I am in my 7th month of PhD. I have the same question in mind regarding the publication. I felt quite bad when I was told that my supervisor's previous phd students all published something in their first year. A friend who passed viva last year tells me it's better to understand the area in first year, accumulate experimental results until second year and perhaps in the end of 2nd year try to publish your paper for a good conference or journal.

I am still in the reading stage, and implementing some ideas from my supervisor. I do not know how to the original ideas and get them published. Is the ideas from the paper your published has to be yours or from supervisors? It's nice to find this form and know that I am not the only struggling phd.