How many papers should you publish during your PhD?

[seo.gops]

How many papers should you publish during your PhD?

[jayam]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) currently requires PhD students to publish at least one article in a peer-reviewed journal and present two papers at conferences or seminars before they submit their doctoral thesis for marking

[jayammrg]

An average postdoc should publish 2-3 papers per year. And an assistant professor should have about 5 or 6 by the time they are up for tenure

[chandrao7]

According to current UGC regulations, a PhD student is required to publish at least one paper in a peer-reviewed journal before thesis submission. "The committee has recommended that the mandatory requirement of a paper publication in a peer-reviewed journal is not required for awarding the degree," says Prof. Balaram.

[ElizabethRGoff]

Hi

Thus I'd say you should be able to publish at least 2–3 papers, at least 1 being an original research paper. As many as reasonably possible. This includes book chapters, conference proceedings and of course, journal papers.

[RosieYingling]

Publish or perish is still the raison d'etre for many junior academics. My personal reason for publishing a lot during my PhD was to give, writing a paper can be nice to break the monotony of everyday research.

[sophiawils59]

Don't you think that the question you have asked in the thread is irrelavwent to the category!!