I wonder how is it possible for some researchers to publish a lot of research papers in a short span of time. Is there any hack or trick to publish more in less time?
A still-ethical time honored trick: once you have a broader research pipeline set up, salami-slice the results and publishing those https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/uploads/2018-02/2017_ETHICS_SS02.pdf
Other tricks exist but they ruin academic research (and have already tanked 100s of journals)
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1/ - Pay attention to the quality of these publications. Often, authors who publish faster and more often publish shallow and worthless articles. However, more significant publications require more work and effort, so they appear less frequently.
2/ - There are people of recognized position who are involved in many projects at the same time. Their contribution to each of these projects is, of course, limited, but they are often added as co-authors due to their prestige. Sometimes it is well deserved because sometimes these are people who originated the project and gave it direction, but I am also familiar with the phenomenon of the "business card professor" - whose role is limited to making it easier to obtain a grant or to increase the chance of publication.
3/ - There are also many ethical problems related to the reliability of research, obtaining repeatability of results, and control trials. Some people look for shortcuts. This allows you to publish faster, but at the expense of quality.
4/ - Some publications are reproductive, largely referring to previous results, adding only a minimum of new things. I'm probably not the only one who had a feeling of deja vu when reading publications that I certainly hadn't read before, but I had already read other articles by this author. This phenomenon is so widespread that it has been named "content recycling".
5/ - Sometimes you manage to find an interesting but poorly researched area where you can have a lot of results worth publishing in a short time. Especially if you work in an ambitious and committed team.
The last of these methods is the most difficult, but this is the one I would like to recommend to you :)
Working with other researchers can help distribute the workload and provide diverse expertise. This can speed up the research process and lead to more publications