Global Academic Publishing

Policies, Perspectives and Pedagogies

Edited by Mary Jane Curry, Dr. Theresa Lillis

Publication date:

22 November 2017

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783099238

This book reports on the state of academic journal publishing in a range of geolinguistic contexts, including locations where pressures to publish in English have developed more recently than in other parts of the world (e.g. Kazakhstan, Colombia), in addition to contexts that have not been previously explored or well-documented. The three sections push the boundaries of existing research on global publishing, which has mainly focused on how scholars respond to pressures to publish in English, by highlighting research on evaluation policies, journals’ responses in non-Anglophone contexts to pressures for English-medium publishing, and pedagogies for supporting scholars in their publishing efforts.

Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis: Problematising English as the Privileged Language of Global Academic Publishing

Section 1: Evaluation Practices Shaping Academic Publishing

Lynn Nygaard and Rocco Bellanova: Lost in Quantification: Scholars and the Politics of Bibliometrics
Robin Nagano and Edit Spiczéné: Phd Publication Requirements and Practices: A Multidisciplinary Case Study from a Hungarian University
Yongyan Li and Rui Yang: Chinese Business Schools Pursuing Growth through International Publication: Evidence from Institutional Genres

Section 2: Scholars’ Practices and Perspectives

Birna Arnbjornsdottir and Hafdis Ingvarsdottir: Issues of Identity and Voice: Writing English for Research Purposes in the Semi Periphery
John Harbord: Language Policy and the Disengagement of the International Academic Elite
Laurie Anderson: Publishing in Pursuit of an Academic Career: The Role of Embedded and Encultured Knowledge in National Job-market Entry Strategies of Elite Early Career European Scholars

Section 3: Academic Journal Policies and Practices

Aliya Kuzhabekova: The Reaction of Scholarly Journals to Impact-Factor Publishing Requirements in Kazakhstan
Cheryl Sheridan: Blind Peer Review at an English Language Teaching Journal in Taiwan: Glocalized Practices within Globalization of Higher Education
Melba Cardenas and Isobel Rainey: Publishing from the ELT Periphery: The Profile Journal Experience in Colombia
Cheryl Ball, Andrew Morrison and Douglas Eyman: The Rise of Multimodality in Academic Publishing
Francoise Salager-Meyer: Open Access: The Next Model for Research Dissemination?
Ismaeil Fazel and Joel Heng Hartse: Reconsidering “Predatory” Open Access Journals in an Age of Globalized English-Language Academic Publishing

Section 4: Pedagogies for Global Academic Publishing

Ju Chuan Huang: Teaching Writing for Publication in English to Engineering Students: Implications from a Collaborative Course in Taiwan
James Corcoran: The Potential and Limitations of an English for Research Publication Purposes Course for Mexican Scholars
Soraya Abdulatief and Xolisa Guzula: Emerging Academics: Using Whatsapp to Share Novice and Expert Resources in a Postgraduate Writing Group

Index

This timely collection sheds light on how publishing policies and practices are shaping global academic knowledge-making. Its impressive geolinguistic reach, with attention to a wide range of contexts and many contributions from beyond the Anglophone centre, brings a richness and nuance that make it a powerful inaugural text for the new Studies in Knowledge Production and Participation series.