ON THE PROBLEMATIC OF „RESEARCH ISLANDS“ (PART 1)
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2013, Vol 53, Issue 4
Abstract
This problematic concerns only countries in middle Europe, because the author does not know the situation in countries from Western Europe or from far countries like USA or Australia. A very general division consists in two types of researchers. Researchers from the first type relatively do not like researchers from the second type and vice versa. The first type of researchers is people, whose work does not exceed the boundaries of the native country. Their publishing outcomes are predominantly contributions in the local proceedings of a conference. On the other side are standing the researchers who transcend the boundaries of the native country and they have no restraints to send their manuscript to an internationally reputable journal (no one) and lead a long fight with a happy end with the reviewers. But, their success is only relative, it is only own intrinsic satisfaction with own hard work. The number of this kind of authors (called “seafarers”) is very low in comparison with “islanders” and it aims to a very interesting situation. The “seafarers” are less reputable and the top scientists are “islanders”. The next interesting thing is that the “seafarers” bring more money to faculties, because the policy says more valuable are international publications than local, but the dividing of money is inequitable, because in many cases are publications equal without regard if the publication was included in the Web of Science or if it is only local, though “seafarers” brings several times more money and credit to the department or faculty like “islanders”. So, we can be proud of an enthusiastic approach of a couple of people who run against the wind and we can hope, the situation with the appreciation with this kind of people will change in the future, because we will still live on a research island surrounded by the sea.
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Milan Kubiatko
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