academic writing

This essay expresses subjective objections to some characteristic features of academic writing and publishing. The focus is on pursuing the required number of publications related to the authors' career growth and the consequences of meeting this requirement. Some of the problems associated with selecting the texts in the scientific publications and their evaluation according to the requirements of scientometrics are highlighted. An increasingly widespread model of scientific texts and the formal requirements it imposes are also commented on.

Academic journals serve as a mediator for scholarly communication, promoting the dissemination of knowledge and innovation across academic disciplines. This article examines the structure and components of academic journal articles, highlighting their central role in sharing original research, presenting literature reviews, and scaffolding academic discourse. Additionally, we outline the distinguishing characteristics of different types of journals, including research journals, peer-reviewed journals, open access, and limited access journals. Understanding these factors would help young researchers, scholars and the whole academic community successfully navigate in the complex environment of academic journals, ensuring effective spreading of their work in the respective fields. A special attention is drawn to the editorial policies of "Luboslovie", an annual journal of the Faculty of Humanities at Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. Those policies aim to build a reciprocal dialogue between the editorial team and the authors to improve the quality of academic writing in line with the requirements set by the world databases to increase the bibliometric index.