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--- Quote from: tooki on February 22, 2022, 07:35:25 am ---
--- Quote from: amyk on February 22, 2022, 02:56:07 am ---I've become suspicous of any journal whose name starts with "IC" - seems to be a common name-prefix for all the low quality ones.

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IC means “international conference”, and conference proceedings aren’t peer-reviewed journal articles.

The name of the journal is RE&PQJ.

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Yep. Although most reputable conferences still apply peer review on their proceedings, and some may have an acceptance ratio of only 15%. Some professors even say that being able to publish in those 1-out-of-6-chance conferences is 'worth' more than a journal paper.

Some conferences also have absurdly long papers. I have had to read papers up to 20 pages (each) for my literature study, which in the condensed two-column IEEE format is roughly equal to a masters thesis. The motivation for that goes beyond me, because the density of new information is sometimes really low (e.g. when authors recite basic formulas or show not really relevant figures/tables).

Likewise, this paper follows same tracks as adding a lot of irrelevant details but still not getting to the point IMO.  I've read the introduction of this paper 2 to 3 times to find the reason why it is relevant to research this. I still have no clue.
A lot of the other formulas etc. also seem quite basic, so maybe it was a student project that got transformed into a paper? Some universities also challenge students to write the best paper in class, so they can present it at a national conference. The 2nd author seems to be part of organizing committee of that conference.

It sounds like it is researching what the effects are on throttle response and power output when a 4cyl petrol engine is only running on 3 cylinders. Hypothesis: it will probably start to shake a lot, pick up very badly and have reduced peak output (if it hasn't blown itself up before that).
So.. maybe shut it off and fix it? :-//

coppercone2:
I mean its a good way to keep the power grid running while waiting for replacements..

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