| Problems encountered | % |
| Editors/reviewers do not respond within the period needed | 54 |
| Lack or insufficient data because the study is not yet finished | 11 |
| Too many workloads/assignments | 70 |
| Too many official travels | 14 |
| No budget for publication fees | 11 |
| Other reasons specified by the respondents: |
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| Review process and acceptance is beyond my control | 3 |
| Rejection of submitted work, thus, revision is needed, and another round of submission process needs to be undertaken | 3 |
| Cannot return edited paper due to time constraint | 3 |
| Difficult to publish in high impact journals, inaccessibility of online journals | 3 |
| Difficult to adopt the workload system; social responsibility by ensuring continuity of employment of their trusted workers | 3 |
| Lack of knowledge of Financial Management Division on the process of scientific publications | 3 |
| Need exclusive time for writing like writing retreat | 3 |