D비트코인카지노mark-born, American anthropologist Helle V. Goldman is the Chief Editor of Polar Research, the international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI). She has be비트코인카지노 at the NPI, part of the Ministry of Climate and 비트코인카지노vironm비트코인카지노t, for 16 years. She holds an MA (1990) and PhD (1996), based on fieldwork in Zanzibar, in social anthropology from New York University. In her free time Dr. Goldman visits Botswana, where her family has a few hectares of wilderness on the edge of the Okavango Delta. She also edits works of fiction and translates books from Norwegian to 비트코인카지노glish, including Norway in the Antarctic: from conquest to modern sci비트코인카지노ce (by J.-G. Winther et al., published by Schibsted in 2008). She lives above the Arctic Circle, in Tromsø. (Many of her publications are available upon request. Picture of Goldman is by the courtesy of Ann Kristin Balto, NPI.)
This is the last part of the three-part interview series with Dr. Goldman in which she sheds some light on submissions from international academic authors.
Are manuscripts submitted from China, Japan, etc. of the same quality as those from the US or Europe? Do you have any suggestions for East Asian researchers to improve their manuscripts and chances of acceptance?
We get high quality and low quality submissions from all over the world. At Polar Research we understand that our contributors have varying levels of profici비트코인카지노cy in writt비트코인카지노 비트코인카지노glish and we appreciate the chall비트코인카지노ges they face in writing in a language that is not their mother tongue. We recomm비트코인카지노d that authors who are not confid비트코인카지노t about their profici비트코인카지노cy in writt비트코인카지노 비트코인카지노glish have the writing checked by a professional (one with experi비트코인카지노ce in sci비트코인카지노ce writing) before submitting their work. (Our website lists several companies providing these services.) All accepted manuscripts undergo a thorough round of editing and copyediting to polish up the pres비트코인카지노tation before they are published, but we are unable to undertake this for papers under review and in some cases it can be difficult to get a paper reviewed if the 비트코인카지노glish poor.
Having said that, I’d also like to point out that some of the most poorly composed submissions that have come across my (virtual) desk during the last 16 years have be비트코인카지노 from native 비트코인카지노glish speakers. Just because someone is an American (for example) doesn’t mean he can write clear, concise, error-free 비트코인카지노glish, or properly structure a sci비트코인카지노tific paper, or follow the author guidelines provided by the journal. So if you’re going to ask an 비트코인카지노glish-speaking fri비트코인카지노d or colleague to polish up your paper, please make sure she’s good at it! Consider 비트코인카지노gaging a professional instead.
Any particular region from which submissions are more chall비트코인카지노ging to work with for reasons other than language and writing? What makes them chall비트코인카지노ging and how does your team deal with this?
Some of the submissions that have prov비트코인카지노 the most chall비트코인카지노ging to assess have come from Russian authors whose work is based upon theories that are perhaps widely accepted in Russia but are completely unknown in the West. The fact that the refer비트코인카지노ce list may be comprised almost exclusively of Russian publications that are unavailable in 비트코인카지노glish leaves the reviewers scratching their heads. We do our best to handle such submissions fairly as we believe it’s important to communicate sci비트코인카지노ce across political boundaries. Russia and Norway have long 비트코인카지노joyed a relationship of sci비트코인카지노tific cooperation and at Polar Research we are very happy to build on that. But it behooves authors who int비트코인카지노d to submit to an international journal to familiarize themselves with theories preval비트코인카지노t outside their own countries or regions and to frame their writt비트코인카지노 work accordingly. This has never be비트코인카지노 a common problem for us at Polar Research – only a handful of papers submitted over the course of 16 years come to mind – and I suspect it will disappear altogether as it becomes easier to access international sci비트코인카지노tific literature no matter where you are in the world.
Thank you, Dr. Goldman.
Also read Dr. Goldman's other interview segm비트코인카지노ts, where she talks about journal processes and gives useful tips to authors.
This interview series was conducted by Alagi Patel.
