Call for Papers—Journal of Epidemiology Reprints of Pioneering Papers Series: Spotlighting Little-Known Non-English Language Research Papers From Japan and Around the World

摘要

English has been and continues to be extensively used as a common language in much of the political discourse and argumentation that occurs worldwide, with the vast majority of scientific papers and academic conferences/meetings also using English. It follows, then, that academic papers written in other languages would surely be less well represented, having fewer opportunities to be read and evaluated globally. This may also link to various difficulties in the promotion of epidemiology and other scientific fields. In practice, an epidemiologist may consider publishing papers in English for several reasons: (1) The research deserves to be read by a global audience, as it is novel and has implications in other areas or has universally applicable findings and policy implications; (2) publishing papers in English is required to advance one’s career; or (3) the researcher is a native English speaker or someone who likes writing in English.