journal among themselves. The people who know and receive the publication can trust it because they have other forms of contact with the organisation and editors. A publisher that uses an unknown 'standard' number cannot be trusted.
See also this comment: " How can we recognise genuine publishers and journals? " in our forum on publishing and production.
I will reply further to your chat message below. Here is a review of each site you mentioned.
Peter.
1. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences (ISSN: 0975-8585) http://www.rjpbcs.com/
This journal has many spelling and grammatical errors throughout the website, but the actual text of the website appears original and reasonably logical. The journal title is also badly composed (with redundant terms making it a long title). The editors ask authors to employ editors, but have not done so themselves for the journal website. Although the journal appears to be sincere, no postal address appears in the contact details for any person associated with the journal. There is also no indication of who actually established the journal and who is supporting it.
I would not trust this journal as a long-term repository for your work.
2. JPBMS now indexed in the catalog of National library of Medcine (NLM) division of NCBI (Pubmed),USA. See url:- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
This journal has some of the same problems as for (1) above, but does give postal contact addresses for two editors. Again, there is no indication of who actually established the journal and who is supporting it.
If you like the work previously published by this journal and can imagine reading the journal yourself, then perhaps it is worth trying, but I would not trust the journal as a long-term repository.
3. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) / Call for paper August 2012 ISSN: 2250-3013
From the title onwards, everything is too bad about this journal. A pharmacy is a place that provides or sells medicine. The research field is Pharmacology. The English does not get better in the details. There is no indication of who owns the journal, and no sign of any competent editor being anywhere near it. Please ignore!
4. The Journal of Ethnobiology and Traditional Medicine, published by Photon Foundation journals: this uses a Googlesite site that is transparently unprofessional and lacks verifiable contact details. Photon Foundation also lists the journal in item 3 above. Ignore this publisher!
I recommend looking at The Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine . This is a serious, well-established online journal with an editorial board of many well-known scholars
5. Dilip.C Editor ASIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES,(ajbls) Website- www.pbsjournals.com
This journal has only recently started, and there is no indication of who is practically supporting the journal as publisher etc. But the website, despite some problems with English, is clean and functional and makes no exaggerated claims. I recommend trying to contact the editor if you would like to support the journal as a contributor. Ask for more information about the journal. In some places, there is mention of a "Pharmaceutical and Biological society" but no details of the society or how to join are given. It is also not clear how the journal is supported financially. The Subscription form leads to a 404 error, and access is elsewhere described as 'free'.