> A few first rate research papers are preferable to a large number that are poorly conceived or half-finished. The latter are no credit to their writers and a waste of time to their readers.
Absolutely. One of the most important things I learned from Grad School was that to publish something, you cannot have a single grammatical mistake and must make every effort to be clear in what you're trying to say. I thought my adviser was rather harsh, but then I realized that his harshness now was better than frustrating all the future readers of the paper.
> A few first rate research papers are preferable to a large number that are poorly conceived or half-finished. The latter are no credit to their writers and a waste of time to their readers.