I recently asked my advisor about the Univ. of Pretoria's policy on publishing (and presenting papers) before the completion of the dissertation. I received this reply: ----- Dear Roscoe, You have raised a very interesting question! Here is the situation. When you submit your thesis for examination, or before, you will be expected to submit at least one article from it which is peer reviewed. This does not prevent you from publishing in the meantime. We have certain protocols here at Pretoria which we would expect you to follow. You may either submit your proposed article to me and I become involved in the editing/writing process depending on how much assistance I would provide, and we publish under our joint names; or, you submit your article to the journal and state your institution as University of Pretoria and add a footnote that you are my doctoral student at UP. We can discuss this according to what you think your needs are, but I am pleased that you are already thinking along these lines. Wherever you do publish we would expect to receive a copy of the journal for our records. I hope this is helpful. Please get back to me if you have any further. queries. ----------- Which route to publication would some of you recommend? Should I do it alone or pursue a "joint" arrangement? I ask because I'm not sure of the advantages of either method. At the moment, I'm leaning toward the co-author route, since my professor's name is well known in the field and mine is not. Any thoughts? Roscoe
I don't know about your field, but co-author route does make a perfect sense for a first publication. If your professor is indeed well-known, this might actually be great opportunity for you.
Re: Re: Question about publishing I agree; that's exactly what I would do in your situation. -=Steve=-
publishing I agree. Co-authorship with a well known and regarded academic is the best option for your first publication. That is the sort of thing that hets noticed on ones CV.