By what do we measure scientific success?
Articles published, citations, or number in new joint projects?
Well, 2013 was overall a successful year.
Two articles got through the pipeline, and note this is data from my undergraduate time! It took a long time but then, for one article I only wrote it up for publication this spring, and in autumn it was published, now I finished the audioslides.
The audioslide feature was an experiment - it took me longer than thought (over 6 weeks) just getting the hardware sorted out and reasonable quality (still improvable, I know). If one has access to the paper, the slides do not add much, but many researchers may have to wait for accessing the article. For those, the slides present the design and data in under 5 minutes.
Here is the link to it: Effort in Ravens
The second article is on a totally different topic, sound-sensitive neurons in the moth brain. We got some tough requests from the reviewers, but they liked the overall findings. So after some major revision Cell Tissue and Research published the article.
Sound-sensitive neurons in the moth brain
Two more articles I submitted are in the pipeline, for one even the revision is done, but now its holiday season and I expect no reply before late January.
With co-workers another manuscript has been submitted and now the revision, but we give it a final proof-reading after the festive season, so that one will also take its time.
At least four more data sets are ready to be written up, but revisions take their time - and I prefer to focus on one to two projects at a time.
With respect to citations, 2013 is adding a few but still no rush - but a better measurement is citations after 5 years and not after 1 or 2 years, so I am optimistic especially when people met at conferences know our work - they just have not published something citing it, yet!
There were also new joint projects - promising future publications.
Still, the progress is slower as hoped, always too many time-consuming tasks jumping out of nowhere. By numbers, 2013 was average for me, but in the long run, 2013 provided a very good base from which far more papers will find the way into the scientific community.
Articles published, citations, or number in new joint projects?
Well, 2013 was overall a successful year.
Two articles got through the pipeline, and note this is data from my undergraduate time! It took a long time but then, for one article I only wrote it up for publication this spring, and in autumn it was published, now I finished the audioslides.
The audioslide feature was an experiment - it took me longer than thought (over 6 weeks) just getting the hardware sorted out and reasonable quality (still improvable, I know). If one has access to the paper, the slides do not add much, but many researchers may have to wait for accessing the article. For those, the slides present the design and data in under 5 minutes.
Here is the link to it: Effort in Ravens
The second article is on a totally different topic, sound-sensitive neurons in the moth brain. We got some tough requests from the reviewers, but they liked the overall findings. So after some major revision Cell Tissue and Research published the article.
Sound-sensitive neurons in the moth brain
Two more articles I submitted are in the pipeline, for one even the revision is done, but now its holiday season and I expect no reply before late January.
With co-workers another manuscript has been submitted and now the revision, but we give it a final proof-reading after the festive season, so that one will also take its time.
At least four more data sets are ready to be written up, but revisions take their time - and I prefer to focus on one to two projects at a time.
With respect to citations, 2013 is adding a few but still no rush - but a better measurement is citations after 5 years and not after 1 or 2 years, so I am optimistic especially when people met at conferences know our work - they just have not published something citing it, yet!
There were also new joint projects - promising future publications.
Still, the progress is slower as hoped, always too many time-consuming tasks jumping out of nowhere. By numbers, 2013 was average for me, but in the long run, 2013 provided a very good base from which far more papers will find the way into the scientific community.
