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The original post says the following, with italics and explanation points: "Coming from mathematics, where one paper every few years (!) is considered the mark
by williamstein 5y ago
The original post says the following, with italics and explanation points: "Coming from mathematics, where one paper every few years (!) is considered the mark of a productive mathematician,". I spent decades in academic pure mathematics, and I've been on many hiring committees, and that assertion doesn't match my experience. Also, look at the original poster's own publication list at https://bastian.rieck.me/research/#publications https://bastian.rieck.me/research/#publications, which has several publications every year.
- Topolomancer 5y agoAuthor here---I am not exactly doing mathematics research any more, but have shifted to CS/ML. It was my impression that the pace in that field is a little faster than in pure mathematics (whether that's a good thing or not is debatable). Please let me know whether I misunderstood this.
- williamstein 5y agoThere is some discussion with vague data here [1]; their estimate of "1-2 papers/year is pretty typical" sounds about right to me. That's significantly more than "one every several years", but perhaps a lot less than might be common in your area. On the other hand, if you were to normalize paper count by number of authors, then maybe my observation does agree with yours. [1] https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/122426/how-many-papers-does-a-mathematician-publish-on-average-in-a-year/122437 https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/122426/how-many...
- Topolomancer 5y agoThanks, that's interesting! I had the impression that it was lower, but I must admit I lack experience in the publishing practices of pure mathematics.