PhD students can publish academic papers without involving their supervisors.
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Discussions on academic forums show that while students sometimes ask about publishing as sole authors, supervisor involvement and rules depend on institutional policies and whether the supervisor contributed to the work.
# Can a PhD student publish a paper outside PhD topic without supervisor approval only by its own?
Tags: paper-submission
- Score: 6
- Views: 1277
- Answers: 1
- Answered: yes
- Asked by: Nikey Mike (2953 rep)
- Asked: 2016-03-30
- Edited: 2016-05-15
- Site: academia
## Question
I am a theoretical PhD student. Is it possible to submit and to publish papers in journals without supervisor approval? I am asking also from legal point of view, as well. I have talked to many people in my university and some of them don't have a good opinion regarding single author papers since such a single author paper might have sufficient errors in it. However, the subject is not studied by anyone in the university.
## Answers
### Answer by Arno (score: 15 [ACCEPTED])
There is no general reason why this should not be possible/allowed.
You will have to check the regulations of your department/university for PhD students: They may require you to seek approval of your advisor prior to submission of papers. Potentially a journal could have a similar rule in place, but I have never encountered this.
That said, I do not believe this to be advisable: If your relationship with your PhD advisor is so
# Can PhD students publish papers as sole author without including their supervisor?
Tags: publications, phd, supervision
- Score: 7
- Views: 4001
- Answers: 4
- Answered: yes
- Asked by: Rain (483 rep)
- Asked: 2017-11-04
- Edited: 2017-11-06
- Site: academia
## Question
If the supervisor does not actually write anything for or contribute to the paper, can a PhD student submit the paper as a single Author?
Would this be a faux pas and cause a strained relationship with the supervisor? I know they expect their name to be on all papers related to the PhD.
Also, does using their lab mean they have a right to have their name on the paper?
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### Answer by Fomite (score: 9 [ACCEPTED])
If the supervisor does not actually write anything or contribute in
the paper, can a PhD student write as a single Author?
Yes. If for no other reason than I did, which suggest its possible
Would this be a faux pas and cause a strained relationship with the
supervisor?
It depends on many, many factors. Is this a side-project that's been taking away from your actual work? Then it probably will. Have you talked to your supervisor and decided that it's the right way forward? Then it
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