Academic Publishing is No Longer an Academic affair.
Academic publishing is evolving and changing its purpose. The primary focus of research for decades has been on scholars. Success was gauged in the publications in the journal, citations, conference presentations, and institutional recognition. These are all still significant criteria, but are not the sole measure of academic influence.
Nowadays, research is increasingly stakeholders' expected to generate public value.
Government, industry, education, businesses and communities are looking for knowledge to solve problems, inform decision making, and impact future growth. This change has given researchers the role of a public contributor to society and their ideas can have a direct impact on it.
Yet, with this increasing need for available knowledge, there is still a lot of research that is confined in universities. Many important studies still go unheralded into the archives or into specialized journals which are consulted by few academics.
The separation has resulted in a new opportunity in academic publishing: the high impact academic book.
High Impact books are not like scholarly books, but are written to get research across to a wider audience. They are both comprehensive and accessible, and bring ideas out of academia and into the public discourse.
The first step in the successful academic book is to find a greater goal for the studies. Good books will not only make technical conclusions they will contribute to the comprehension of the implications and relevance of the findings to the real world.
Readers relate to concepts that impact industries, education systems, leadership, health, technology and social development. Influential books are not just about theory or theory alone, whether in the realm of psychology, sustainability, artificial intelligence or work culture.
It's also important that your audience can see you. A lot of research reports do not lead to a broader impact as they are only written for experts. High impact books, on the other hand, focus on professionals, policymakers, students, educators and informed readers that look for meaningful and useful insight.
Readability also is a big factor! Whereas academic writing may tend to be complex and formal, a good book is clear, organized and entertaining. Ideas are more easily understood by the readers when they are illustrated with examples, stories and applications.
It is possible to build up authority in the long term by publishing an influential academic book. The successful communicator of ideas will often become known as an expert, as a keynote speaker, as a consultant and a trusted voice of the public in the area of study.
The opportunities have be expanded globally with digital publishing. Scientists can now post ideas on platforms such as Amazon, LinkedIn and ResearchGate within a mere few seconds to the rest of the world.
The future of academic publishing is for those who realize that there is more to scholarship than meets the eye. Influences are best manifested in the ability to make ideas visible, accessible, and to shape and influence conversation beyond the academic world.
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