We can publish our research results in technical reports, journals, and books. However, most readers of those publications are limited to few people working on the similar research, technology, and engineering fields. Therefore, some researchers write articles for public media to directly or indirectly promote their own research results.
What is the best way to publicize our published research achievements?
Do we really need to popularize our good results by ourselves?
I deny that rserious researchers write articles for public media to promote their own research directly or indirectly. When it comes to high-quality research, there will be no problem publishing the results in a leading journal or, even better, writing an exciting book. Almost always high quality research is exciting, often like a thriller - that's how you really can experience as a researcher. It is not difficult to present your own research findings to the experts whose objections (!) you would like to hear in order to discuss them together.
I do not think we need to publicize our findingsin the usual media pathway. But working hard to increase their visibility, especially among other researchers, is a must. You may disagree on th value of Impact factor, but it is undeniable that journals with high impact factor have higher visbility of their published research. Following publication, the research process does not end. You can increase its visibility on Platforms like researchGate and Academia or posting on your university website. Sharing on social media increases the altemetrics and visbility of research as well. All these are valid suitable ways to share your reseach findings in a professional way
Well, I must disagree a little with Hein. Some serious academics do what you say. Some are very good at it and end up on TV talking about their research findings. This can promote their efforts and help secure future funding. This is now particularly true here in the UK.
Also, it's very difficult to keep aiming for high quality journals. For a lot of researchers, it's probably better to aim a little lower. Not everyone is a book writer. A chapter out in a collection published by a university press, for example, might well be enough space for a high quality piece from some. The problem here is that too many such presses aren't great advertiser's. Few people read your work, and so on...
This is one reason I love researchgate. You can advertise your wares here, and tell people about them. In the right circumstances, you can make copies available to all. You can get feedback and have discussions. It's a wonderful thing. Big name journals often won't allow you to republish here. That tells you how effective they think this site is.
Christopher NOCK
The best way to publicize published research achievements to publish the research work in the form of book which will be read more by public.There sre several publisher they request to publish the thesis/ papers in the form of book.
I'm not convinced it's different fields alone that does it. It looks to me that location is also crucial. I can't imagine any publisher here in the UK wanting to publish theses as books, unless they are quite ground breaking. So we differ from India on that. And, our academics love the media limelight. Apparently German ones don't!
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