Well, the number of retractions is up more than tenfold, 95 out of 1M+ is trivial. Another case of media blowing up a minor phenomenon? YMMV. PS: # of publications expected varies by field. In sociology, we have had to repeatedly educate senior administrators that where there average size page is 7pp, our's is 35pp+, and we have fewer venues for publication. I also believe that top schools don't merely count, but read the papers of decent candidates. (And also their letters of recc.) So quality still counts. In any event, one of my doc students just named her baby Albert Li, after Mr Einstein. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________