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Feb 4, 2016 at 8:48 comment added Martijn @Greg it's certainly a possibility. I won't deny a certain measure of academical inferiority complex and a desire to prove myself in academic circles due to my lack of eductation is part of my motivation. It's the answer to a slightly different question though; the question what I can do instead of trying to write a publishable paper.
Feb 4, 2016 at 2:30 comment added Greg Just being the devil's advocate: is academic publication the best way for you to publish this result? Maybe presenting in a conference or writing up and publishing it / blog it / writing a white paper can potentially reach a much wider audience, and you may use much more familiar writing/argumentation style.
Feb 3, 2016 at 21:08 comment added O. R. Mapper @StephanKolassa: Certainly, the paper the OP mentions is not comparable to those that I usually cite, but Ander was referring to old papers in general, not just the one mentioned by the OP.
Feb 3, 2016 at 20:35 comment added Stephan Kolassa @O.R.Mapper: 30 citations per year doesn't sound like nobody touching the topic to me... I agree that it would be useful to look at the context in which this paper is being cited.
Feb 3, 2016 at 20:19 comment added O. R. Mapper @AnderBiguri: Or simply because it used to be novel then, but no-one touched the topic since. At least personally, I feel this is the most frequent reason I see myself cite old publications.
Feb 3, 2016 at 20:01 comment added Martijn Thank you @StephanKolassa! independent-researches is probably exactly what I need. I searched for the phrases "amateur", and "layman", by the way, in case you are interested in adding synonyms.
Feb 3, 2016 at 19:58 comment added Stephan Kolassa I took the liberty of adding the independent-researcher tag. I'd recommend browsing through our previous questions tagged both independent-researcher and publications. None are exact duplicates, but many are related.
Feb 3, 2016 at 19:56 history edited Stephan Kolassa
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Feb 3, 2016 at 19:55 history tweeted twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/694972402699235328
Feb 3, 2016 at 17:33 comment added Ander Biguri Note that generally old papers are not cited because of their "novel" approach, but for historical reasons. e.g. "the first proposing this method was" or "as proven in "
Feb 3, 2016 at 16:23 history edited Martijn CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 3, 2016 at 14:58 comment added Alexandros "itself is related to a publication from 1997". Then go to google scholar, find the articles that cite this 1997 paper, look at the most recent papers and by their title or their abstract, determine if they relate to your work.
Feb 3, 2016 at 14:50 answer added Frames Catherine White timeline score: 6
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