How many publications should a graduate student (5 year program) shoot for in a neuroscience program?

One publication good? Or should I go for like 8?

That depends on many, many factors. In my PhD program (physics) students at top universities might have 10 by the time they graduate, while students from lower-ranked programs might have only 1 (I’m talking first-author publications). Students who joined collaborations will have many more co-authored publications than students who didn’t, but that doesn’t make their work any better. It’s not all about the number.

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One Response to “How many publications should a graduate student (5 year program) shoot for in a neuroscience program?”

eri on February 12th, 2010 at 3:36 am

That depends on many, many factors. In my PhD program (physics) students at top universities might have 10 by the time they graduate, while students from lower-ranked programs might have only 1 (I’m talking first-author publications). Students who joined collaborations will have many more co-authored publications than students who didn’t, but that doesn’t make their work any better. It’s not all about the number.
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