Andrew is correct - and another consideration (which is linked to reputation - but not always) is quality and type of publication. For career purposes, the higher the IF and/or Q-ranking of publications - the better. There is also a strong correlation between ranking and citation as well. In terms of the type of of publication - let me illustrate. A colleague of mine 'cut their publication teeth' through sending in critical commentaries of other studies. They did this successfully and carried on until they had about 10 of these published in good journals. As a research mentor, I advised caution in that people would start to note that their publications were not their own primary research. They soon 'converted' the critical review publications to full publications of their own studies - and they are now a high-ranking academic.

No, as long as the journal used are reputable

Andrew is correct - and another consideration (which is linked to reputation - but not always) is quality and type of publication. For career purposes, the higher the IF and/or Q-ranking of publications - the better. There is also a strong correlation between ranking and citation as well. In terms of the type of of publication - let me illustrate. A colleague of mine 'cut their publication teeth' through sending in critical commentaries of other studies. They did this successfully and carried on until they had about 10 of these published in good journals. As a research mentor, I advised caution in that people would start to note that their publications were not their own primary research. They soon 'converted' the critical review publications to full publications of their own studies - and they are now a high-ranking academic.

The answer may depend on the school. At most research universities, quality peer-reviewed publications are vital to the success of the scholar. Other schools may look for more of a balance among scholarly work, service, and teaching quality. It is worth doing some local research to find our what the promotion and tenure priorities at your school are.

The more the publication the better. What to ensure is that they are good publications in good journals

I think quality is more important than quantity in case of young researchers. They should focus on publishing in reputed peer reviewed journals with good impact factor and indexing.

I agree with colleagues. The number of publications should not go to the detriment of their quality. However, it is necessary to take into account the fulfillment of formal indicators of scientific work, affecting not only the success of professional activity, but also material reward.

The quality of research is more important than quantity.

Not at all, quality is important

Too many publications not harmful for a young researcher/PhD Student but quality is essential.

It is always difficult to publish too many good quality papers as the first author in Journals of high impact factors'in a short period of 5-6 years of Ph.D research. Thus students often face difficulty in defending their too many papers in the selection board for a academic position.

For a young researcher it's important to be continously updated and be insightful of their academic/practical theories thus publication of papers is important. As for doctoral students they need to know that a Ph.D degree is for doing research and not to be flaunted around like an expensive piece of brand name clothing.

short term you publish according to the norms of your current place and long term in the area of your proposed expertise

How many is too many?

One cannot have too many high quality publications at any stage of a career.

So long as the publications do not duplicate themselves in terms of content, high quality multiple publications can only help a young graduate student or researcher.

Too many Publications early in a career raises expectations, which can be detrimental.

No is not harmful is very useful because it earns the researcher or graduate student great experience in writing and publishing research, a feature missed by many researchers at present.

May be harmful, if publications are not related with Ph.D topic/ research field because publishing good papers in high impact journals is not so easy.

For a young scholar, reputation is most important. Your reputation can only be built on ideas that you communicate in some way either verbally at meetings with other scholars who have influence or by their reading of your ideas. Ideas published in well read journals and popular science venues spread your reputation. While a large number of publications early may make a splash and perhaps get you a tenure track or good industrial placement, time will tell if the ideas you professed in your early papers made a mark on your field. Then, if you do not maintain productivity the bloom will be off the rose.

The quality of publication is the important issue.

It is not easy to maintain an impressive research performance early in n academic career.

depends on the place of work,the researcher's area of choice and demand from the industry for the researched areas.Secondly are the numbers important or sustained work