My graduate research assistant successfully defended his thesis last week and is graduating.
That also means he is leaving the lab, as of this Friday 8/24/18.
He started working with me in 2015. Since then, he earned authorship in one original research article and two review articles.
On this past Monday (8/20) the journal office notified us that our review manuscript was accepted for publication. They accepted the manuscript as is, in the first-submitted form.
"Our reviewers have now considered your paper and have recommended publication in #####. We are pleased to accept your paper in its current form which will now be forwarded to the publisher for copy editing and typesetting."
I can tell you, straight acceptance rarely (almost never) happens. Usually it takes one or two revisions. Anyway, the acceptance added one to his publication/authorship count. Let's say it is part of his good luck.
He is leaving some data to be published. I'll be working on them to complete the manuscript this fall, while writing up a grant proposal(s) with October deadline. It will be busy.
University is a school. People come and go (graduate). While they are here, if they are working with me, I want them to have something to show, some tangible results. That may help their next and future move.
Thank you for your help and good luck with your career.
