This article examines the contribution of Slovak political science to international academic discussions by analysing publications by faculty members of Slovak political science departments. Based on an analysis of 2660 publications, our results indicate that while Slovak political scientists publish only small numbers of articles in journals indexed in international databases and few monographs with prestigious publishing houses, they are very productive when it comes to other types of publications, especially articles in non-indexed journals and conference proceedings. However, in both cases, most of their publications outside the national context are limited to regional journals and publishing houses. Although there are significant differences between individual Slovak political science departments in this regard, the predominant focus on regional (and domestic) publication outlets limits the contribution of Slovak political science to main discussions within the discipline. We call this publication strategy, seen as the flip side of internationalisation, which contributes to discussions at the global level, ‘pseudo-internationalisation’. We argue that this is a pragmatic approach adopted by employees of public universities who are expected to publish internationally, but, due to a lack of academic contacts outside their (immediate) neighbourhood, focus on this geographic area.

本文通过分析斯洛伐克政治学系教员的出版物，探讨了斯洛伐克政治学对国际学术讨论的贡献。基于对 2660 种出版物的分析，我们的结果表明，虽然斯洛伐克政治学家只在国际数据库索引的期刊上发表了少量文章，也很少在著名出版社出版专着，但他们在其他类型的出版物上却非常富有成效，特别是非索引期刊和会议记录中的文章。然而，在这两种情况下，它们在国家范围之外的大部分出版物仅限于地区期刊和出版社。尽管斯洛伐克各个政治学系之间在这方面存在显着差异，但对地区（和国内）出版物的主要关注限制了斯洛伐克政治学对该学科内主要讨论的贡献。我们将这种被视为国际化的另一面、有助于全球层面讨论的出版策略称为“伪国际化”。我们认为，这是公立大学员工采取的一种务实方法，他们希望在国际上发表论文，但由于缺乏（直接）社区之外的学术联系，因此将重点放在该地理区域。