@dfbdfb that’s why in my post that some mom responded to I made it clear I was talking from the perspective of MD/PhD training.
The academic job market, in my field, does not start until after grad school (if you consider post docs to be part of the job market - I personally don’t since they are still making ~40k). I already said that for graduate training, publications are critical.
Your post, in my opinion, only further proves the danger of trying to use publications for ranking.