Comment on Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21.

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Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The idea is that if you focus on the work, all of that would/should follow…

I have read a few anecdotes from scholars basically confirming this: they were doing “everything right” and getting nowhere but the moment they decided to just do the work that makes them happy, all the titles and positions followed.

I believe Patricia Ryan Madson is one such story although not in a scientific branch. IIRC, she could not get permanent positions in any university even though she had a “perfect resume” but then decided to follow her passion and her career just took off.

I know this is idealistic, but I still wish this were how the world works

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