THE POLITICS OF GETTING PUBLISHED
By Anisa Pinatih
Lately, the world feels like it’s spinning in every direction at once: wars, budget cuts, AI races, and endless political unrest. It’s chaotic. And yet in the quieter corners of academia, things seem unchanged: research still has to be written in a certain kind of English, published in certain kinds of journals, and follow certain kinds of rules. But if we look closer, between citations and peer reviews, the geopolitics seeps in.
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Dec 2025
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Sep 2025
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June 2025
Lately, the world feels like it’s spinning in every direction at once. And yet in the quieter corners of academia, things seem unchanged: research still has to be written in a certain kind of English.
June 2025
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April 2025
We’ve talked about ChatGPT’s love affair with “delve into” and “leverage”. But even when you swap those overused words, AI text can still feel off. Why? Syntax. Or as we like to call it: the secret sauce of sentence structure.
March 2025
Even though technology has advanced, the process can still take months—or even over a year—before a researcher’s hard work sees the light of day. But thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), things are changing.
Oct 2024
Understanding the differences between a thesis and a journal article is crucial for graduate students transitioning from academic writing to publishing. This post provides steps to tailor a thesis for a journal submission.
Sept 2024
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July 2024
Why do we need human editors if we’ve already had ChatGPT, Trinka.ai, and other AI-powered tools doing all the work? For starters, to uphold ethical considerations and minimize the potential for bias in AI systems.
Feb 2024
It’s been four years since the last blog update. What has happened all this time? A lot, but what’s probably worth highlighting is that Eduedit was shortlisted as a grand finalist at the 5ME2045 LPDP Business Competition 2023.
Sept 2023
Many returning scholars are now becoming ‘academic influencers’, motivating young people to follow the ‘sky is the limit’ motto and believe that anything, just about anything, is possible.
Sept 2019
If you hear a foreigner speaking Indonesian in a medhok accent, it may be funny at first, but when it doesn’t stop after an utterance or two, and the person is actually attempting to sound Javanese, then you will wonder why.
August 2019
Studying abroad leaves memories that will last for a lifetime. The academic culture improves your critical thinking and you gain technical knowledge, but what’s more important is that you will learn to be honest with yourself.
July 2019
I’m Rachel. I don’t have linguistics or TESOL degree. I’m writing to counterbalance Miss Anisa because, let’s be honest, no one is aiming for 8.5. Some of us only need the minimum 6.5.
March 2019
Some of my students are now living their dreams in Europe and other parts of the world. They sent me a thank you email for editing their motivation letters.
Feb 2019
I received 8.5 for my speaking skills in all three IELTS tests I’ve taken. Sounds like a brag I know, but bear with me. The first, I think is a beginner's luck.
Feb 2019
There’s a popular idea in academia that if you’re going to publish, it should be in a top-tier journal. Go big or go home, they say.That might work if you’re an established scholar.
Dec 2018
My experience publishing my MSc’s dissertation was formative. I picked a journal with the highest impact and recommended an established member of academia to review my paper.
Dec 2018