Perceived Challenges to Anglophone Publication at Three Universities in Chile
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (1)
- How much pressure and desire do Chilean scholars feel to publish?
- (2)
- What have been their experiences with publishing or attempting to do so?
- (3)
- What do they perceive as their biggest challenges to publishing?
- (4)
- Do their perceptions differ from those of writing center directors and other applied linguists?
2. Literature Review
3. Methods
3.1. Demographics
3.2. Instruments
- Scholars’ pressure and desire for publication of their research, whether in English-medium international journals (EMI), English-medium regional journals (EMR), Spanish-medium international journals (SMI), or Spanish-medium regional journals (SMR);
- Scholars’ experiences with publication or publication attempts;
- Their perceived challenges to getting published.
3.3. Analysis
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Scholars’ Desires and Experiences with Publication (Questions 1 and 2)
4.2. Perceived Challenges to Getting Published (Question 3)
4.2.1. Language Issues
4.2.2. Workload
4.2.3. Feedback and Networking
4.2.4. Structure
5. Recommendations
6. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix A.1. Interview Questions about Publishing at Magallanes and Talca
- Personal information:NameNumber of years of serviceCurrent positionGraduate degrees, from where, in what subjects
- Have you published a research article (RA) in English? Yes NoIf Yes, how many? 1 2 3 4 5 or more
- Have you published a research article (RA) in Spanish? Yes NoIf Yes, how many? 1 2 3 4 5 or more
- Have you published a research article (RA) in another language? Yes NoIf Yes, how many? 1 2 3 4 5 or more
- Have you ever attempted to publish a RA? Describe the process you went through, number of rejections, reviewers’ comments, etc.
- Have you attempted or published other academic writings, such as book reviews, conference proceedings, letters to the editor, etc.? Describe that process.
- Do you want to publish in English? Spanish? Please explain and specify the following: English-medium international (EMI), English-medium regional (EMR), Spanish-medium international (SMI) or Spanish-medium regional/local (SMR). Why do you want to publish in this type (or types) of journal?
- Rank-order the following challenges for you to publish in English, placing the biggest challenge first: Then comment on your ranking.
- Problems managing heavy workload
- Problems with English language
- Problems with knowing how to structure the research article (RA)
- Problems making contacts with possible collaborators, editors, conference organizers
- Problems with getting feedback about my research and/or writing
- Other?
- Describe your workload at the university. Does it impact your academic writing?
- How could the administration help you to get published?
- Are you familiar with the English Academic Writing Center? If not, how could it be publicized? If so, have you used it? What kind of help did you receive? How could the AWC help you more?
Appendix A.2. Interview Tabulations for Magallanes and Talca
Appendix B
Appendix B.1. SurveyMonkey Questions about Publishing at Pontificia University, Santiago
- Por cuanto tiempo ha estado involucrado con trabjo académico?What is your number of years of academic service?
- A que Unidad Academica pertenece?To which academic unit do you belong?
- Cual es su nivel educacional?What is your highest level of education?
- Le interesa publicar algún articulo académico en Ingles? Espanol? Otro idioma?Are you interested in publishing in English? Spanish? Other?
- Anteriomente, ha publicado algún articulo académico en Ingles? Espanol: Otro idioma?Have you published a research article before?
- Solo si ha publicado en Ingles: Cuantos artículos?How many articles have you published in English?
- Ha intentado alguna ves publicar o ha publicado algún otro escrito académico, por ejemplo, Critica/resena de un libro? Estructura de presentación? Carta al editor? Otro?Have you attempted or published other types of academic writing?
- Si esta interesado en publicar: Le gustaria publicar en un medio?In what types of journals would you like to publish?
- Des las siguientes opciones: Cuales representan de mejor manera sus razones para publicar en ciertos tipos de revistas especializadas? Seleccione todas las opciones que correspondan.Why do you want to publish in those journals?
- En su opinión, Cual es el nivel de dificultad de las siguientes que comúnmente enfrentan los académicos chilenos para publicar en ingles, siendo 1 la mas difícil y 5 la menos difícil:administrar la carga laboral; idioma Ingles; conocimiento acerca; establecer contacto; feedbackRank order the challenges for publishing in English, with the biggest first: workload, language, structure, networking, and feedback.
- Conoce o ha escuchado acerca del English UC Writing Center?Are you familiar with the English UC Academic Writing Center?
- Ha asistido a talleres grulpales en el English Academic Writing Center?If so, have you attended workshops at the AWC?
- Ha asistido a sesiones individuales en el English Academic Writing Center? Que aspectos de la escritura trabajo (ideas, organización, creación de borrador, edición de estructura, revisión)?If so, have you attended individual sessions at the AWC? And which aspects did you work on (ideas, organization, structure, editing)?
Appendix B.2. SurveyMonkey Tabulations for Pontificia Universidad, Santiago
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(a) | |||
Institution | # Students | Prestige | Academic Units |
UM (Punta Arenas) N = 26 | 3000 | Ranked 33 out of 60 in Chile | Biology |
Education | |||
Hard Sciences | |||
Law | |||
TA (Talca) N = 5 | 11,000 | Ranked 16 out of 60 in Chile | Health |
Agriculture | |||
Business/Economics | |||
Law | |||
PUC (Santiago) N = 160 | 30,000 | Ranked 2 out of 60 in Chile | Medicine |
Engineering Sciences | |||
Humanities | |||
(b) | |||
Institution | Faculty | Education | Years of Service |
UM (Punta Arenas) N = 26 | 200 | Ph.D.: 16 61% | >20 yrs: 3 |
~15 yrs: 4 | |||
~10 yrs: 2 | |||
TA (Talca) N = 5 | 500 | Ph.D.: 4 80% | >20 yrs: 1 |
~15 yrs: 3 | |||
~10 yrs: 4 | |||
PUC (Santiago) N = 160 | 3500 | Ph.D. or post-doc: 106 (67%) | >20 yrs: 85 |
~15 yrs: 42 | |||
~10 yrs: 33 |
Institution | Desire for English | Desire for Spanish | Published in English | Published in Spanish, Other |
---|---|---|---|---|
UM and TA N = 31 | 24 (75%) | 3 (10%) | >5: 10 (33%) | >5: 10 (33%) |
3–4: 6 | 3–4: 2 | |||
1–2: 8 | 1–2: 9 | |||
0: 7 | 0: 11 | |||
Total pub: 24 (77%) | Total: 21 (67%) | |||
PUC N = 160 | 159 (99%) | 114 (71%) | >5: 66 (41%) | [Breakdown N/A] |
3–4: 21 (13%) | 65 (75%) | |||
1–2: 37 (23%) | Other langs:16 (10%) | |||
0: 36 (23%) | ||||
Total pub:124 (78%) | Total pub:125 (78%) |
Institution | Language | Workload | Feedback | Networking | Structure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UM and TA Total N = 31 | 20 (64%) | 22 (88%) | 6 (22%) | 11 (37%) | 4 (16%) |
Response | Response | Response | Response | Response | |
N = 31 | N = 25 | N = 30 | N = 30 | N = 25 | |
PUC Total N = 160 | 74 (59%) | 72 (59%) | 58 (39%) | 39 (29%) | 19 (15%) |
Response | Response | Response | Response | Response | |
N = 126 | N = 122 | N = 148 | N = 135 | N = 126 |
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