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Andrea Manca
Researcher at University of Sassari
Publications - 86
Citations - 1754
Andrea Manca is an academic researcher from University of Sassari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Strength training. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 78 publications receiving 1081 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrea Manca include Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
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Predatory journals: no definition, no defence
Agnes Grudniewicz,David Moher,Kelly D. Cobey,Gregory L. Bryson,Samantha Cukier,Kristiann Allen,Clare L Ardern,Lesley Balcom,Tiago Barros,Monica Berger,Jairo Buitrago Ciro,Lucia Cugusi,Michael R. Donaldson,Matthias Egger,Ian D. Graham,Matt Hodgkinson,Karim M. Khan,Mahlubi Mabizela,Andrea Manca,Katrin Milzow,Johann Mouton,Marvelous Muchenje,Tom Olijhoek,Alexander Ommaya,Bhushan Patwardhan,Deborah Poff,Laurie Proulx,Marc A. Rodger,Anna Severin,Michaela Strinzel,Mauro Sylos-Labini,Robyn Tamblyn,Marthie van Niekerk,Jelte M. Wicherts,Manoj M. Lalu +34 more
TL;DR: Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship that took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.
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How predatory journals leak into PubMed.
TL;DR: It is found that PubMed, one of the world’s leading biomedical databases, includes predatory journals and their publications and is cause for concern.
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Cross-education of muscular strength following unilateral resistance training: a meta-analysis
TL;DR: Unilateral resistance training induces significant contraction type-dependent gains in the contralateral untrained limb, and methodological issues in the included studies are outlined to provide guidance for a reliable quantification of CE in future studies.
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The surge of predatory open-access in neurosciences and neurology.
TL;DR: A list of predatory journals targeting the neurosciences and neurology disciplines is compiled to analyze the magnitude and geographical distribution of the phenomenon in these fields and to use all the available tools to recognize predatory practices and avoid the downsides.
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Dance therapy improves motor and cognitive functions in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Edoardo Rosario de Natale,Kai Stephan Paulus,E. Aiello,Battistina Sanna,Andrea Manca,Giovanni Sotgiu,Paolo Tranquilli Leali,Franca Deriu +7 more
TL;DR: DT is an unconventional physical therapy for PD patients which effectively impacts on motor (endurance and risk of falls) and non-motor functions (executive functions).