Abstract
The study at hand aims to investigate Algerian researchers’ perceptions of the importance of writing research articles for publication in international English medium journals, along with the incentives and disincentive influencing this process, and the challenges they encounter. To reach these aims, a survey is conducted with twenty six Algerian lecturers from three different fields of study using an online questionnaire created in Google Forms. The vast majority of the participants rate writing research in English as of great importance and they opt for different incentives influencing their decision to publish in international English medium journals, but they perceive themselves to be disadvantaged by their non-native status as the degree of their perceived difficulty of writing scientific articles in English is very high. This study highlights the correlation between the mastery of English as a principal prerequisite in the respondents’ fields of study and the use of English as an indispensable key to communicate their research results to the global scientific community. It then ends up with some strategies to be taken by higher education institutes to address this issue from different standpoints.
Highlights
Today, English language connects academic researchers around the world and seems to be the right option to spread scientific knowledge to a large audience
It may be assumed that the scientific achievement does not depend on the language of which it is written, but a headline such as ‘publish or perish’ (Di Bitetti & Ferreras, 2017) shows clearly that the world of scientific publication is dominated by the English language (Ammon, 2001), English has become an imperative for readership of scientific research articles
We believe that the qualities required to be a good scientific researcher can be broken down into more specific core competencies, but the global medium through which scientists communicate their relevant findings to the global target scientific community matters
Summary
English language connects academic researchers around the world and seems to be the right option to spread scientific knowledge to a large audience. We believe that the qualities required to be a good scientific researcher can be broken down into more specific core competencies, but the global medium through which scientists communicate their relevant findings to the global target scientific community matters.
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