Publish in the US?

Can you (or should you) publish your work in the US?

In favor of US publication

Against US Publication

Field is active in US

Field is largely studied abroad

Research articulates with US/international scholarly concerns and concepts

Research is highly specific and not of general relevance

Your English is excellent, and/or you have good support facilities (lectors, etc.)

It is hard for you to write in English

English-speaking scholars are hampered by not being familiar with your data, analysis, or theory, which would help them with their own work if only they knew about it

The work, although valid and interesting, has no special applicability to the work done by scholars who don't know about it

You want to maintain contacts established abroad, or develop new ones

Contacts in your own country or region are most important to you

You want to gain or improve your access to the interpersonal support system in your field (receiving electronic pre-publication versions of articles and manuscripts, etc.)

This is not important to you, perhaps in a field with little or no electronic networking going on

It's too hard to get published at home, due to cronyism, favoritism, or economic constraints

There is ample opportunity to publish at home

Foreign publication is highly valued at your home institution and will help your career

Your colleagues and administrators don't care if you are established internationally

You hope to attract additional funding for your research program, whether for equipment and expenses, or for additional travel abroad for research and conferences

You are already well-funded.

In favor of US publication	Against US Publication
Field is active in US	Field is largely studied abroad
Research articulates with US/international scholarly concerns and concepts	Research is highly specific and not of general relevance
Your English is excellent, and/or you have good support facilities (lectors, etc.)	It is hard for you to write in English
English-speaking scholars are hampered by not being familiar with your data, analysis, or theory, which would help them with their own work if only they knew about it	The work, although valid and interesting, has no special applicability to the work done by scholars who don't know about it
You want to maintain contacts established abroad, or develop new ones	Contacts in your own country or region are most important to you
You want to gain or improve your access to the interpersonal support system in your field (receiving electronic pre-publication versions of articles and manuscripts, etc.)	This is not important to you, perhaps in a field with little or no electronic networking going on
It's too hard to get published at home, due to cronyism, favoritism, or economic constraints	There is ample opportunity to publish at home
Foreign publication is highly valued at your home institution and will help your career	Your colleagues and administrators don't care if you are established internationally
You hope to attract additional funding for your research program, whether for equipment and expenses, or for additional travel abroad for research and conferences	You are already well-funded.