"I do keep track and all that. BUT there's one hitch - many, many, many... people do really great research in my field. So the list is quite long." This is true of every field. What you need to do is narrow down the list. What articles/books absolutely stand out in your mind? Who has done work you really like AND has supervised students whose work you like? Who is using methodologies that fit what you want to do? Are there schools where multiple top people in your field are working? Who is writing articles that you wish you had written? Everyone finds ways to cut down the list from broad topics (i.e. "modern US social history" gets turned into "post-1945 US urban social movements, particularly anti-gentrification and tenants rights movements" or whatever), you just need to decide who you REALLY like.
Another thing: Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's just your overuse of exclamation points and your flare for the dramatic, but you seem almost dismissive of many of the suggestions people are making in this thread. You're getting good advice and every time you seem to respond with "yeah but..." and "oh believe me, I already do that!"
There is no easy way to figure this out and no one here can provide you with much more than the advice that has already been given. You will have to do this on your own/with the help of your professors.
This is true of every field. What you need to do is narrow down the list. What articles/books absolutely stand out in your mind? Who has done work you really like AND has supervised students whose work you like? Who is using methodologies that fit what you want to do? Are there schools where multiple top people in your field are working? Who is writing articles that you wish you had written?
Everyone finds ways to cut down the list from broad topics (i.e. "modern US social history" gets turned into "post-1945 US urban social movements, particularly anti-gentrification and tenants rights movements" or whatever), you just need to decide who you REALLY like.
Another thing: Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's just your overuse of exclamation points and your flare for the dramatic, but you seem almost dismissive of many of the suggestions people are making in this thread. You're getting good advice and every time you seem to respond with "yeah but..." and "oh believe me, I already do that!"
There is no easy way to figure this out and no one here can provide you with much more than the advice that has already been given. You will have to do this on your own/with the help of your professors.
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