{"id":9637,"date":"2015-12-30T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T12:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=9637"},"modified":"2015-12-29T22:45:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T03:45:49","slug":"a-year-of-annes-reading-looking-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2015\/12\/a-year-of-annes-reading-looking-back\/","title":{"rendered":"A year of Anne’s reading – looking back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span> For the last year, I’ve tweeted every paper I read. Inspired by Jacquelyn Gill’s resolution and hashtag #365papers<\/a>, I wanted to spur myself to read more and to see how well I did. I never thought I’d read 365 papers, but I really didn’t have a sense of exactly how much I was reading, other than “far fewer than I download and put in my ‘to read’ folder.” Now, as the year draws to a close, I know how many papers I have read (78) and quite a bit more about my reading patterns. Plus, I know lots more cool science than I did this time last year.<\/p>\n

In addition to tweeting all of my papers, I compiled a storify<\/a> in order to keep track of my reading. In addition to letting me check what number paper I was on, I also found myself using the storify as a way to quickly recall the title of a paper I’d read. And today, I decided to data mine the tweets and quantify my 2015 reading. <\/p>\n

What types of things did I read?<\/strong>
\n56 journal articles
\n4 journal articles that I co-authored that appeared in press in 2015
\n14 grant proposals as a reviewer
\n3 manuscripts as a reviewer
\n1 government technical report “cover to cover”
\nuncounted student thesis drafts and homework assignments
\na gazillion really informative blog posts and on-line articles from which I learned a lot of science<\/p>\n

I read and reviewed a lot more proposals this year than ever before. I also reviewed a lot fewer manuscripts than I had the past several years (in part because of all the proposals, but also because I declined reviews while on maternity leave). While I absolutely learn a ton of science reviewing proposals, I want to make sure that I don’t forsake reading papers that are directly useful (and citable) in my own work because I’m spending so much time on proposals. Something to watch for next year!<\/p>\n

How did I get access to things I read?<\/strong><\/p>\n