CHALLENGES FACED BY NON-NATIVE WRITERS IN PUBLISHING PAPERS IN REPUTED ENGLISH LANGUAGE JOURNALS

Abstract

Publication of a paper or article in a journal is a common practice. However, publication in a
peer 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 or
highly indexed journals. Every researcher or writer faces problems in quality publications, but a
non-native author of English language related papers faces huge problems due to probability of
manuscript rejection for many reasons including ‘non-native’ case. It has been felt that some
editors out rightly reject one’s manuscript without giving due attention that deprives the author
of a second stage review of his manuscript. There are many publishing criteria for considerations
of sending a manuscript for ‘peer- reviews’ in disciplines like medical sciences, sciences and
computer sciences where non-native authors’ papers are easily published despite the language
quality which may not be at par. On the other hand, despite quality content and appropriate
methodology, papers tend to get rejected at first and later peer review stage possibly due to the
non-native issue. In other words, ownership of English seems to become a problem in
consideration of even a genuine manuscript. The present paper is a qualitative-analytical study
into challenges which non-native writers face in the process of publication of their manuscripts

in the field on English language or English language education. Data gathered through interviews
have been thematically analyzed, and duly supported by the literature review. The findings will
support the future authors to be alert while submitting manuscripts to reputed journals, avoid
rejection and possible publications.