Shaping a Journal for Emerging Researchers in Japanese Studies: Insights from an Editorial Perspective

Abstract

This article investigates the value of publishing for emerging researchers, using the specialist postgraduate journal New Voices in Japanese Studies as a case study within the Australian and New Zealand context. In doing so, it offers insight into the aims and editorial processes of New Voices in Japanese Studies and examines the benefits of publishing during research-degree candidature, drawing on feedback from recent contributing authors to provide an emerging scholar’s perspective. The article also touches upon the history of the journal, documenting how it has changed over time, and introduces the papers published in the most recent edition, Volume 7.

Keywords

• early career publishing
• editorial policy
• higher degree research
• Japan
• Japanese studies
• journal
• postgraduate
• publishing
• university