Today I was checking out some PIs. I was actually prompted by one who used to collaborate with my mentor, some Houk person. Geez! they have 10-15 publications in a year! I was wondering if they (the PIs) actually read these papers before they are submitted to journals as they have very large groups. my point is whether they thoroughly read all the papers that bear their names?

I would offer insight or try to answer your question........if I could understand your post.

Today I was checking out some PIs. I was actually prompted by one who used to collaborate with my mentor, some Houk person. Geez! they have 10-15 publications in a year! I was wondering if they (the PIs) actually read these papers before they are submitted to journals as they have very large groups. my point is whether they thoroughly read all the papers that bear their names?
Were these last-author publications, actually coming out of the PI's own group, or middle-author? In the latter case they may have only provided antibodies or something like that. There are large groups where students and postdocs will take on editorial responsibilities for their papers; presumably most PIs would read papers coming out of their own labs, but not necessarily those from collaborators. Anyway, the more experienced you are, the faster you can read papers. Most professors leading large groups probably read more than 10-15 papers thoroughly every *month*.

Were these last-author publications, actually coming out of the PI's own group, or middle-author? In the latter case they may have only provided antibodies or something like that. There are large groups where students and postdocs will take on editorial responsibilities for their papers; presumably most PIs would read papers coming out of their own labs, but not necessarily those from collaborators. Anyway, the more experienced you are, the faster you can read papers. Most professors leading large groups probably read more than 10-15 papers thoroughly every *month*.
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