Take the 2-minute tour ×  By this, I do not mean I did not
obtain significant research results. My supervisor has told me
to finish up a draft of paper for submission, I wrote it, then
after few months, he told me to correct some parts and did more
experiments on certain area, I followed all his instructions and
wrote a second draft to him. And until now, it is already one
year after sending my draft to him, and still I have no idea
when he will publish it.  Actually, this not only happens to me,
it happens to all the members in my research group. The average
time my supervisor publishes our results is about 2-3 years
after we have finished all the required experiments. The results
just become idle. I would like to ask, if this is a common
phenomenon (and the possible reasons behind it), if not, what I
(and my colleagues) can do about it? You know as a research
student, having publication is very important, it is really
frustrating.  share|improve this question Why are you relying on
your supervisor to publis