Research: Which is better

[def1]

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Do you think it would look more impressive to have 6 months research experience and 3 published case studies, or 4 years research experience but only 1 publication?

Is research commitment more important or is the amount of publications more important. Lets say the 4 year researcher was working on a really in depth study and it required a lot of data before it could be published.

 

[metview]

Both experiences are awesome, but I would say the 4 year + 1 pub may be slightly better because 1) you have done meaningful research over a longer period of time, and 2) the rec letter you get from the PI should be pretty darn good since you have been working for such a long time.

 

[DAPI]

Does it even matter at this point? It looks like you were accepted already.

 

[Irish Football]

Does it even matter at this point? It looks like you were accepted already.

👍

Unless OP is asking about residency applications??

 

[def1]

Yea I was thinking in terms of residency, but it could apply to medical school admission too.

I was just curious of quantity vs quality

 

[Aerus]

Depends what you make of it. Experiences can be completely different depending on the person. If all things are held constant, the 4 years and 1 pub sound better.

 

[magicm]

are you going to be first author on all?
and what journals are they going to ?

 

[Non Pizza Lunch]

I think a lot of that depends on what you expect the quality of that 1 research paper is going to be (nature, science, cell, JAMA, NEJM), which author you are , and also if the research pertains to a certain field you may be interested in (but 4 years does still sound like a lot, even if it is a basic science paper.)

Case studies in all honesty doesn't mean much, but when I'm comparing something along the lines of having 24 case studies in 4 years (3 case studies per 6 months as you suggested) to 1 research paper, the answer starts getting clearer.

 

[survivordo]

I think in general people are going to be more interested in long term research. I always side with quality over quantity.

Survivor DO

 

[getdown]

shorter for more pubs... gotta maximize your time buddy!! And pubs matter so the more you have the better