I will change your assertion slightly --"If you are not networking, perhaps it is not working for you." You might be working harder, but in this day and age, world and the research problems are getting complex. We need more collaborations and networking.
I will change your assertion slightly --"If you are not networking, perhaps it is not working for you." You might be working harder, but in this day and age, world and the research problems are getting complex. We need more collaborations and networking.
Not agree. There was time when there was no internet, but the work was continued. Internet can bring ease and enhancement in your work by searching relevant literature. But it's non availability can't stop a researcher from work.
Building a netwrok is very important to have a good chance to be employed and this works worldwide. Networking may facilitate your future carrier as companies are looking for someone they know or at least someone from the company has a bit of background on him and recommend him.
Thus, I agree that building a strong network is important to secure a job.
You may also be networking and not working in the group and you may be working hard all alone and not not networking ... In contrast, I agreed with Dr. Gulzar Shah , that collaboration and team work is the key.... It increases your outputs in terms of publications and citations . Thanks to Dr. Fatemeh sadat Aboalmaali for bring up this topic.
A very astute observation. As your wise statement implies , without networking, academic works specially in human sciences fail to have a strong evidential basis.
networking must not be the main dish/course in a meal. working hard is the main dish and networking is just a dessert ... can increase the overall performance of the meal
I agree with Dr Gulzar and Dr Amir. Sure the internet is important as it makes communication and scientific retrieve easy. However it depends on what you are working or looking for
It would depend some on your age. Older folks did not grow up in this Internet "instant" generation. They are less apt to network. Younger generations are more of the networking type
In my view network or networking means not only working on internet, those who have valuable source information throughout the world or worldwide it may be person or technology for gathering required information
Networking isn’t just a tool to be used in the digital world; it can be used in your personal life as well. Trigger not just a career, but happiness within your career.
He did not have any account on facebook, linkedin, orcid, researchgate, or google scholar, But his publications exceeded the 400 research items, according to the database specialized in astronomy.
It is not necessary that if you are not networking, you are not working. Although networking is a plus point and boost your publications, you can also publish articles alone. Normally, you read alone, you build ideas alone, and you bring them to the life. Networks refine your ideas.