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   Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:20:58 JST Dr. Victoria Grinberg

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   ⬆️ I'm seriously glad my last German PhD student just had his last PhD paper accepted. I have no idea how I would have paid for it otherwise. And I have no idea where we'll get funding for my Dutch one - his paper will be longer, because complex, time-variable high res data...

   (I'm really missing having a professional astro community here the same way it existed in old twitter 😭 I'd love to talk & be upset together with folks who really understand the field and what it means...)

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     Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:20:59 JST Dr. Victoria Grinberg

     This is a major mistake from A&A - forcing such short papers will result in crucial info missing (already now data treatment is often not properly discussed!). I'm a very (sometimes too) concise writer & only two of my 1st author papers are below the 12 page limit. None could be shortened without loss of science.

     ▶️ https://www.aanda.org/2025-press-releases/3045-shaping-a-sustainable-future-for-a-a-new-policy-on-paper-length

     There is no funding for publication charges eg in all German grants for astro because Germany is already a sponsoring country for A&A...

     #astrodon

     Glyn Moody repeated this.