I am frustratingly unproductive. In fact, depressingly so.
I manage to produce one paper a year, maybe less. Everything I have written has eventually got published, but still, it's rubbish and noted by my institution. I do loads of other stuff, impact related especially, so this is partly a time allocation issue. I also work standard office hours, so rarely evenings or weekends. But it just seems to take me ages to get a paper out. I have been thinking about why this is and how it could change, and whether I am just really really slow. I have essentially single authored everything so far (notionally, I have had a co-author, but she has never actually written a single word). I have now developed relationships with several other co-authors who are actually writing with me on several new papers, so that should help. But do I just need to somehow speed up?
So I am interested. How long does it take you in terms of weeks/months, on average, to get from the very start of a paper - blank sheet - to submission? How do you manage to have several on the go? What else can I do?
I'm in social sciences by the way. Thanks all!
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How long does it take you to produce a journal paper, from start to submission?
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paperbackwriterish · 14/09/2016 18:25
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