Is it enough to change the language? A case study of Croatian biomedical journals

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Lea Pulišelić
• Author: Jelka Petrak
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences

Abstract (english)

The language barrier is a factor in the low visibility and significance of scientific journals produced by small and scientifically peripheral countries. In order to reach an international audience, both as consumers and producers of scientific information, many journals abandon their national language and start publishing in English. Six Croatian biomedical journals that went through this transition were examined on their editing and publishing characteristics and their international visibility before and after the language shift. The analysis showed that this change influenced the journals’ characteristics in general. Two journals enhanced their international visibility, but only one journal showed improvement in all analysed indicators.

• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Learned Publishing
• Numbering: vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 299-306
• p-ISSN: 0953-1513
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1087/095315106778690733
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:234957
• Publication: 2006-10
• Document URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1087/095315106778690733
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-03-27 19:09:00