My advisor won't review my papers, and he does not let me publish them without his approval I am a last year PhD international student in engineering. I have written so far 3 drafts that I need feedback + approval to submit them for publication. I delivered the first draft almost 2 years ago.
My advisor is a really nice person, but he/she is lazy and he/she won't review my papers. I am close to graduate and I don't have any publications because he/she won't let me publish until he/she gives me feedback, which it seems that it's not going to happen.
I don't know what to do about this situation. I have tried many different ways. Asking politely, having &quot;interventions&quot; here we tell him/her how bad this is for our careers(because my other lab mates are in the same situation), sending constant emails texts or calls, and he/she always responds &quot;I know I have been bad, but we are going to get it done soon&quot; and then nothing happens.
I am getting depressed here, I already lost all the motivation. I have no idea what am I going to do when I graduate because who is going to give me a job/postdoc without any papers ( I actually have one paper from undergrad, but it is very basic), and since I am international it is even worse.
I would like to know if anyone has any advice, if maybe someone went through something similar and were able to move on. I am starting to consider to just finish my PhD ASAP, move on and start a new career on something else.
Thanks for reading.
This seems like a case in which a delegation from your group should ask for an intervention from a higher level. If it is a general problem in your research group then department heads and deans need to be aware of it.
You may not get the feedback you need, other than from each other, but the &quot;permission to publish&quot; needs to get resolved, perhaps as a demand from above.
It might also be possible, depending on the overall organization, for other faculty to intervene on your behalf.