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投稿學術期刊的五大效益之五：跨越學科分際並和大眾溝通
【學術專欄】
投稿學術期刊若不僅能獲得進步的動力，甚至還能發展為個人嗜好，就能讓學者在學術生涯提早創造高峰。發表文章不只是需求，更該是一種渴望。如果您缺乏投稿動力，或不確定自己是否該投稿，接下來的新專欄可讓您重振精力，蓄勢待發。本專欄將詳細介紹發表論文的五大效益，讓您重拾寫作動力，拓展自身實力。Scholars reach a point early in their careers when publication of their scholarly work becomes not only a key to advancement but a personal desire. The impulse to seek publication moves from need to want. For those not yet motivated to publish or who might be second-guessing a decision to do so, the following series might help refocus their energies. Each of the 5 benefits will be presented and explained on the TPS Fan page before being compiled as a series.
Benefit # 5 – Reach across disciplines and into lay audiences
效益五：跨越學科分際並和大眾溝通
Scholarly writings are usually narrow in their scope and deep in their treatment. They are not popular surveys drafted for a mass readership. The publications a serious writer will consider for submission of a significant paper will be respected within a specific area of intellectual discovery, but hardly will be coffee table fare. Still, the very seriousness of their content can recommend the publications to serious readers across a surprisingly wide spectrum.
學術文章通常針對精確的範圍作深入討論，並非為大眾寫的通俗概要。認真的學者要投稿重要的論文時考慮的那些刊物，會在特定的學術領域中受人敬重，但很難成為一般人的消遣讀物。不過，正因為這些刊物的內容重要，各領域認真的讀者也會重視這些刊物。
The first extra-discipline appeal is to scholars in other fields whose developed sense of inquiry leads them to explore subject matter outside their area of expertise. Clear, accessible writing enhances the prospects of these scholarly associates assimilating their academic colleague’s thinking. As a practical matter, then, the writer has extended his influence from a small discipline into a larger academic community. His standing as a scholar takes on an added dimension.
這些學術讀物首先會吸引的學者，可能屬於其他領域，極富求知精神，因此有意探索非自身專業領域的學識。顯然的，論文的寫作若讓人容易理解，這些學者就比較容易領會其他領域專家的思維。從實用的觀點來看，寫作論文的學者也能將自身的影響力跨越特定學科，觸及更多學術領域的讀者，擴展自身學術地位。
Additionally, the writer of a published paper that communicates clearly to readers in another academic realm sometimes attracts the attention of professional and popular media. This can mean a further distribution of a paper’s content, or excerpts thereof. More to the point, it means a widening of a writer’s influence. All of this extra recognition for a scholar is made possible by clear language that neither insults a core constituency nor panders to a peripheral one.
此外，學者發表論文，若能向其他領域學者清晰傳達觀點，有時會引來專業與大眾媒體關注，或許能讓論文或其要旨更廣為人知。更重要的是，論文作者的影響力會擴大。學者要獲得這些額外的認同，寫作表達必須清晰，既不負主要讀者的期望，也不隨意迎合次要讀者的喜好。
Benefit # 5 – Reach across disciplines and into lay audiences
效益五：跨越學科分際並和大眾溝通
Scholarly writings are usually narrow in their scope and deep in their treatment. They are not popular surveys drafted for a mass readership. The publications a serious writer will consider for submission of a significant paper will be respected within a specific area of intellectual discovery, but hardly will be coffee table fare. Still, the very seriousness of their content can recommend the publications to serious readers across a surprisingly wide spectrum.
學術文章通常針對精確的範圍作深入討論，並非為大眾寫的通俗概要。認真的學者要投稿重要的論文時考慮的那些刊物，會在特定的學術領域中受人敬重，但很難成為一般人的消遣讀物。不過，正因為這些刊物的內容重要，各領域認真的讀者也會重視這些刊物。
The first extra-discipline appeal is to scholars in other fields whose developed sense of inquiry leads them to explore subject matter outside their area of expertise. Clear, accessible writing enhances the prospects of these scholarly associates assimilating their academic colleague’s thinking. As a practical matter, then, the writer has extended his influence from a small discipline into a larger academic community. His standing as a scholar takes on an added dimension.
這些學術讀物首先會吸引的學者，可能屬於其他領域，極富求知精神，因此有意探索非自身專業領域的學識。顯然的，論文的寫作若讓人容易理解，這些學者就比較容易領會其他領域專家的思維。從實用的觀點來看，寫作論文的學者也能將自身的影響力跨越特定學科，觸及更多學術領域的讀者，擴展自身學術地位。
Additionally, the writer of a published paper that communicates clearly to readers in another academic realm sometimes attracts the attention of professional and popular media. This can mean a further distribution of a paper’s content, or excerpts thereof. More to the point, it means a widening of a writer’s influence. All of this extra recognition for a scholar is made possible by clear language that neither insults a core constituency nor panders to a peripheral one.
此外，學者發表論文，若能向其他領域學者清晰傳達觀點，有時會引來專業與大眾媒體關注，或許能讓論文或其要旨更廣為人知。更重要的是，論文作者的影響力會擴大。學者要獲得這些額外的認同，寫作表達必須清晰，既不負主要讀者的期望，也不隨意迎合次要讀者的喜好。