Analysis of the problem regarding publishing the scientific articles written in English in humanities and social sciences by scholars originated and educated in non-English speaking countries
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careers of scientists, publication process in humanities and social sciences, strategies for scientific publicationsAbstract
The article analyses the issue of publications written in English by a specialists in the humanities and social sciences who are educated and work in non-English speaking regions. Polish scientists constitute the basis for the study. The problem is considered from the perspective of the sociology of careers and reveals that the process of publishing a scientific paper is a complex sociological process determined by criteria other than meritocratic ones. The selection process, leading to successful publication in a professional journal, is determined by several factors (not related to scientific skills), such as appurtenance to networks of scientific institutions, disciplinary culture and areas of references, as well as the type of knowledge (not related to quality, but rather to scientific background, which the authors refer to). On the basis of ethnographical and auto-ethnographical research it is shown that the common spread approach, which supports the publication of all kinds of studies in English by humanities and social scientists, is the result of a misunderstanding of the sociological component of the scientific publication process. It is also due to a lack of knowledge about the mechanisms governing scientific careers, inherent in regions where local languages are fundamental for studies (which is different to the specialties in sciences, which are developed in a technical language, e.g., in English).
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