Belonging to a Community of Research Practice

Belonging to a community of research practice as applied linguists or asacademics in any field is part of our professional life. Being an academic implies,inter alia, creativity in advancing knowledge in the disciplines, which reflects inwriting journal articles, presenting papers in conferences, doing research, teaching,tutoring students and publishing. Globally, every higher education institutionrequires that academics publish in prominent journals to make their work andtheir institution visible and influence their professional field. However, the questionsthat arise concerning academic production are how do communities of researchsupport academic production?, How do higher education institutions help noviceresearchers develop academic writing competences?, What is the place of writingwithin research? How do institutions foster quality publication