I suspect it is not uncommon. I published a couple single authored pieces in AHCIndex and Econlit listed journals before I got my PhD, and a few friends did the same. But it is perhaps the case that I published in journals sympathetic to my theoretical paradigm. Some interdisciplinary journals say in economics and philosophy may send your pieces to unsuitable referees, and sometimes these referees are stuck in a certain paradigm, almost as if they have a template for what is worth publishing, and if your paper ends up on the desk of one of these narrow minded chaps, then that's the end of the road, no matter how brilliant it may be. In which case, PhD students should therefore never be discouraged, and move on and send it somewhere else. I think the reason PhD students don't publish as much is because they get discouraged when some of their work gets rejected, and they don't realise that at the other end, there could be a reviewer who just is not bright enough to grasp what you are saying. Just imagine if shakespear would be put through our peer review system, or Heidegger. Who would have accepted their work?
Jude
National Institute of Education (Singapore) http://www.nie.edu.sg
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