[spruciefic399]

I was sort of on board with the two-paper rule until I got to the arguments about the reviews. Maybe in his mind integrating literature into a cohesive summary (ala meta-analysis) is a novel contribution, but if not, the attitude behind the two-paper rule is part of why science is in such crisis. The author is right, that the interpretation of the literature should be based on an accumulated read, and not one or two papers (unless they're reviews or meta-analyses).