English writing for publication in international journals : basic criteria in globalization era

Abstract EN

Publishing research articles in international journals has become a precondition to PhD graduation in higher education.

in the era of globalization, non-native English PhD students devote much scholarly attention to English writing for publication purposes to share and author their own academic researches for international journals.

thus, this paper aims to demystify the most important requirements of English writing for publication and draw some strategies to successfully publish written English manuscripts in international journals.

along this line of thought, a documentary analysis of 12 different research manuscripts of non-native English academics was undertaken.

to cross-check the data, a questionnaire was directed to the manuscripts’ owners and the peer reviewers of journals.

the findings reveal that manuscripts which are successfully accepted for publication have features related to both macro and micro criteria.

the former includes the procedural strategies that allow manuscripts to be highly and immediately accepted from the first sight such as the originality or timeliness of the work, its direct relevance, appropriateness and interest to the journal targeted, and its effective contributions and solutions to the new emerging era problems.

the latter incorporates the specific details and segments that reviewers spot at the second sight such as maintaining coherent and cohesive texts, using authentic and well-cited references, providing relevant arguments, framing data to appeal to different audiences, discussing and synthesizing the results.

depending on these findings, a number of recommendations are provided to remediate the situation.