Publication Patterns

Publication Patterns

Visibility: work that is not findable does not get cited, regardless of quality

Much of the citation gap for Vietnamese research is a findability problem, not a quality problem.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Publication Patterns

Local journals: the venue where applied findings actually reach the people who use them

For much applied work, the people who need the findings do not read English.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Publication Patterns

Helping partners publish: edit the sentences, not the argument

There is a line between improving expression and replacing someone's argument with your own, and it is easy to cross.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Publication Patterns

Co-authorship patterns: a high share of international co-authorship is not automatically a good sign

The useful question is not how much international co-authorship there is, but who leads it.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Publication Patterns

What gets published where: the indexed record understates applied and local work

A search of one international database gives a systematically biased picture of Vietnamese research output.

19/08/2026 3 min read