“…International publication has become a central issue in the careers of most scholars, thus an analysis of how it affects their academic activities is necessary to understand the processes and the difficulties entailed. Although quantitative studies of the production of Brazilian researchers are easily found (Clarivate Analytics, 2018;Mugnaini et al, 2014;Packer, 2014;Vasconcelos et al, 2008); there are fewer qualitative studies investigating the process of writing and publication (Cunha et al, 2014;Ferreira, 2012Ferreira, , 2015Martinez & Graf, 2016). Differently from most of the previous studies, this research gathers information from researchers on how they navigate through the demands of today's academic activity, comparing their perspectives with the related institutional discourses.…”