Survey of PhD Candidates in Kazakhstan on Publishing Barriers and Stress

A survey of 53 PhD candidates and recent graduates in Kazakhstan explores their experiences with publication requirements. The study, published by Mereke Zeinollakizi in 2026, examines awareness, perceived barriers, institutional support, emotional burden, and ethical risks related to publishing in indexed journals. An additional Instagram story poll with 421 self-identified PhD candidates provides contextual data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing perceived barriers to academic publishing based on linguistic, methodological, and financial factors mentioned in the description
• Modeling the relationship between publication stress and institutional support based on survey composite scales
• Investigating ethical vulnerability and openness to questionable journals under pressure based on survey responses
• Comparing institutional support structures across different research contexts based on the cross-sectional survey design

Strengths

• Includes data from a cross-sectional online survey with 53 participants
• Provides an additional contextual snapshot from an Instagram story poll with 421 respondents
• Released under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open reuse

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The primary survey sample size of 53 is relatively small
• Data is contained in a DOCX file, which may require parsing for structured analysis

Provenance

Source

Mereke Zeinollakizi

Collection Method

Cross-sectional online survey and an Instagram story poll

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 05:47:29

Geography

Kazakhstan