CHALLENGES FACED BY NON-NATIVE WRITERS IN PUBLISHING PAPERS IN REPUTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE JOURNALS
Fariha Asif, Azza Jauhar Ahmad Tajuddin, Intakhab Alam Khan · PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology · 2020
Publication of a paper or article in a journal is a common practice. However, publication in apeer reviewed online journal is more difficult due to journals’ guidelines and publication criteria.But, publication of a paper of English language seems to be extremely difficult in reputed orhighly indexed journals. Every researcher or writer faces problems in quality publications, but anon-native author of English language related papers faces huge problems due to probability ofmanuscript rejection for many reasons including ‘non-native’ case. It has been felt that someeditors out rightly reject one’s manuscript without giving due attention that deprives the authorof a second stage review of his manuscript. There are many publishing criteria for considerationsof sending a manuscript for ‘peer- reviews’ in disciplines like medical sciences, sciences andcomputer sciences where non-native authors’ papers are easily published despite the languagequality which may not be at par. On the other hand, despite quality content and appropriatemethodology, papers tend to get rejected at first and later peer review stage possibly due to thenon-native issue. In other words, ownership of English seems to become a problem inconsideration of even a genuine manuscript. The present paper is a qualitative-analytical studyinto challenges which non-native writers face in the process of publication of their manuscriptsin the field on English language or English language education. Data gathered through interviewshave been thematically analyzed, and duly supported by the literature review. The findings willsupport the future authors to be alert while submitting manuscripts to reputed journals, avoidrejection and possible publications.