Timeline for Publishing a bad paper?
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| Jan 1, 2013 at 8:02 | answer | added | Kevin R. Vixie | timeline score: 12 | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 8:34 | history | reopened |
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| Dec 19, 2012 at 22:51 | history | closed |
user6976 Felipe Voloch DamienC Suvrit Gil Kalai |
not a real question | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 22:51 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | After so many answers and comments I would regard the question as no longer relevant. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 20:05 | answer | added | Benjamin Steinberg | timeline score: 25 | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 17:32 | answer | added | Kevin O'Bryant | timeline score: 30 | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 16:10 | answer | added | Timothy Chow | timeline score: 54 | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 8:24 | comment | added | Joseph Van Name | I am now curious. What toxic field are we talking about? | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 4:52 | comment | added | Vidit Nanda | If you have been in graduate school for a while, then you probably have a designated advisor. If this is the case, and if this advisor can be trusted, then you should definitely discuss your situation with him or her. On the other hand, if you are just starting out, there is no shame in having a publication, whatever you do now will simply be superseded by your thesis work later on. I'm not saying you should put your name on something you are ashamed of... I'm saying it matters less than you think if you are just starting grad school. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 3:59 | answer | added | fedja | timeline score: 19 | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 3:24 | comment | added | Theo Johnson-Freyd | @Joe Silverman is correct to suggest that if you do not wish to be an author, it is very reasonable to ask that you not be, and rather that you be acknowledged. I am aware of many similar conversations within mathematics, and they happen for many reasons, often as @Anthony Quas suggests, because the person who does not want their name on the paper feels that they did not contribute enough to the work. I recommend that some version of this answer be made as an answer. | |
| Dec 19, 2012 at 1:57 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by François G. Dorais | ||
| Dec 19, 2012 at 0:51 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | I also flagged for CW. The OP just became a member today and might not have known the custom around here. As for "toxic" -- I'd take it in a sociological sense, that the field is considered to be not in vogue or is looked down upon by the mainstream and thus not good for job prospects (which could mean it's before its time, or is going nowhere, or any of a number of things). | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 23:16 | comment | added | Brendan McKay | Something you should do is get an opinion from someone in the paper's area regarding the value of the paper. Often things that are routine in one area of mathematics are relatively unknown in another area and publication in the language of the second area can have an impact. If the opinion you get is that the paper is substandard, don't allow your name on it (Anthony's suggestion is good). Otherwise, make sure the paper is worded modestly. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 22:58 | answer | added | Alexandre Eremenko | timeline score: 30 | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 22:11 | comment | added | Niemi | This should really be CW. Getting reputation for answering (or asking) this kind of question does not seem to be in line with what the reputation on this site is existent for. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 21:59 | comment | added | anonymous | @Felix I don't know, this is what I was told. It is partly to do with the fact that the field I am in has strong mathematical aspects, but not all of those aspects are still of interest to practitioners. The implication seemed to be that people in the field don't care about that particular field of mathematics any more so it would be off-putting to see it on the C.V. But, again, this is what I was told, I don't know if it holds water. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 21:49 | comment | added | Alex Becker | You might be able to get some additional helpful input from the Academia SE site. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 21:47 | comment | added | Felix Goldberg | I am puzzle by the notion of "toxic" field. Do such things really exist? | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:41 | answer | added | user23860 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:41 | comment | added | Anthony Quas | Maybe slightly more diplomatically: you could say that you don't feel that your contribution was enough (did your co-author propose the problem for instance - maybe this could be a justification) to have your name on the paper; and you'd prefer just to be acknowledged in the paper? | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:37 | answer | added | Rodrigo A. Pérez | timeline score: 13 | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:30 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | I agree with Joe Silverman, on the principle that one should try as far as possible not to have one's name on work one is not happy with. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:26 | comment | added | Joe Silverman | Strange situation. I'd say to tell your "co-author" that you're busy with other stuff and are not really that interested in the material, so he should go ahead and finish the paper himself. Ask that he include an acknowledgement saying: "I thank XXX for his assistance with parts of this paper," but not list you as a co-author. To answer your question, I think that a paper that is essentially a homework exercise on a topic of little interest published in a not-very-good journal is not going to help you get a job, and especially if it is the only publication on your CV, it might hurt. | |
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