AuthorAID - Publishing in journals of the NepJOL family

"We feel that our key principles of working in low-income countries are very similar. These principles are (a) conducting applied academic research in low-income countries for the greater good; (b) helping to build research-capacity; and (c) telling the world about our research through quality academic publications.

These key principles include doing the best possible job with limited resources whilst building research capacity in individuals and organisations. In terms of research we want to do the kind of research that helps address the needs of the poorest in society, including rural women and People Living with HIV/AIDS, in other words research for the greater good. In terms of research capacity building we want to help, support or advise people in low-income countries who haven’t had the same opportunities we have had, as well as improve the capacity of a country like Nepal to conduct its own high quality research. Low income countries have many challenges to publishing research; one of the key obstacles in Nepal until recently was the lack of incentives for academics to publish. And last, but not least, we have our personal publishing strategy. As with all UK academics, we have to publish in high-impact scientifically influential journals for the development of our careers. At the same time we also like to publish in new and fairly recently established journals in Nepal."