These colleagues have not been successful in publishing their research in English-language journals, presumably because American and European readers are not generally interested in the publication practices of non–English-language publications.

Can anyone suggest journals that might publish this type of research?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Tom Lang
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I would like to clarify your question. You mean that your colleagues in Japan and China have not heard of medical journals published in Japanese or Chinese language respectively? I am very surprised.

As far as Chinese language is concerned, there are a lot of medical journals published in it. Most of them are published in mainland China. If you want to browse through a comprehensive list of them, I recommend this link: http://scholar.ilib.cn/C-R.html.

Regarding the fact that these colleagues have not been successful in publishing their research in English language journals, there are numerous possible reasons. However, I am not sure what you mean by ‘American and European readers are not generally interested in the publication practices of non English language publications’. Could you clarify please?

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

Managing Editor, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology http://www.ete-online.com
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I may not have stated the problem clearly. My colleagues’ papers have been rejected, not because the research wasn't good or the language was poor, but because the journals’ readers were not interested in knowing, say, what percentage of Japanese medical journals have adopted the CONSORT guidelines. Most of the studies relate to the quality of research reports, and it's not resonating with American journals. The articles are not biological research reports or studies on the practice of medicine in these countries.

Tom
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Thanks for the inquiry, Tom. Science Editor, the periodical of the Council of Science Editors, has published editorially related research from a variety of countries, and we would be pleased to receive additional submissions from Japan and China (and elsewhere). The submissions most likely to be published report well-designed, well-executed research on topics likely to be of broad interest to the science-editorial community. Authors considering submission to Science Editor should feel free to contact me.

Barbara Gastel
Editor, Science Editor