Yep, it's no wonder so many international students struggle!

Generally this is what happens with articles co-authored by you and your professor, You write it, they check it.

You should check with him if you want to include others as well.

Then you can just contact them as you suggested.

It's always a good idea to check publication times of previous papers before choosing a journal. You can find this on the journal website or by looking at the publication history on the papers.

In science, 7 months is way too long. Reviewer turn around should be within 1 month generally.

-Has anybody been/is going through anything similar to this? Not me, but there's probably a few on here that have

-If I quit now and considering my university grades, what chance would I have of starting a different PhD in the future? This will be very difficult because people will worry that if you have quit one PhD you may quit another.

-With my academic background and quitting a PhD, I am worried I will struggle to land a job. Any advice for someone with my grades for landing a job? Finding a job will be ok - you have a degree. Plus read the posts on here - a PhD is no job guarantee and in some cases can make it harder to find a job as you are viewed as over-qualified.

-For research based jobs which state a PhD as a requirement, is there routes into these jobs which don’t require getting a PhD (I realise this sounds really stupid but I’m asking anyway)? Not to my knowledge. If you did get such a job, it might be under the requirement that you do a PhD part time.

-Would anyone recommend a leave of absence over straight out quitting considering what I’ve written above?
Yes, gives you time to change your mind.

-Has anyone quit a PhD without anything lined up? I feel like the logical thing would be to look for something before quitting but I just want out tbh. Always best to have something lined up first. I would quit my job right now if I could (postdoc) but I'm applying for new jobs first.

I think you can; I don't think whether you have an MSc/MA or not determines eligibility for funding.

I'm not great with stats, anyone else?

Can anyone in social sciences help?

I think it would come out with poor resolution yes, although I've never actually tried this as I always resize the template prior to starting the poster.

Agreed, this can mean under review by an editor after the peer review has been completed.

I cited a poster in my thesis originally, but then the paper came out that the poster related to so in the final version of my thesis I cited the paper. I think it's fine to cite a poster in your thesis, probably not so much a paper.

I think it's different in the sciences. We would generally apply for an advertised postdoc position, unless we have some really good data and papers from our PhD and then we could apply directly for an early career fellowship. We wouldn't necessarily be continuing with our PhD work. I think a postdoc project can be similar to a PhD but you would expect to achieve more as you would be more experienced.

You are not supposed to do two PhDs. What would be the point? Unless you change subject area drastically, no one would fund another PhD.

You should start by applying for advertised postdoc positions - these will be listed as Research Associate or Research Assistant - writing to potential supervisors randomly won't be very helpful.