tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32623444.post116083449490499949..comments2015-04-15T13:34:02.506-05:00Comments on So it begins: Science is...no was ...or is...fun?!!Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03171480660274785494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32623444.post-1161316452648271862006-10-19T22:54:00.000-05:002006-10-19T22:54:00.000-05:00good point Ashok! i am very impressed tht u guys r...good point Ashok! i am very impressed tht u guys r so passionate abt research and bemoan the loss of qualitySpeech is Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317872308366383768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32623444.post-1161022542532074182006-10-16T13:15:00.000-05:002006-10-16T13:15:00.000-05:00I really do think that there should be an upper li...I really do think that there should be an upper limit on the amount of publications a PI or for that matter anybody can have in any given 5 year period. It should be restricted to say 3-4 papers for Science fields and maybe around 8-9 papers for engineering related fields. This way scientists and engineers just dont end up filling the world with truckloads of garbage that nobody else ever cares about. Instead they would be forced to publish only their best research efforts. Not just that they would also have to necessarily philosophise to a certain degree because this would force longer and larger pieces of work to be a part of the same publication, which would require authors to think aloud what all this in total means.....BTW, this would also mean, researchers are not judged on the basis of number of publications but rather on their quality, technical merit and impact...since these will essentially be the only differences left.<BR/><BR/>Even if all the aforesaid good things do not materialize, it would atleast keep junk papers to a minimum...and thats as important.vashokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156533410859509770noreply@blogger.com