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What is now considered a “reasonable” publication rate (papers/year) for a PhD student to be considered “productive”? [D]

I would assume LLMs have bumped this number, or maybe not. Which is why I am asking. If there are PIs on here, how many papers before you let your students graduate? Is the number different now than it was a year ago? And the same question for “rate of publication” for you to deem the student as “p…

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  1. 2026-11-05 02:55 · r/MachineLearning
    What is now considered a “reasonable” publication rate (papers/year) for a PhD student to be considered “productive”? [D]

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