Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far
zaik · hn · 2026-09-30
Andrew Gelman's blog flags that statistician Nicholas Polson has co-authored 258 academic papers in 2026 alone, a pace that fuels debate about LLM-heavy paper production, authorship norms, and the dilution of academic evaluation.
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