• @candybrie@lemmy.world
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    01 year ago

    Does 80 technical papers in 2.5 years seem kind of off to anyone else? That’s more than a paper every 2 weeks. Is there really time for meaningful research if you’re publishing that often? Is he advising a lot of students? If that’s the case, is he providing the attention generally needed for each one? Is his field just super different than mine?

    • Flying Squid
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      01 year ago

      Stephen King claims he writes 2000 words a day.

      R. L. Stein supposedly wrote a new (admittedly short) novel every two weeks.

      This Spanish romance novelist apparently wrote over 4000 novels in her lifetime.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corín_Tellado

      So sure, why not 80 technical papers in 2.5 years?

        • Flying Squid
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          01 year ago

          Successful writers generally don’t just make stuff up. They do plenty of research.

            • Flying Squid
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              01 year ago

              True, but you can compare writing 4000 novels a year with being able to write 80 papers a few pages long in 2.5 and say that both are possible.