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Ideally, a person should be able to produce 5 good papers out of a PhD.
1. A literature review paper.
2. A short communication styled paper.
3. A conference paper.
4-5: two full-length papers.

Even though it's important to produce high quality papers, the present assessment system in academia focuses on the number of papers produced, rather than the quality, especially for young academics. The best thing for you is to wait until you finish the PhD, and then submit the papers on your own, just giving your supervisors appropriate credit as co-authors, without the need to show it to them even. If it works, there is no harm, and if it got rejected, you will take the blame.

Probably the reason why she is not convinced of you writing full-length papers is that writing papers take a very long time, and this might your disturb your research (her research grant too!). I know this sounds selfish, but many academics are like that. Some academics are too arrogant, and they don't accept criticism from reviewers. I have known a professor who wouldn't accept to make any changes in his papers if suggested by the reviewers to get it published!!