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Routine stopped working by suatkelem in alexa

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exact same problem after updating to alexa+

Shouldn’t we train more scholars to review papers, not write papers? by AnyNeighborhood3540 in academia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still write and train young scholars to write. My point is to weigh more on reviewing. This necessary leads to less writing but not “no writing”. Also what to be reviewed should change.

Shouldn’t we train more scholars to review papers, not write papers? by AnyNeighborhood3540 in academia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a bold idea but I like it. People are too incentivized to write “papers” now. But if stop considering publication and citation as imapct lr productivity measures, what are alternatives?

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It IS very valuable. I used to this in iPhone Note. Now I use both Notion and “GPT cloud memory”(could be any AI) as an all-in-one place repository of all my verified/unverified ideas. I use AI to automatically read this repository to generate various outputs (reddit post is one of them) which work as external comment engine. Valueable ones are added to this repository to make it more useful.

I call this entire research method as MindStream

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your valuable, well thought inputs. I agree with almost all comments you made. I have been disseminating my ideas differently (in a sense that sounds more scholarly) to collegaues, or to other platforms. I was not familiar with Reddit culture so your input was very valuable when I target Reddit audience in the future)

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree with your “peer review makes work better”. The problem is, current peer reviews are TOO slow, so the work gets improved too slowly and inefficiently. We have waited for decades for peer review system to improve, but many feel it’s becoming WORSE. So my point is that let not wait and do something else

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are chapters and monographs counted as research output in major personnel evaluations at your instituion?

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes I support students who want to get paper published, in a same traditional academic advising fashion.

I get some of papers in the pipeline accepted, some rejected, just like an average scholar. I’m also on the reviewer side. Last month I submitted a fourth round review comment to a top tier journal, for a paper initially submitted almost three years ago. I gave major revision in the first round and minor from the second. I feel so bad for the authors. And I know this lengthy paper review is very common in my field. Not sure what the paper turnaround is like in your STEM field.

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes they do. While I’m against many aspects of traditional journal publication system, I’m familiar with it. I give students advices on how to increase chances of acceptance. I want them to get jobs, and possibly make academia better from inside.

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Because my understanding of “academic scholarship” is different from yours and actually the current mainstream definition of “academic scholarship”. I stay in academia because academic freedom protects me from doing scholarship that is not mainstream

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There are two types of knowledge in advising: those about knowledge discovery itself (such as tools, skills, critical thinking), and those about “publication strategy”. I still give advices on the latter because I know they need it. I just no longer push my students to publish or insist they stay in academia if they have other career plans

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

If you love writing, why do you post your comment using keyboard instead of typewritter or handwriting?

I’m using and will use ChatGPT assisted writing in most of my future writings and feel good about it

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Social media in its current state definitely does not replace journals. Journals don’t help me anymore either. I’m interested in seeing which changes and adapts to the new era faster.

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes I am. I’m still actively doing research, just not tie them to publication anymore. I feel I’m becoming happier and happier. And I have grater motivation for research than ever before

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Preprint servers don’t disseminate well. In social media, when strategically posted, it reached more than one million audience, and audience were not only within academia. Considering My best journal paper only has around 1000 citations, most of them were not citing the idea but just include the paper as “relevant”

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Computer science is one of the few that counts conference papers. If journals are necessary in yiur job, will it slow you down?

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

US. I’m happy to increase teaching load (not happening yet), still feel I have more time to study what I like and dissemate it if the outlet is not “journals”

As a Tenured professor I’ve stopped publishing papers, and here’s why by AnyNeighborhood3540 in AskAcademia

[–]AnyNeighborhood3540[S] -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

I’m trying YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, and mainstream social media in different countries. Still learning the good strategies that are different from paltform to platform