I had clinical depression. Because of that I lost 5 years of my life.

To put things in perspective - I am starting as a PhD student this year, but my undergraduate classmates have already completed PhD plus one postdoc.

If I want to become an academician, how can I recover this lost time?

Is increasing impact factor a way forward? Or, can I do something else?

I had clinical depression. Because of that, I lost 5 years of my life.

To put things in perspective - I am starting as a Ph.D. student this year, but my undergraduate classmates have already completed Ph.D. plus one postdoc.

If I want to become an academician, how can I recover this lost time?

Is increasing the impact factor a way forward? What else can I do?

I had clinical depression. Because of that I lost 5 years of my life.

To put in perspective - I am starting as a PhD student this year, but my classmates have already completed PhD plus one postdoc.

If I want to become an academician, how can I recover this lost time?

Is increasing impact factor enough? Or, can I do something else?

I had clinical depression. Because of that I lost 5 years of my life.

To put things in perspective - I am starting as a PhD student this year, but my undergraduate classmates have already completed PhD plus one postdoc.

If I want to become an academician, how can I recover this lost time?

Is increasing impact factor a way forward? Or, can I do something else?