Not entirely related, but I think it would be nice if journal articles had little tags that explicitly told you where on the continuum between “immediately useful” and “this fundamental research might later lead to something useful” the findings that they presented were. Being unable to figure this out without wasting time on reading papers one isn’t interested in can be a hassle.
Congratulations on your PhD!
Not entirely related, but I think it would be nice if journal articles had little tags that explicitly told you where on the continuum between “immediately useful” and “this fundamental research might later lead to something useful” the findings that they presented were. Being unable to figure this out without wasting time on reading papers one isn’t interested in can be a hassle.
This is a good idea, but it needs to be left up to the reviewers/editor, not the authors themselves.