Challenges and Support in Article Publication

Perspectives of Non-Native English Speaking Doctoral Students in a "Publish or No Degree" Context

Bibliographic Data

ID3550816
AuthorsAhmad Fawzi Shamsi (0000-0002-4050-8218, Eastern Mediterranean University, corresponding author), Űlker Vancı Osam (0000-0003-1700-5003, Eastern Mediterranean University), Ulker Vanci Osam
Year2022
Volume12
Issue2
Publication date2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/21582440221095021
OpenAlexW4225156306
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited42

Article publication as a requirement for graduation appears to be the most compelling challenge for doctoral candidates, especially for the non-English speaking ones. In order to contribute to this topic of growing interest, we aimed to investigate the key challenges to doctoral student research publication and develop an understanding of support they needed to ease the publication process. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 non-English speaking doctoral students in varied science and social science programs at an international university in north Cyprus. The findings revealed that the participants supported the "publish or no degree" policy as a condition for their graduation despite several challenges it created for them, such as lack of publication experience, weaknesses in the article composition, tough criteria of journals, and inadequate support from the instructors at the course phase. Peer-support community among the doctoral students lacked in the examined context and promoting it might yield positive results

Geography · Medical education · Pedagogy · Peer review · Political science · Publication · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Medicine · Psychology

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