I wanted to share where I'm at, mostly because I wish I had seen posts like this when I started.
Here's my current situation:
- 1 non-Scopus paper published
- 1 conference paper waiting for Scopus indexing
- 2 papers under review at Q1 journals
- 1 paper under review at a 99th percentile journal
All of these are solo-authored. I work full-time and do my PhD on the side, so time is always a challenge. Rejections, and months of waiting have been part of it too.
A few things that helped me:
- Writing consistently (mostly after work or weekends)
- Targeting the right journals from the start
- Reading reviewer comments as feedback, not criticism
My questions for you:
- Are any of you balancing a full-time job with publishing? How do you manage it?
- Any tips for solo authors specifically?
- What's the hardest part of the review process for you?
Would love to hear your experiences. We don't talk about the grind enough.