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Hey all,
I am currently halfway through a year-long research fellowship and the reality is dawning that there's no way I'll have a manuscript by the end. Its basic science, so that's more the rule than the exception.
The issue is that now I've been doing bench research for about 6 years and I have no authorships. I've been acknowledged on a couple papers and I have a ton of abstracts/posters but I've never been named as an author. I've also never been in the sort of lab that throws the pre-med/med student's name on all the papers to improve their placement.
A program director at my home institution for a competitive program told me that if I don't get a manuscript out this year, it'll be a black mark on my application. Is this true?
Is it worth pulling back from research so I don't call attention to how much time I've spent without publishing?
I am currently halfway through a year-long research fellowship and the reality is dawning that there's no way I'll have a manuscript by the end. Its basic science, so that's more the rule than the exception.
The issue is that now I've been doing bench research for about 6 years and I have no authorships. I've been acknowledged on a couple papers and I have a ton of abstracts/posters but I've never been named as an author. I've also never been in the sort of lab that throws the pre-med/med student's name on all the papers to improve their placement.
A program director at my home institution for a competitive program told me that if I don't get a manuscript out this year, it'll be a black mark on my application. Is this true?
Is it worth pulling back from research so I don't call attention to how much time I've spent without publishing?