Thanks everyone. I feel more relieved now. Since he/she was not in support of my writing articles then he/she should not be a co author. he/she should not feel bad since he/she was not in support. I've written about 50% of my thesis and have a deadline of 1 year. However, i know more analytical writing is needed in the thesis.

There was an impression that supervisors should be added as coauthors to any article a student writes. I think co authors to an article should have read the article and made suggestions, adjustments or even addtions. The 2 journals are top notch journals in my field. I felt that since i've done my analysis, it's better for me to publish now and focus my energy on the thesis. I think going to the viva with publications arising from the thesis will be a good thing. Thanks everyone. I feel better now.

Cheers

Coolguy

My field is in the social sciences

Thanks everyone. Phd bug is right in the sense that my thesis so far is quite descriptive. I still need to add more analysis. But i feel that i need to send some articles off for publication and concentrate on the study. Part of the reasons for this is that other phD students that have passed suggested that having peer reviewed articles published from their theses contributed to their being passed. I also feel that the ground breaking findings may become outdated if someone else publishes something similar before i do. The issue now is that 2 of my articles have been accepted for publications though not yet published. I used my name and added my supervisors under the acknowledgement

Hello, I would like to publish some of my findings. However, my supervisor has discouraged me from writing articles. He/She has suggested that I focus on the thesis and write to journals after the PhD. I have sent some drafts of journals but he/she has said that he/she does not want to be part of it. \i do feel that i need to publish to make my findings more valid having been reviewed by academics. If I submit an article, would I be justified as being the only author but adding supervisors name in the acknowledgment? It is a bit tricky bcos if i put his/her name in an article he/she did not contribute to, i'm not sure what the reaction will be. I feel if the supervisor did not contribute to the article he/she should not be included as a co author. What do people think?