TY - JOUR
T1 - Publishing research in the international context
T2 - An analysis of Egyptian social sciences scholars’ academic writing behaviour
AU - Shehata, Ahmed Maher Khafaga
AU - Eldakar, Metwaly Ali Mohamed
N1 - Funding Information:
the university in international publishing. However, the financial support of the university towards international publishing received less agreement from the respondents (mean = 1.26). In addition, the importance and the benefit of research published in the international outlets for the university ranked in the last place (mean = 1.25).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2018/11/5
Y1 - 2018/11/5
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study to explore the Egyptian social science scholars’ academic writing behaviour in local and international context. Understanding the challenges that scholars in social science and humanities face while publishing in the international outlets would help to suggest strategies to improve academic writing in non-Arabic journals. Design/methodology/approach: This study deployed mixed methods approach. The quantitative data were collected using an online questionnaire. Interviews were conducted with a group of scholars in the five faculties to elucidate the publishing behaviour of the sample. Findings: The interviews and the questionnaire showed that social science scholars in Egypt prefer local publishing outlets. The number of scholars who publish internationally is very low compared to scholars who publish locally. Scholars who tried to publish internationally faced many challenges, such as language barriers, lack of academic writing skills and lack of appropriate training. Research limitations/implications: This study was conducted in one university in Egypt. While the results can be generalised to Egyptian and Middle East universities, it cannot be generalised to non-Arab communities because of the differences in culture and education system. Originality/value: This study provides insight on publishing practices in the international context among social science scholars in Egypt using a mixed methods approach. This helped to capture the scholarly publishing practices and the attitude toward international publishing and the main challenges that scholars face who attempt to publish in international outlets.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study to explore the Egyptian social science scholars’ academic writing behaviour in local and international context. Understanding the challenges that scholars in social science and humanities face while publishing in the international outlets would help to suggest strategies to improve academic writing in non-Arabic journals. Design/methodology/approach: This study deployed mixed methods approach. The quantitative data were collected using an online questionnaire. Interviews were conducted with a group of scholars in the five faculties to elucidate the publishing behaviour of the sample. Findings: The interviews and the questionnaire showed that social science scholars in Egypt prefer local publishing outlets. The number of scholars who publish internationally is very low compared to scholars who publish locally. Scholars who tried to publish internationally faced many challenges, such as language barriers, lack of academic writing skills and lack of appropriate training. Research limitations/implications: This study was conducted in one university in Egypt. While the results can be generalised to Egyptian and Middle East universities, it cannot be generalised to non-Arab communities because of the differences in culture and education system. Originality/value: This study provides insight on publishing practices in the international context among social science scholars in Egypt using a mixed methods approach. This helped to capture the scholarly publishing practices and the attitude toward international publishing and the main challenges that scholars face who attempt to publish in international outlets.
KW - International publishing
KW - Publishing in Egypt
KW - Scholarly publishing
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U2 - 10.1108/EL-01-2017-0005
DO - 10.1108/EL-01-2017-0005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054560970
SN - 0264-0473
VL - 36
SP - 910
EP - 924
JO - Electronic Library
JF - Electronic Library
IS - 5
ER -