Академичните публикации: начин на употреба

The article focuses on how state regulations of academic promotion affect research and publication policies. The text highlights other factors that exercise pressure on researchers: the mechanisms of funding research, the political conjuncture, and the dominant ideology. The author claims that excessive regulation in the academic sphere does not stimulate genuine contributions to knowledge, nor does it encourage researchers to enlighten society, i.e. inform the general public about discoveries and ideas in the respective field.

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.

The article outlines the international discussions surrounding the evaluation of research to demonstrate the evolution of the concept of "impact" – from impact solely as a contribution to knowledge, through impact as a contribution to knowledge and the economy, to impact as a contribution to knowledge, the economy, and society. It discusses two approaches to evaluating societal impact and analyses the current state of research evaluation in Bulgaria. In conclusion, the argument is made that societal impact should be systematically evaluated also in Bulgaria.

Literature is an art studied as a discourse through the discourses of the humanities. Art academies form musicians, artists, etc., whereas the literary academy – teachers and researchers. As a discourse, literature provokes interest through its ability to present while hiding, i.e. as an allegory to unveil, its contextualisation being its flip side. The interpretative approach produces essays that do not satisfy academic criteria because they do not provide teachable knowledge or articulate messages, nor do they refer to or upgrade the existing research field, as they decline continuity and any will for belonging to the academic community through reproducing its language. The integration of the two approaches is possible, however, in the reconsideration of literature as an emerging reality.

This paper offers observations on some of the recently established practices in academic publishing in the field of humanities that directly relate to the introduction of minimum national requirements for the scholarly activity of aspirants for academic promotion. The enactment of the science metrics has mobilized the scientific community to strive for multiple academic publications and an increase in their citation rate. A troubling question as to whether the quantification of science diminishes its quality arises. On the other hand, the new requirements provoke the emergence of a number of pragmatic publishing strategies, some of which are at contradiction with academic ethics.

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.

The paper traces the authors’ experiences of scholarly publishing in Bulgaria. Several lines are outlined that represent the editorial and publishing work especially in a journal with an interdisciplinary character in foreign languages. This proves to be a challenge for the authors and the international board. The text also presents observations on the quality of the articles offered and problems with authors wishing to grow in the academic hierarchy.