Wednesday is done. The time flies so fast. I am still struggling with the paper. I don’t have a deadline for now but I should spend more time on the paper to brush up as much as I can. We have only two weeks left in August. Let me try my best to finish them.
I don’t see many things happening in the world since I don’t go out. Maybe only writing papers and listening to the news. I know a lot of going on around the world but very little I can do. What can I contribute?
Today, I was thinking about my productivity by discussing my colleague’s achievements. He publishes a lot of papers. Since what he is doing is different from me so I can’t compare but I think I have many things to learn. Now I am getting almost 40. If I want to be very productive in my 40s. I think I need to start achieving the next level goal. Lets’ say, publish one paper a year must and 10 papers a year as co-authored papers. With the current working style, maybe at most, I can achieve. But if you go further, I need to have something different strategy. If I want to have more than 10 papers and try to get to 20 papers. What should I do?
Firstly, I should keep publishing my own papers at least one paper a year. I should learn better how to publish papers. I can imagine this section, I don’t see any problems with this part, I am feeling I am getting there. Also, this part is the part I can really control. To jump-start by the end of the 30s, I should finish as many papers as possible in 2021. Also, I have many data set I didn’t publish yet. It is time to finish them all. By doing so I can learn how to write papers. I think one paper a year is OK, 2 papers a year, I could have a chance.
Secondly, I should collaborate with productive users. I have learned some of the users are very productive. So I should work more with them, I should learn how to help them to publish their work. In principle by using the instrument, it is hard to do more than 5 because I am doing only 20 or fewer experiments, but I am a lot better at doing experiments. But more than 5 is now I realize it is hard. Physically doing more experiments is not an option.
So to expand more, I should think now, I think I need to change the way to get more papers. One thing I can think of involving more projects. I should be helpful for these projects. To do that, I need to continuously improve the contribution to several groups I have developed the relationship with and find ways to help them. I need to work on science I am really interested in. For that, maybe I should start expanding my network. Thinking about what I can do for them at the same time I can improve my quality of work.
I should apply for the project and hire a postdoc helps me to work. I might have forgotten about this. Maybe I can do it in few years.
I can’t think of anything else now. But now I am excited to see I could do more on this. At least I have something to try to get next level. I am enjoying science now finally, I will do my best.