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78There may also be a fourth, slightly more nefarious, reason. NGOs are political players, some of their findings may not withstand a careful examination of their methods. That is, I don't question the good intentions of a vast majority of NGOs, but they inherently have an agenda.– xLeitixCommented Sep 27, 2018 at 8:48
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10I agree with these points but not completely with point number 2, if you publish a peer-reviewed article there is nothing stopping you to create a separate document or report that presents the same results in a more accessible way.– Herman ToothrotCommented Sep 27, 2018 at 8:55
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15@HermanToothrot Sure, but writing a peer-reviewed paper costs time and money (both not things that most NGOs have excessive amounts of). If it does not help them, why do it?– xLeitixCommented Sep 27, 2018 at 8:58
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11@Buffy I don't agree, breaking new ground is called research and can definitely be peer reviewed.– Herman ToothrotCommented Sep 27, 2018 at 12:59
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10@HermanToothrot Given that they will literally never read the academic paper I would say the report written by the intern (which also happens to get dressed up pretty by the marketing department, put prominently on the Website, and distributed through press releases). Sure, you could do the same things to an academic paper, but what does it help you to jump through the academic reviewing hoop if your target audience doesn't care?– xLeitixCommented Sep 27, 2018 at 15:01
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