<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">fabio vicentini</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fmvicent@gmail.com">fmvicent@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:09 AM<br>Subject: The Argentine chapter of the academic show (fifth letter)<br>To: "<a href="mailto:presidencia@conicet.gov.ar">presidencia@conicet.gov.ar</a>" <<a href="mailto:presidencia@conicet.gov.ar">presidencia@conicet.gov.ar</a>>, <a href="mailto:FulbrightNEXUS@iie.org">FulbrightNEXUS@iie.org</a>, <a href="mailto:info@fundacionsadosky.org.ar">info@fundacionsadosky.org.ar</a>, <a href="mailto:info@mincyt.gob.ar">info@mincyt.gob.ar</a>, <a href="mailto:prensa@mincyt.gov.ar">prensa@mincyt.gov.ar</a><br>
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<p style="text-align:right" align="right"><span lang="EN-US">Buenos Aires, June 23, 2012</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Dear
Colleague:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Subject:
Standard procedure to write a paper </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Being under
pressure to write papers the academic is not free to choose the research
problem dictated by his own inclination, for he is conditioned by a deadline:
he must publish two papers per year. Hence he has to use a method to meet the
constraint. Let us see what a well adapted academic does to circumvent the
obstacle. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Rupert
Alfeñique is professor in the Chemistry Dept. He commenced at the lowest rung
as a teaching assistant, and then went through the intermediate steps to
full professor. He began writing papers in collaboration with the dept chairman
Calvin Klein 14 years ago, and since then he has piled up 29 papers. His
contributions to the science of Lavoisier follows a well ordered scheme:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> [1]
R.Alfeñique, C. Klein, C. Chaplin. <i><span style>On the
transmutation of gold into lead<span> </span>, Part I</span></i><span style>. Journal of Alchemy of the Samoan Islands, 1995.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US">. . .</span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">[29] R.Alfeñique,
C. Klein, B. Keaton. <i><span style>On the transmutation of gold
into Coltan , Part XXIX.</span></i><span style> Journal of
Chemistry of the Democratrc Republic of the Congo. 2008.</span></span></p>
<p><span style lang="EN-US"> </span><u><span style lang="EN-US">Relevant aspects of Rupert's method</span></u><u><span lang="EN-US"></span></u></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">1) Rupert
has never worked out a paper by himself. His papers are the joint product of a
"research group" teamed up to contrive material that would comply
with the "Publish-or-Perish"<i> </i>injunction.
He works under the motto "one for all, and all for one". The papers
obtained in companionship are divided and parceled out so that each paper is
coauthored by members of the group. Up to now Rupert's papers have the
following papers distribution:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:right" align="right">#<span style="color:blue"> </span>authors</p>
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<p style="text-align:right" align="right">1</p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">2) The
abstract of his papers may look different, but they are the same horse with
different colors. The subject matter is chosen so as to make mileage out of it.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> 3) The
journals might be different for if journal 1 rejects the paper, he sends it to
journal 2, if this one rejects the paper, he sends it to journal 3, and so
forth. Since the sequence 1,2,3,...<span> </span>is
denumerable, some journal along the line will accept it.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> 4) The
research group aims at providing each member a given number of papers - usually
two papers per year. At present Rupert's score is 2.1 .</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p><span lang="EN-US"> Fabio
Vicentini</span></p>
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