Top ten most annoying things in academic research

10. Not being able to get past the “To read this story in full you will need to make a payment” page

9. Lack of funding

8. Bad papers published in top journals

7. Getting scooped

6. Bad science happening to good scientist

5. Rejection letters

4. Dependence on expensive proprietary software

3. Adult colleagues requiring a spouse/parent to cook for them, wash their laundry, and wipe their…, face

2. Coauthors/collaborators that are doing…, well, nothing

1. Papers published in top journals that have your name all over them

This is from the “Mario’s Entangled Bank” blog ( http://pineda-krch.com ) of Mario Pineda-Krch, a theoretical biologist at the University of Alberta.