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Physicist reflects on publishing four papers during diploma thesis
Original: While I was working on my diploma thesis, I wrote four papers in one year, three of them as first author. While this mig
A German physicist, writing under the name hweimer, says that while completing a diploma thesis he authored four papers in a single year, three as first author — an output that might impress before even starting a PhD. But he says he was not happy with it, describing the work as feeling shallow and questioning what it actually meant for his development as a researcher.
Why now: Academics are debating whether rapid early-career publication reflects genuine scientific depth or hollow productivity pressure.
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- While I was working on my diploma thesis, I wrote four papers in one year, three of them as first author. While this might sound impressive for someone not having even started a PhD, I wasn't happy with it. It felt shallow, and I didn't have the impression that I was… · hweimer@fediscience.org · 9
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