Choosing good problems is essential for being a good scientist. But
what is a good problem, and how do you choose one? The subject is
not usually discussed explicitly within our profession. Scientists
are expected to be smart enough to figure it out on their own and
through the observation of their teachers. This lack of explicit
discussion leaves a vacuum that can lead to approaches such as choosing
problems that can give results that merit publication in valued journals,
resulting in a job and tenure.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Alon2009
%A Alon, Uri
%D 2009
%J Molecular Cell
%K Behavior,Education, Biomedical Choice,Choice Design,Time Factors Graduate,Emotions,Humans,Mentors,Peer Research,Career Research,Periodicals Review, Topic,Research as
%N 6
%P 726--728
%T How to choose a good scientific problem.
%U http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1097276509006418
%V 35
%X Choosing good problems is essential for being a good scientist. But
what is a good problem, and how do you choose one? The subject is
not usually discussed explicitly within our profession. Scientists
are expected to be smart enough to figure it out on their own and
through the observation of their teachers. This lack of explicit
discussion leaves a vacuum that can lead to approaches such as choosing
problems that can give results that merit publication in valued journals,
resulting in a job and tenure.
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abstract = {Choosing good problems is essential for being a good scientist. But
what is a good problem, and how do you choose one? The subject is
not usually discussed explicitly within our profession. Scientists
are expected to be smart enough to figure it out on their own and
through the observation of their teachers. This lack of explicit
discussion leaves a vacuum that can lead to approaches such as choosing
problems that can give results that merit publication in valued journals,
resulting in a job and tenure.},
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author = {Alon, Uri},
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institution = {Department Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot 76100, Israel. urialon@weizmann.ac.il},
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number = 6,
pages = {726--728},
pmid = {19782018},
timestamp = {2011-03-27T17:20:42.000+0200},
title = {How to choose a good scientific problem.},
url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1097276509006418},
volume = 35,
year = 2009
}