Journals opening up to science expertise from South

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Peter Green, managing director, AlphaGalileo “Recognition of the expertise of researchers worldwide is important in tackling both global and local problems,” Siân Harris, communications specialist at INASP, a research-focussed international development organisation, tells SciDev.Net. Journals The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journal groups, has announced The Lancet Regional Health, a suite of open access titles based on World Health Organization region designations, in planning since 2019. What impact can research have to a local problem if it is written in a language that the healthcare professional or farmer or policymaker cannot understand?” Future Existing journals serving local communities play an important role in communicating research within their countries and beyond, Harris adds “INASP believes it is vital that Southern research becomes more visible and trusted — and this requires Southern representation and accessibility to international journals.”