You rate a certain paper of yours as the best. But your RG peers download your other paper the most, finding the subject and your answer as more attractive. So, what paper is your best ?
Dear Alexander,
The best paper of an author can be that which reflects true his/her ideas. If the presented paper correlates the scientific truth, this is an encore (an extra gain).
Dear Alexander,
I rate without exception all of my publications as equivalent, good and important. If certain papers from my list of publications are rarely requested and downloaded, so that's no problem at all and not a personal defeat for me. If only one reader has noticed one of my publications, so the work and effort has paid off for me.
Best regards,
Guenter
Consider the opposite.The paper which I did not think as my best may be read and downloaded more than the paper, which I thought as the best! Logical judgement is one thing and loving another.After all, we are emotional and sometime irrational beings called humans. It reminds me of the anti-intellectual thinkers like Pavlov, Freud and Boas.
All papers are good for something. Since they were published so I assume they were good for: fulfilling requirements, publicity, new idea, showing results, simplifying an approach ..etc.
The score sometimes depends on the topic itself and how many people are interested in that topic.
Of course extraordinary papers are those revolutionized the field entirely and/or made a new breakthrough (like Einstein relativity papers, Nash equilibrium paper, ..etc).
Thanks for the question Dr. Alexander
I think that the best paper is one which get more attention of community as and as a result, get more citations. In majority of the case attention of community devote to paper with new results, ideas, of course.
Ironically, my best papers I must admit are those short practical ones that can be easily absorbed by instructors to address a challenge in teaching such as developing critical thinking. Here's one of my short best ones that got more downloads than my journal publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274720155_Debating_A_Dynamic_Teaching_Strategy_for_Motivating_Students_and_Teachers?ev=prf_pub
Best regards,
Debra
Conference Paper Debating: A Dynamic Teaching Strategy for Motivating Student...
Dear all,
My opinion, the best article of an author is one that reflects his ideas, in addition to the number of read and download.
Regards.
Dear all,
My opinion, the best article of an author is one that reflects his ideas, in addition to the number of read and download.
Regards.
Dear Alexander: My best work so far, is the work that conducted to my PhD Thesis, due to the much time and also great effort that I devoted to that work. I have several papers related to that work.
Fernando Pessoa: “Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena. Se a alma não é pequena.”
Sometimes, your best paper is the one you thought the worst or insignificant; regardless, the one that is subjectively "the best" is the one that captures your heart the most, which is the one you learned the most to accomplish!
Dear Dr. Alex Babchin:
I guess I would agree with Ivo and Luisiana, the best paper is one that will appear soon in a journal.
But nonetheless, in my experience the first published paper of me was one of the best, because at the time I was struggling with my life. And also the last paper is also one of the best because I learned a lot in the process: see http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/776
So, in my opinion the answer to your question is: the first, the last and the next.
Victor, attach your paper here in the forum, otherwise, I cannot gain access to it...
Dear Alex,
no idea and no wish to decide about my publications. It´s a matter for the scientific community, the readers, discussing, accepting or rejecting scientists.
Dear Alexander J. Babchin,
If the article highlights scientific research Considered a good article.
The article should be clear.
Regards, Shafagat
Dear All
The best paper is the one that represents my way of approaching given my own ideas and let free will to people judging
Paper than on new theme, good methodology, true results, having good/practical policy and society application.
I think my best paper will be the one that fellow researcher cite in their article
One of my paper that is on current HRM theme titled "Applications of HRIS in Human Resource Management in India: A Study", has 1121 downloads, which is highest among my research papers.
The best paper is that produce a service to members of the community through the interpretation of phenomena, solve problems, or offer to make proposals to improve the health status or humanitarian
Dear All,
I do not know whether does an etiquette exist at RG? I do not think it is decent to copy –without explanation – the comment of others.
Meditation and Psychoanalysis; Mathematical Formula for Spiritual Quotient and Emotional Quotient as Indicator of Level of Consciousness and Black Holes and Indian Scriptures are among my best papers.
For me, my best paper is the one which is more useful to the researchers including me in the relevant area.
@Ivo Carneiro de Sousa: It is always the paper to come. It is always the next one.
Truly a great answer!
Before reading this answer, it was what I thought. None of my papers will be as good as the next one (or the one after that).
All papers can't be best. We have think which one is best -- it may from published papers or it may be new one which is under preparation.
The one which is most frequently cited by other researchers from around the globe.
The best paper which has clear idea, nice flow and easy to undearstand
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
This is my best paper:
"Variable Structure Control Design of Process Plant Based on Sliding Mode Approach"
The reason of choosing this one because I was amazed with results that obtained!!! and we were trying to learn VSC for the first time!!
Dear All,
I still consider my best paper is a comment on Amartya Sen's highly biased paper in Population and Development Review in 1994.This is not because Sen is a Nobel Laureate,and the Journal has an impact factor of 2.22.He received the Nobel in 1998.It was just a comment not a full paper and was not on my topic of research too. I never did research on Darwin.It has only 24 views in Academia.edu and 106 downloads and 146 views at RG on 03.08.2015. The comment was cited only in one article published in a Journal of Evolutionary Economics(Springer) by a German scholar at The Max Planck Institute of Economics as on 03.08.2015 according to Google Scholar.Why, then I love the paper so much? Probably, for the confidence it gave to me by the publication of a comment in such a young age. I was then only in my mid-30s.This is the paper, https://www.academia.edu/2583181/The_Darwinian_View_of_Progress_A_Comment_on_Amartya_Sen_._Population_and_Development_Review._Vol._20_1994
I like an analytical,experimental work and translation through metacognition.Analyzing my papers (numerous master-classes,articles,seminars,conferences,peer reviews in my Teachers'Training Institute and in my communities),innumerable scenarios (collective creative works),collaborative creative works (essays,projects,presentations,research works)with my students (to foster higher order thinking skills), I see,that all of them were not perfect and some of them didn't meet the standards.Nevertheless,all of them were created in accordance with the problems and challenges of time,and even anticipated them.Their aim was "to pass on the excitement and emotion of the heart"(to S.Soloveychik) to students,to colleagues,to all people who were not indifferent to humanistic problems in the multicultural context.We suffered a catastrophe of russian culture since 1991.Culture is not profitable for business,besides it can't be governed by a man with managerial thinking, a book-keeper.It must be a prime consideration in the spheres of policy,economy,social development.To N.A.Berdyaev,"Creative morality is not putting law in execution,it's a human revelation"
What is best --- is a relative term! Sometimes, we think this is best; next moment found that it is not so!
The paper would be better quant my reason enters into an alliance with my heart at this moment I find a serenity which makes me understand that I realized the best
Another thing can makes my paper best is if solves an immediate problem around me
When one does research, for him/her every successive paper is best.
All that I have the best in me, it's thanks to my two Universities' education.May God bless all my Professors."Universities have a hugely prestigious place in our societies" (I mean it's in democratic ones).It's from our colleague-Francesca.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFCFqjovH3s
My best paper is not a paper, so to speak, but a book.
While articles can be very rewarding - solving a hard scientific problem, succinctly and very clearly, or encompassing a great deal of past and new knowledge in an elegant way in one article (such as my so far only paper in the journal Operations Research, on global optimality conditions, with Torbjörn Larsson, from 2006 - http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/opre.1060.0292?journalCode=opre) - I feel that I also like very much to cover broader subjects of interest, where it is possible to integrate much more knowledge than in a single article. So I think over time I am more fond of my books.
Which one is hard to say, and they are all different. My first is a monograph on the traffic assignment problem, which grew out of my licentiate thesis survey; my second is a monograph based on my PhD thesis, and concerns a very broad framework of algorithms for nonlinear programs and variational inequalities; and my third is a textbook, developed over quite many years, for use in class at the undergraduate and graduate levels of mathematics. I have fond feelings and memories associated with each, and each has quite distinct features. In fact perhaps because the course text book almost gave me an ulcer makes it my favorite - writing for students in fact makes it EVEN harder, because you need to be careful how you write much more.
Thank you for this poser.
My best paper is that publication such that added values to existing knowledge and in effects, improved healthcare quality.
Identifying one particular paper might be somewhat for the following reasons:
1-each paper carries its unique qualities
2-no author can lay claim to what paper would be more beneficial to the society that the other
3-readers' assessment and commendations cannot be influenced by the author
The paper will never be a best paper because a scholar will never claim the understanding of truth because a true researcher is always in doubt.So a paper is a better paper always not a/the best paper.
I don't think that I am in the position to answer this question, but, since my friend Alexander hepled me to write a simple definition of Time, I'd say that is mine...
Article A simple definition of Time
I agree with Demetris, this paper deserves the rating as BEST.
No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.
--- Stephen Hawking
My best paper is
Homozygous Deletion in the Coding Sequence of
the c-mer Gene in RCS Rats Unravels General
Mechanisms of Physiological Cell Adhesion
and Apoptosis
Emeline Nandrot,* Eric M. Dufour,* Alexandra C. Provost,*
Marie O. Pe´ quignot,* Se´ bastien Bonnel,* Karı¨n Gogat,*
Dominique Marchant,* Christelle Rouillac,*
Bertille Se´ pulchre de Conde´ ,* Marie-The´ re` se Bihoreau,†
Cindi Shaver,* Jean-Louis Dufier,* Ce´ cile Marsac,*
Mark Lathrop,‡ Maurice Menasche,* and Marc M. Abitbol*,1
Neurobiology of Disease 7, 586–599 (2000)
doi:10.1006/nbdi.2000.0328, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
*Universite´ Rene´ Descartes, Faculte´ de me´decine Necker, Equipe d’accueil n°2502 du
Ministe`re de L’Enseignement Supe´rieur, de la Recherche et de la Technologie, Centre de
Recherches Therapeutiques en Ophtalmologie, 156 Rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris, France;
†The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom; and ‡Centre National de Ge´notypage, Ge´noscope, Evry, France
Received April 21, 2000; revised June 22, 2000; accepted for publication August 11, 2000
The implications for apoptosis, autophagy, cell adhesion, cancer , phagocytosis of this paper are still not grasped by the scientific community.............
The adjective ‘best’ is used to qualify a work of a superlative degree. The work exists and it meets a set criteria. If this is so, then it will be difficult to qualify an article which is yet to be written or published as ‘best’. Since no criteria are set to judge articles posted at RG, I will want to think that your ‘best article’ is the one which is cited most.
Dear Markovic,
you must not be a great author to wish an improvement of your work. To high self satisfaction is never positive.
Yes, Marković G. Đoko and Hanno,
....... yet to be written!
....... researcher never fully satisfied!
Best paper does not be I am the best.........At the root of science is humility and the will to serve mankind.
Edmund Husserl, the inventor of phenomenology in philosophy used to say : Science is a never ending story of rectifications of errors.........
David Hilbert would certainely not agree and never agreed to husserl's statement : The epitaph on his tombstone in Göttingen consists of the famous lines he spoke at the conclusion of his retirement address to the Society of German Scientists and Physicians on 8 September 1930. The words were given in response to the Latin maxim: "Ignoramus et ignorabimus" or "We do not know, we shall not know":
Wir müssen wissen.
Wir werden wissen.
In English:
We must know.
We will know..
Gödel's famous theorem is certainely a blow to Hilbert's certainties.
But the question is still open to discussion.
My most cited paper is
Nat Genet. 1993 Jun;4(2):147-53.
Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and hippocampus are the major sites of FMR-1 expression in the human fetal brain.
Abitbol M1, Menini C, Delezoide AL, Rhyner T, Vekemans M, Mallet J.
Author information
Abstract
The expression of the FMR-1 gene, which is implicated in fragile-X syndrome was investigated in human fetuses by in situ hybridization. In 8 and 9 week-old fetuses, FMR-1 mRNAs are expressed in proliferating and migrating cells of the nervous system, in the retina, and in several non-nervous tissues. In the brain of 25 week-old fetuses, FMR-1 mRNAs are produced in all nearly differenciated structures, with the highest level in cholinergic neurons of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis and in pyramidal neurons of hippocampus. The early transcription of FMR-1 gene and the distribution of FMR-1 mRNAs in human fetuses suggest that alterations of FMR-1 gene expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of fragile-X syndrome and especially the mental retardation.
It has been cited 240 times.
But one of the the most cited article in biochemistry and biology is Probably from Professor Laemmli
Ulrich K. Laemmli is a Professor in the biochemistry and molecular biology departments at University of Geneva. He is known for the refinement of SDS-PAGE, a widely used method for separating proteins based on their electrophoretic mobility. His paper describing the method is among the most cited scholarly journal articles of all time. His current research involves studying the structural organization of nuclei and chromatin within the cell.
It is indeed an an important article but the paper from Otto Loewi reporting the discovery of acetylcholine or the article describing the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick.
The greatest discoveries are not necessarily the most cited.
The Shangaï Ranking should be also considered very cautiously.
The Bottom line is humility and serving mankind.
Ulrich K. Laemmli is a Professor in the biochemistry and molecular biology departments at University of Geneva. He is known for the refinement of SDS-PAGE, a widely used method for separating proteins based on their electrophoretic mobility. His paper describing the method is among the most cited scholarly journal articles of all time. His current research involves studying the structural organization of nuclei and chromatin within the cell.
It is indeed an an important article but the paper from Otto Loewi reporting the discovery of acetylcholine or the article describing the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick are certainely more important for the advancement of science and biology especially
My best paper is (or will) most probably NOT be the one with the most citations. (If that is the case, then I have two books written that would win over any article that I have written or will write.) I do not know which one that I will be the most proud of - I may not have written it yet! But I do think it is a paper that breaks new ground, definitely, but whose influence will not be seen or noticed immediately, but will become apparent over the years to come. I would like the one to be a surprise to me also. :-)
Every researcher tries to write best paper, but found later other paper is better than me. This motivates the researcher to do further to write best again.
An excellent paper is inexhaustible because although it dictates the continuation and to achieve better
Dear Markovic,
you are right, best is best and you can´t top it. But someone may like the balance to find out what could be improved.
My recently published paper is my best paper. Similar situation may be with many persons.
If I am telling you honestly! than every paper that I wrote are my best and I always try to do better than previous one. I never evaluate my paper by peers attraction because may be that paper is best for them.
Papers have relative importance, it is very difficult to say this is the best only.
The paper which is well received, gets more citations, and has good social applications be considered a good paper.
In my opinion each time writing a new paper you are eager to write the best one, but the best one will be in the future
My best paper still remains the paper of my PhD Thesis dealing with Fragile X mental retardation
Nat Genet. 1993 Jun;4(2):147-53.
Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and hippocampus are the major sites of FMR-1 expression in the human fetal brain.
Abitbol M1, Menini C, Delezoide AL, Rhyner T, Vekemans M, Mallet J.
Author information
Abstract
The expression of the FMR-1 gene, which is implicated in fragile-X syndrome was investigated in human fetuses by in situ hybridization. In 8 and 9 week-old fetuses, FMR-1 mRNAs are expressed in proliferating and migrating cells of the nervous system, in the retina, and in several non-nervous tissues. In the brain of 25 week-old fetuses, FMR-1 mRNAs are produced in all nearly differenciated structures, with the highest level in cholinergic neurons of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis and in pyramidal neurons of hippocampus. The early transcription of FMR-1 gene and the distribution of FMR-1 mRNAs in human fetuses suggest that alterations of FMR-1 gene expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of fragile-X syndrome and especially the mental retardation.
It remains a seminal paper as it opened the field of molecular embryo-fetopathology
and predicted that mutations in this gene could cause autism. Additionally, it stated clearly a more general role for FMRP as an RNA Binding protein and remarkably pointed to common links between brain pathologies and diseases affecting other organs
A gene widespreadly expressed can cause mental retardation , Autism, epilepsy as predicted by this paper
Of course the work of Isabelle Oberlé and Jean-Louis Mandel is the groundbreakinf work Yhey discovered first this major gene
Kay Davies, David Nelson and Stephen Warren and other members of our community contributed also greatly to this huge field
The discovery by Gideon Dreyfuss that FMRP is a KH RNA binding protein is a fundamental one to this day and open the Big field of RNA BINDING PTOTEINS pathologies
Dear Alexander,
I think I have minimum six paper:
three in the book:
https://moly.hu/konyvek/horvath-laszlo-attila-az-eszme
Between them The life apparition onto Earth.
Human becoming,
The planet erosion (such a process does not described yet in the natural science)
and
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313632704_AZ_ELMELETI_TUDOMANY_KENYES_JELENSEGE
and exist minimum 5 subject all original content (on ophthalmological,
light phenomenon, Alternative medicine, geo-tectonics, planetology) but I amworking like clothes seller for this remain very small energy for strongly intellectual activities.
Best,
Laszlo
Research AZ ELMÉLETI TUDOMÁNY KÉNYES JELENSÉGE
"The City of Masters" (1993-2000), and "The 8-steps long-term cross- cultural project"(2002-2011)-two fruitful humanistic conceptions, which have been actual, unique and tested on practice.They have been innovations, and nowadays they are urgent.
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