Because they’re mostly not cited often, indicating that they can only be appreciated by a cultivated elite. If everybody and their mother was citing me, that would mean my papers were the scientific equivalent of Two Buck Chuck.
At least, that’s what I like to tell myself. And my Head of Department.
p.s. This thought opens a whole universe of new adjectives to describe my work.
p.p.s. I’m actually more of a beer drinker, so I prefer to think my papers are more like this than like this.
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I have definitely read some papers that are fruit forward.
I’ve read some that are reminiscent of “horse blankets” (which apparently is a legit wine-describing adjective)
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