The Role of Academic Journals in Disseminating Research

The Function of Academic Journals in Popularisation of Research

Scholarly periodicals are particularly valuable for the academic journals and scientific societies as they act as the primary source of publication of a research. These journals give researchers an opportunity to present their work to the world so that information and knowledge that may be so vital for sustainability of societies or discovery of a new technology or innovation is availed to the global society. 

Main Activities of Academic Publications 

1.    1.   Validation and Quality Control: Many research go through a process of peer review before they are can be published, and this means that they research is accountable for its facts, and cannot be compromised. It ensures that the academic quality of the work being published is good while creating credibility in the work published. 

2. Knowledge Sharing: Journals are information depositaries as they provide the scholars from different parts of the world access to the topics and the scholars can build on them. They encourage interdisciplinary research because what the separation of disciplines does is they re-introduce scholars of the same discipline with scholars of another discipline. 

3. Recognition for Researchers: Publishing papers in peer reviewed journals assists a researcher to demonstrate his/her specialty to fellow researchers in his/her areas of specialization. It also attempts to provide the means for an institution or a funding body to evaluate the topicality of a output by a researcher. 

4. Shaping Public Policy and Industry Practices: Scientific discoveries and knowledge disclosed in peer-reviewed academic publications regularly provide essential implications for policy makers and management of various arenas of human interest such as medical, technological or educational. 

5. Advancing Global Collaboration: Innovations of digital journals and open accesses means that research was never this accessible paving way to international collaborations. 

Challenges in the Modern Era

However, its importance academic journals suffer certain challenges such as high costs, slow publication schedule, and the controversy between open access and non –open access. It became thus important to tackle these challenges in order to increase the dissemination of knowledge and the development of academic global research. Lastly, academic journals should be considered as central to the research world. Thus, they guarantee that the result of the work contributes to the development of science, industry, and academia and provides an equal opportunity for all stakeholders in the world.