I guess it depends on the level your at, it comes back to an article a while ago that to truly understand all the new research coming out you have to be activel

I guess it depends on the level your at, it comes back to an article a while ago that to truly understand all the new research coming out you have to be actively contributing research of your own and interacting with others in your field. Your right about the classifier, not needing a mention now. My problem starting out of my honours thesis is that I would read something like that then have to go research the thing they have just mentioned in passing because their core audience knows all about it already. So I guess it has an aspect of knowing the best starting point for what you want to research as well.