Timeline for Why are textbook authors often not the most famous/cited researchers?
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| Sep 27, 2018 at 13:06 | vote | accept | Herman Toothrot | ||
| May 25, 2018 at 9:45 | comment | added | willeM_ Van Onsem | Citation count, is not per se a good measure of quality. I discussed this once with a researcher. He stated that there are three types of publications that are cited a lot: (a) papers with great (new) ideas, (b) overview papers (so without much new ideas), and (c) papers with systems/methodologies/... that can easily be improved (since one can compare its own methodology and show it is an improvement). | |
| May 25, 2018 at 6:45 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft♦ | Please take the discussion of examples and counter-examples to chat. | |
| May 24, 2018 at 3:37 | answer | added | Arthur Tarasov | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 24, 2018 at 1:10 | answer | added | johannes | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 23, 2018 at 18:27 | comment | added | Anyon | You might also be interested in the answers to Why don't more academics write textbooks?. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 18:19 | answer | added | Andy Putman | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 23, 2018 at 18:06 | answer | added | Kenneth Hutchison | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 23, 2018 at 17:39 | comment | added | Greg | The question is rather condescending, and also built on many false assumptions. The most cited author is not necessarily the biggest expert of the field. Textbooks cover much wider areas than just a field. Many undergrad subject doest even have a substantial research field any more. Assuming that only few has a secret knowledge, a depth of expertise at undergrad level subjects is also false. | |
| S May 23, 2018 at 17:26 | history | suggested | Jessica Tiberio | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2018 at 17:16 | answer | added | David Ketcheson | timeline score: 8 | |
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| S May 23, 2018 at 16:46 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S May 23, 2018 at 16:46 | comment | added | ff524 | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 16:46 | history | edited | ff524 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2018 at 13:45 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/999285085005340672 | ||
| May 23, 2018 at 13:36 | answer | added | DRF | timeline score: 27 | |
| May 23, 2018 at 11:10 | answer | added | Maarten Buis | timeline score: 49 | |
| May 23, 2018 at 10:13 | history | asked | Herman Toothrot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |