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In defence of old literature

January 5, 2017September 16, 2018Manu Saunders13 Comments

Keeping up with the literature is part of being a researcher. A few years ago, the #365papers hashtag started on Twitter, as a way to encourage academics to read more papers in a calendar year.

In reality, very few academics would actually read 365 full papers over a single year. #260papers, a paper every work day, was suggested as a compromise and, more recently, #230papers goes one step further to account for public holidays etc.

Two things strike me about these hashtags: Continue reading →

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