Olusegun Nwhator Solomon, Olayinka Agbaje Maarufah, Modupe Soroye, Ikenna Isiekwe Gerald
Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Health Sciences Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Department of Child Dental Health, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Jun 24;21:148. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.148.6534. eCollection 2015.
Despite the well-known maxim "publish or perish" among academicians, productivity remains low in Nigeria. There are barriers to academic writing which must be identified and addressed. Even after addressing those barriers, authors are faced with another dilemma-where to publish. It was the concern of the authors to evaluate perceived barriers to academic writing and the determinants of journal choice among Nigerian academics. They also attempted to evaluate the determinants of journal choice and perceived barriers to academic writing among Nigerian academicians. Respondents were academicians used in the context of this study to mean anyone involved in academic writing. Such persons must have written and published at least one paper in a peer-reviewed journal in the preceding year to be included in the survey. An online-based self-administered questionnaire.
An online structured and self-administered questionnaire-based cross sectional survey of Nigerian medical academicians was conducted over a period of one year using a Google-powered questionnaire. The questionnaire assessed the determinants of journal choice, perceived barriers to publications, number of publications in the preceding year as a measure of academic productivity and the highest publication fee authors were willing to pay.
Of the over 500 email request sent, a total of 200 academicians responded (response rate of 40%). The male and female distribution was 120 and 80 respectively. The highest number of respondents were lecturer 1 and senior lecturers (or junior faculty) (69.5%) however the senior faculty had the higher number of publications in the preceding year. Indexing (35.5%) was the most important determinant of journal choice whilst ease of submission (2.1%) was the least. Unfriendly environment (46%) was the most perceived barrier to publication. Though, majority (88.5%) of the respondents were willing to pay up $300 as publication fees, twice as many junior faculty members (28%) were willing to pay more than $300 as publication fee when compared with professors (12.5%). About 140 of the respondents (70%) were doctors/dentists.
In this study, the major determinant of journal choice among Nigerian medics is journal indexing and unfriendly environment appears to be the major perceived barrier to publication. Encouraging a friendly and conducive environment in the universities will impact positively in academic productivity amongst Nigerian faulty members.
尽管学术界有“不发表就出局”这句广为人知的格言，但尼日利亚的学术产出率仍然很低。学术写作存在一些障碍，必须加以识别和解决。即使解决了这些障碍，作者们又面临另一个困境——在哪里发表。作者们关心的是评估尼日利亚学者认为的学术写作障碍以及期刊选择的决定因素。他们还试图评估尼日利亚学者期刊选择的决定因素以及认为的学术写作障碍。在本研究中，受访者是学者，这里指任何参与学术写作的人。此类人员必须在前一年至少在同行评审期刊上撰写并发表过一篇论文才能被纳入调查。一份基于网络的自填式问卷。
使用谷歌驱动的问卷，对尼日利亚医学学者进行了为期一年的基于网络结构化自填式问卷的横断面调查。该问卷评估了期刊选择的决定因素、认为的发表障碍、前一年的发表数量作为学术产出的衡量标准以及作者愿意支付的最高发表费用。
在发送的500多封电子邮件请求中，共有200名学者回复（回复率为40%）。男性和女性分布分别为120人和80人。回复者中数量最多的是讲师1和高级讲师（或初级教员）（69.5%），然而高级教员在前一年发表的论文数量更多。被索引（35.5%）是期刊选择最重要的决定因素，而提交的便捷性（2.1%）是最不重要的。不友好的环境（46%）是被认为的发表的最大障碍。尽管如此，大多数（88.5%）受访者愿意支付高达300美元的发表费用，与教授（12.5%）相比，愿意支付超过300美元发表费用的初级教员数量是其两倍。约140名受访者（70%）是医生/牙医。
在本研究中，尼日利亚医学人员期刊选择的主要决定因素是期刊被索引，不友好的环境似乎是被认为的发表的主要障碍。在大学营造友好和有利的环境将对尼日利亚教职员工的学术产出产生积极影响。
