The Incredible Anticlimax of Publishing My First Paper
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- After four years in the making, I've finally had my first paper published! ... So why do I feel so indifferent? There are a lot of videos that talk about the joy of first publication, so I thought I'd talk about this weird anticlimax in case anyone else had felt it.
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My name is Lucy Kissick, I'm a third year PhD student at the University of Oxford researching the ancient Martian atmosphere, and sometimes I wonder what my life might have been like if I'd followed my heart and studied Creative Writing...
Ironically when you finish your PhD it's the biggest anticlimax you will ever know.
I think I can believe this statement...It has been a struggle to keep moving forward ---I'm about a year away from the finish line and I am feeling "anticlimatic" for sure, as Dr. Lucy put it, "is it even worth it?"...we shall see
Congratulations. Getting through peer review is no insignificant achievement. Even if nobody else reads it, you’ll always be able to point at it and say “That was me, I accomplished something.” Also, 1st author as a masters student is good going! I was 4th on the paper that came from my masters project.
Well done on persevering to publish your paper!
I'm currently in the same boat, trying to publish the first paper of my PhD which I've been working on for over 3 years now. I've revised the paper thrice completely, been rejected at 2 journals, and hoping we will make it at a 3rd journal. Your video reminds me of a quote by Sir Edmund Hillary:
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Lucy! I felt the same way when I published my first paper (after four years of PhD work and a rejection) in 2018! I got a nice warm feeling inside for about 10 seconds after reading the email...and then went back to work on the next one. Best of luck going forward.
Congratulations on your first paper ! Do celebrate this achievement.
Congratulations for your hardwork and dedication to give your best knowledge and research to the society
Every contribution to knowledge is worth the pain behind it! And never take a reviewer's comments personally, at the end of the day it will make your paper better :) Congrats on the achievement!
No. Life is too short.
Why would it be worth the pain? Worth it for whom?
I totally get the feeling you are describing. There are just so many steps in the publication process and they are all months apart from each other. When my first paper was published it was so anti-climactic that I forgot all about it on the day it was published.
Hello Lucy! It's nice to see this video of yours because also the PhD students I follow are publishing their first works and I can see they are going through emotions/considerations similar to yours. But I want them to celebrate (...usually I buy them a muffin, or a beer, depending on the person), because there is not only the scientific contribution, but one of many small confirmations that you are becoming what you want to be. That piece of paper should have an existential value prior than a scientific one. And I can assure you that when you will have 2, 5, 50 papers each one of them (even the "bad" ones) will relate for you to a step of your career and your growth as a person. This is the good news! ...so CONGRATULATIONS and keep up the good work :) Cheers!
It's amazing when you find who can speak your mind so eloquently. Congrats anyway!
Congratulations on your paper! Thank you very much for sharing your experiences in your Ph.D. and with your paper rejection. It was what I needed to listen to today. Tomorrow I will go back to my tiny stone and, hopefully, soon it will be published too.
Thanks so much Lucy! I am a final year Masters student in South Africa. Just got my first paper accepted, about to start with my thesis, and struggling with motivation. Your channel is continuing to inspire me!
I appreciate you.
Congratulations on the publication! It may seem like a small drop now, but this is a work that bears your ideas to the world -- it is not an insignificant thing to help others in this way. All the best with your future research!
Lucy, thank you for putting your experience and feelings out there- I can relate all too well myself. Unfortunately for me, the insignificance that I felt continued to my second paper, and still has me struggling to submit a third. Your words might just have given me some motivation to push through it all! Love your content, and congratulations :)
Who said that your paper was unpublishably awful?? Well you showed them! Congratulations on the paper!
You have added to the pool of human knowledge! How awesome is that?! Congrats!
Congrats Lucy. My paper is also still out there. Feel so upset,when I think about it. After watching your video,feel better.
Congratulations Lucy !! You are incredible !
So glad to hear that you published
Congrats Lucy
Congrats on your first paper! Make sure you at lest toast to it once, if you're not going to celebrate it a bit no one else will do it for you. ;) I think that is what I've come to realize within my PhD studies. Most of the days I too feel insignificant and that my papers are just there for no one (specially when you start to understand that people tend to cite those they already know...). Anyhow, best of luck in the future. You're videos are always great to watch!
Your work has been evaluated by your peers to be of a good enough quality to be pronounced an important body of knowledge. Be proud.
Many congratulations dear Lucy
Congratulations
🤣🤣 You're so funny. You did great. Exactly how it works. Do more lately?? Please post
4 years, you did a good job, congra.
Really happy for you Lucy.
Congratulations, good things take time, so do celebrate! :)
Lucy, thanks for your videos. There is no doubt that you would influence a lot of PhD students..
Good job. Keep going
congrats and best of luck for your next papers.
Congrats....big time....it is a major accomplishment
Congratulations! I really enjoy your videos!
Congrats! I love your videos.
Congratulations! And I totally relate
I am so happy too you . I know how you are feeling 😍. I am worrking on 5 paper two paper from m.sc. thisis . I hope to see that dream . Really i see you are so tired take care bout yourself . All best .
This is great Lucy,hey,we need a variation of data to get science better.
I know the feeling . . . I'm sure there are much more rewarding jobs than academia . . .
I just got rejected yesterday, this video helped me so much thankss
Congrats for publication.
Congratulations on your research article.
congratulations lucy
Congratulations, you're the best
I feel this
Congrats Lucy.. I am trying to do the same.. And I am in my fourth year of Phd
Congrats !
I feel you girl
Do you have a Google Scholar page? If not, make one and we can follow your publications there.
Interesting paper
Congrats
I hope to be like you really . Have great life .
congrats!
With a nice 👁️ eye makeup 💄..
Your eyes 👀 will be the only eye-catching eyes in the #PHD party.
congrats...
How does one do such a thing in undergrad ?
Do you need to have a bachelor's or higher degree for a journal to review a paper?
What is the best app to tlk with u mam.
congrats anyway :D
In which journal its published? Name?
Can you suggest some best websites where we can publish our journals, please suggest for humanities and social science background.
Why you are talking like Sherlock Holmes
First!
Congrats. But also you gave over your hard work and copyright to a for profit company with huge profit margins to stick it behind expensive pay walls... For free
Am I really going to do the same thig
Your priorities are out of wack, clearly. Why not invest hard work into things which are more worthwhile for you? "It's about how we can move forward collectively." This is just a cope. You're trying to squeeze some positive feelings out of it (fat sunk-cost fallacy) by imagining you're doing something 'morally good'. But alas, there is no objective morality so that won't save you.