ABSTRACT
When submitting research papers to international academic journals, we consider the aims and scope of the journals, readership, acceptance rate, impact factors, etc. to select which journal is most suitable for our studies. In this paper, the editorial board of Medical Education Japan analyzed articles published in international journals between 2009 and 2018 by first authors belonging to institutions in Japan. Pertaining to the number of articles, BMC Medical Education ranked first with forty-one articles (all were original research papers) and Medical Teacher ranked second with 22 (16 original research papers). There were 8 and 7 articles published by first authors from Japan in Academic Medicine and Medical Education, respectively. There are few articles published from Japan in Advances in Health Science Education and Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Some journals, like Advances in Physiology Education and Journal of Surgical Education, focus on specific fields of medicine. We will show characteristics of these major journals (e.g. area of interest, unique article categories, key points for submission, etc.). We hope that readers utilize this information for article submission.