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* Always ask me if you have questions.
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* Start writing a paper the day you start your PhD. If you write a really good review
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of your topic, it is a good way to start.
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* Publish papers as you go along in every year of your PhD. It is a good discipline and makes writing
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your final thesis easier.
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* When your thesis is written and being proof read by me, use that spare time to convert some of your
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thesis into papers.
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* Always upload preprints of your papers either on the Los Alamos ArXiv or NEC Citeseer or both. This gives your papers visibility.
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Do this religiously.
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==External Links==
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*[xxx.lanl.gov  Los Alamos ArXiv]
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*[http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ NEC Citeseer]

Revision as of 09:08, 7 February 2008

Introduction

This is a little competition just for fun. It is only for my past/present postgrads and postdocs that are listed below. As you can see, year by year their ISI citation counts increase. I have put the winning figure in bold for each year. The rule is all papers by that candidate are included—even if papers were not written at this university. The idea is to encourage good writing to occur beyond these walls. The rules are that I only use ISI as the measure.

The Prize

The prize is $1000 for the person with the most citations in the year 2010. Be aware that even if you are a PhD student that graduates in 2010, you can still be the winner—it is possible to still beat the older guys...because citations have a certain half-life. I will probably award the prize every ten years from then on, so if you miss out the first time you can still catch up.

The Outcomes

Name 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Andrew G. Allison 0 0 0 2 6 13 22 29 38
Said F. Al-sarawi 1 6 9 11 32 35 41 55 63
Shaghik Atakaramians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Jega Balakrishnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathias Baumert 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 35 61
Matthew J. Berryman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 21
Frederic D. R. Bonnet 0 2 23 76 161 228 317 360 395
Peter Celinski 0 0 0 1 11 12 14 14 14
Ajay Chandra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Dissanayake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernd M. Fischer 0 0 1 8 33 73 151 228 331
Brad S. Ferguson 0 0 0 7 4 96 150 211 283
Adrian P. Flitney 0 0 0 3 12 19 43 65 85
James Giesbrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonard T. Hall 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
Greg P. Harmer 0 3 29 93 126 165 222 275 318
Azhar Iqbal 0 0 1 29 49 64 83 90 96
Inke Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Muammar Kabir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Noorfazilla Kamal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungyen Lin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark D. McDonnell 0 0 0 0 5 15 31 58 91
Sheila Messer 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 6
Sam P. Mickan 0 0 4 13 22 31 41 52 66
Joseph Ng 0 0 0 1 5 9 15 16 20
Dominic Osborne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gretel M. Png 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sreeja Rajesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Withawat Withayachumnankul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kelvin Wong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jiansheng Xu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiaoxia (Sunny) Yin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Shaoming Zhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yingbo Zhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Secret of How To Win

  • Always ask me if you have questions.
  • Start writing a paper the day you start your PhD. If you write a really good review

of your topic, it is a good way to start.

  • Publish papers as you go along in every year of your PhD. It is a good discipline and makes writing

your final thesis easier.

  • When your thesis is written and being proof read by me, use that spare time to convert some of your

thesis into papers.

  • Always upload preprints of your papers either on the Los Alamos ArXiv or NEC Citeseer or both. This gives your papers visibility.

Do this religiously.



External Links