Abstract:

The contribution to science by the academics of a country and the science-policy owned by the same country is accepted as the most basic indicator of the development in that country. The most important concept to be addressed in the advancement and transformation of science is scientific quality. The purpose of this study is to determine the views of academics regarding the reasons for the quality problems, especially in the social sciences field, and to share the solution suggestions for these problems by the academics. The phenomenological approach, which is one of the qualitative research types, was adopted as the method of the study to examine the views and experiences of the academics in a more detailed manner. Content analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data collected by the interview method. The findings of the study were categorized into two main themes based on the views of the academics, as the reasons for the qualitative publication problem, and the suggestions addressed for this problem. The reasons for the problem of qualitative publication are presented in six categories: the content of the publications, journal, academician, current structure, cultural context and political pressures