Researcher: 1.5 years in academia, 0 citations; 6 months out, 8 citations
cneuralnetwork · x · 2026-09-23
An AI practitioner shared a striking contrast: 1.5 years of academic research yielded 0 citations and no paper recognition, while just 6 months after leaving research, their work has 8 citations and is being used in real-world systems.
It highlights the mismatch between academic publishing and practical impact — work adopted in industry gets cited and used far faster than journal papers.
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