Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-82

  Salager Meyer, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Center; Domestic journals; Multilingual scholar; National languages; Periphery; Scientific publication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894649851     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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