Microsoft Word - 7.2 Editorial_30-Oct-2020.docx E-­‐JournALL,  EuroAmerican  Journal  of  Applied  Linguistics  and  Languages   Volume  7,  Issue  2,  October  2020,  1–8   ISSN  2376-­‐905X     http://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.12.229     www.e-­‐journall.org       © Di Ferrante 2020. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.     Six  years  of  E-­‐JournALL:  Reflections  on  open  access,  international,   multilingual  applied  linguistics  publishing1     LAURA  DI  FERRANTE    Sapienza Università di Roma     KATIE  A.  BERNSTEIN   Arizona  State  University     1.  Introduction The  phonograph,   the  photograph,   the   telescope,   the  microscope,   the   thermometer,   the  air   gun,   the   liquefaction  of  oxygen,  the  discovery  of  planet  Neptune,  and  centrifugal  pumps  are  among  148  inventions  and   discoveries  described  in  a  1922  scholarly  article  as  “made  independently  by  two  or  more  persons”  (Ogburn  &   Thomas,  1922,  p.  93).  At  a  time  when  the  Internet  was  still  a   long  way  off,  people  who  were  geographically   distant  were  unknowingly  seeking  answers  to  similar  questions.  Nearly  a  century  later,  even  with  the  advent   of  the  Internet  and  online  academic  publishing,  E-­‐JournALL  was  founded  in  response  to  a  similar  scenario.  As   scholars   coming   from   Spain   and   Italy   who   were   working   in   the   United   States,   the   founding   editors   saw   repeatedly   that   while   scholars   in   the   United   States   were   frequently   exploring   the   same   issues   as   their   European  counterparts,  the  solutions,  ideas,  and  theories  developed  in  one  country  often  did  not  seem  to  be   known  in  the  others.  They  realized  that  online  access,  even  free  online  access,  may  not  be  enough,  and  that   there  was  a  need  for  a  journal  that  was  explicitly  multilingual  and  international.   E-­‐JournALL,  EuroAmerican   Journal   of   Applied   Linguistics   and   Languages  published   its   first   issue   in   November   2014.   The   journal   was   meant   to   be   a   bridge:   between   scholars   working   in   Europe   and   the   Americas;  between  scholars  writing  in  English,  Italian,  and  Spanish;  and  between  scholars  publishing  in  the   journal   and   researchers   and   language   teachers   across   the  world  with   or  without   university-­‐paid   access   to   expensive   journal   subscriptions.   The   journal   was   founded,   therefore,   on   three   pillars:   internationalism,   multilingualism,  and  open  access.     In  this  reflection,  written  at  the  end  of  our  sixth  year  as  a  journal—and  with  the  release  of  our  12th   issue  and  97th  article—we  look  back  on  the  last  six  years,  taking  stock  of  how  well  we  have  lived  up  to  our   founding  principles,  and  we  look  ahead  to  the  journal’s  next  six  years. 2.  2020:  A  year  of  change This  year  has  been  a  year  of  transformation,  both  inside  and  outside  the  journal.  In  spring  2020,  one   of  our  founding  editors,  Elisa  Gironzetti,  stepped  down  as  Co-­‐Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief.  Former  Associate  Editor,  Katie   Bernstein,  who  has  been  with  the  journal  since  its   founding,  became  the  new  Co-­‐Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief,  along  with   founding   editor   and   current   Co-­‐Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief,   Laura   Di   Ferrante.   Additionally,   Emily   Linares,   former   coordinator  of  the  English  proofreading  team,  became  our  new  Associate  Editor.  Our  proofreading  teams  also   each   have   a   new   coordinator:   Angélica   Amezcua   (Arizona   State   University)   for   Spanish,   Cinzia   Giglioni   (Sapienza  Università  di  Roma)   for   Italian,   and  Elyse  Ritchey   (National  University  of   Ireland,  Maynooth)   for   English.  Valentina  Riso  (James  Madison  University),  who  has  been  with  us  since  2015,  stays  on  as  coordinator   of  the  translation  team. This  year’s   small,   internal   revolutions  within   the   journal  occurred   in   tandem  with  a  huge,  external   one:  the  Covid-­‐19  pandemic,  which  has  presented  myriad  novel  problems,  but  also  novel  possibilities  in  how   we   work,   how   we   communicate,   and   how   we   share   information.   This   spring,   international   organizations   called  for  open  access  to  scientific  information,  citing  the  free  exchange  of  scientific  knowledge  as  critical  in   the  face  of  the  worldwide  pandemic:                                                                                                                           1   The   two   authors   jointly   constructed   the   ideas   and   writing   in   this   the   article   together   in   a   Google   doc,   sometimes   simultaneously,  through  conversation  and  collaboration  over  time,  and  it  is  not  possible  to  attribute  any  of  the  words  or   ideas  herein  to  a  single  author.   http://www.e-journall.org DI  FERRANTE  &  BERNSTEIN   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 2   Scientific  communication,  research  and  data  offer  key  building  blocks  to  create  new  scientific   knowledge.  It  is  important  to  acknowledge  that  the  creation  of  new  scientific  knowledge  to   deal  with   the   emergency   risk  management   depends   on   creating  an   open   and   level   playing   field  and  providing  unconditional  access  and  sharing  of  scientific  contents,  technologies  and   processes   to   the   entire   scientific   community   from  developed   and   developing   countries   alike.   (Unesco,  2020;  italics  ours) Indeed,  it  was  truly  remarkable  to  witness  the  shift  around  the  world,  as  the  field  of  medicine  sought   to  share  research  outcomes  related   to  Covid-­‐19   in  ways   that  were  as   timely,  as  broad,  and  as  accessible  as   possible  (Grove,  2020).  Researchers  disseminated  their  work,  pre-­‐peer  review,  on  institutional  and  personal   websites,  and  journals  completed  external  review  for  Covid-­‐related  work  in  mere  days  (Palayew  et  al.,  2020).   Perhaps  most  significantly,  journals  that  typically  publish  behind  paywalls,  including  the  New  English  Journal   of  Medicine,  continue  to  make  all  research  on  Covid-­‐19  openly  accessible  to  anyone  (NEJM,  n.d.).     While   these   changes   have   come   in   response   to   Covid-­‐19,   in   our   opinion,   they   can   and   should   be   applied   all   disciplines,   out   of   recognition   that,   once   produced,   knowledge   should   not   be   conceived   of   as   “proprietary,”  but  as  a  fundamental,  easily  and  freely  accessible  resource  for  all.   3.  E-­‐JournALL  as  open  access The   sudden,   global,   open   sharing   of   information   around   Covid-­‐19   coincides  with   a   longer,   slower,   simmering  conversation  about  open  access  that  began  in  1990s  when  physicist,  Paul  Gisparg,  developed  the   first  open-­‐access  archive,  arXiv  (originally  XXXArchiveLANL;  see  Delle  Donne,  2010;  Ginsparg,  2011;  Moore,   2017).   The   open   access  movement   has   since   gained  momentum   across   disciplines.   In   2019,   in   one   of   the   strongest  institutional  pushes  for  open  access  publishing  to  date,  the  University  of  California  (UC)  system— the  world’s   largest  public  university  system—cut  ties  with  Elsevier,   the  world’s   largest  academic  publisher,   when  Elsevier  failed  to  find  an  avenue  to  make  all  UC-­‐produced  research  published  in  its  journals  open  access   without  charging  researchers  an  additional  fee  (UC  Office  of  the  President,  2019).  This  idea,  of  research  that  is   both  free  to  consume  and  free  to  publish,  is  central  to  E-­‐JournALL’s  mission. From   its   inception,   E-­‐JournALL   was   conceived   of   as   an   open   access   journal.   Its   goal   was   to  make   quality  applied  linguistics  research  available  around  the  world,  regardless  of  a  region’s  political  and  economic   power.  In  our  sixth  year  of  full,  unconditional  open  access  publishing—that  is,  open  access  publishing  that  is   free   for   readers  and   free   for  authors—we  at  E-­‐JournALL   can  say  we  have  met  our   first  goal  handily.  We’ve   fielded  227  submissions,   facilitated  hundreds  of  peer  reviews,  published  12   issues  and  97  articles/reviews,   and   achieved   Classe   A   status   in   Italy,2   all   without   charging   authors   or   readers   a   cent.   Every   issue   of   E-­‐ JournALL  is  freely  available  immediately  on  publication  and  remains  freely  available  for  anyone,  anywhere  to   read  and  download. Importantly,  open  access  means  that  language  teachers  across  the  world  without  institutional  access   to  paid  journals  can  read  E-­‐JournALL’s  content,  filling  one  of  many  research-­‐to-­‐practice  gaps  (see  for  example   Buysse,  Sparkman,  &  Wesley,  2003;  Carnine,  1997;  McIntyre,  2005).  With  this  practitioner  audience  in  mind,   we  are  proactive   in  encouraging  submissions  of  applied,   classroom-­‐based  research.  We  also  ensure   that  all   articles   include   implications   for   teaching   and   learning   and   that   they   comprise   applied   content,   including   teachers’   and   learners’   voices,   educational   practice   examples,   and   appendices   with   useful   material   for   research   reduplication.   Bringing   together  writing-­‐for-­‐academic   purposes   and  writing-­‐for-­‐teaching/learning   purposes  has  not  always  been  simple,  but  we  believe  that  it  is  important  that  academic  research  paves  a  way   towards   improved   teaching   practice.   As   Buysse   et   al.   (2003)   wrote,   “[T]he   idea   that   practitioners   and   researchers   should  work   together   to   co-­‐construct   knowledge   as   part   of   a   common   enterprise,   rather   than   through  separate  endeavors,  could  have  far-­‐reaching  consequences  for  connecting  what  we  know  with  what   we   do   in   education”   (p.   275).   Looking   forward,   we   will   continue   to   encourage   the   free   exchange   of   approaches  and  expertise  between  researchers  and  practitioners. Yet,  maintaining   an   open   access,   independently-­‐operated   journal   is   hardly   free.   It   depends   on   the   unpaid,   voluntary   work   of   a   small   army   of   editors,   proofreaders,   translators,   and   peer   reviewers,   who   together   ensure   the   high   quality   of   the   articles   we   publish   and   without   whom   this   journal   would   not   be   possible.   While   the   authors,   deservedly,   receive   credit   for   their   research,   the   final   products   have   been                                                                                                                             2  A  status  indicating  a  research  journal  of  the  highest  caliber.  For  more,  see  footnote  3.   EDITORIAL:  SIX  YEARS  OF  E-­‐JOURNALL   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 3   touched  by  many  hands.  Editors  and  peer  reviewers  offer  their  expertise  to  help  authors  in  the  production  of   original   and   scientifically-­‐grounded   knowledge.   Proofreaders   allow   for   this   knowledge   to   be   presented   so   that   it   can   be   enjoyed   by   as  many   people   as   possible,   through   ensuring   clear   language,   writing   style,   and   rhetorical   structure,  along  with  accurate   references,  accessible   figures,   and  adherence   to  conventions  of  an   academic  genre.  Finally,  the  translation  team  makes  each  author’s  abstract  and  biographical  note  accessible   across  all  three  of  the  journal’s  working  languages.  In  short,  the  articles  that  are  accessible  to  the  world  are   quite  different   from   those   that  were   first   submitted.  The  many  people  who  work  on  E-­‐JournALL  with   care,   professionalism,   and   sometimes   the   urgency   of   strictly   approaching   deadlines   all   work   toward   one   end:   Participating   in   the   process   of   collective   construction   of   knowledge   and   its   dissemination.   The   research   published  by  E-­‐JournALL  is  only  openly  accessible  thanks  to  these  monumental  collective  efforts. 4.  E-­‐JournALL  as  multilingual To  achieve  our   second  goal—of   a  multilingual   publication—we    publish   articles   in  English,   Italian,   and  Spanish.  These  languages  are  the  three  working  languages  of  the  countries  whose  research  communities   the   editors   initially   sought   to   bridge,   as   well   as   the   three   working   languages   of   the   founding   editors   themselves.   Importantly,   including   all   three   languages   in   one   journal   opens   connections   across   research   communities  who  might  not  otherwise  interact.     In  addition  to  publishing  articles   in  all   three   languages,  we  also  provide  translations  of  each  article   abstract  and  author  biographical  note  in  all  three  languages.  We  issue  calls  for  papers  in  all  three  languages,   we   have   a   website   and   submission   information   in   all   three   languages,   and   we   offer   communication   with   authors  and  reviewers  in  all  three  languages.  Finally,  we  also  intentionally  curate  individual  issues  to  contain   articles  or  reviews  in  all  three  languages  whenever  possible.     This  curating  includes  encouraging  authors  to  write  book  reviews  in  a  language  different  from  that  of   the  book  under  review.  The  day  after  the  publication  of  one  such  review  (a  review  published  in  Spanish  about   a  book  written  in  English),  we  received  an  email  from  one  of  the  editors  of  the  book: Congratulations   on   the   publication   of   your   E-­‐JournALL,   which   I   have   just   received   notification  of.  To  my  surprise,   the  edition   includes  a  review  of  a  recent  book  which  I  have   co-­‐edited   .   .   .   It’s   very   pleasing   to   see   this   contribution   -­‐   especially   since   it’s   written   in   Spanish  and  will  therefore  offer  the  possibility  of  reaching  a  wider  audience. In   order   for   all   of   these   intentionally  multilingual   practices   to   function,   it   is   necessary   not   only   to   have  proofreading  teams  in  each  language,  but  to  have  an  extensive  translation  team,  as  well  as  editors  who   can,  at  minimum,  read  at  an  academic  level  in  all  three  languages.    These   initiatives   are   an   attempt,   not   only   to   bridge   research   communities,   but   to   reduce   the   imbalance   between   English,   which   is   largely   acknowledged   as   the   dominant   language   of   science   (see   for   example,   Altbach,   2004;   Bocanegra-­‐Valle,   2014;   Tardy,   2004)   and   Italian   and   Spanish.   (For   an   extended   discussion  of  these  efforts,  see  Di  Ferrante,  Bernstein,  &  Gironzetti,  2019).   So,   how   have   we   done?   Since   our   first   issue,   published   in   November   2014,   we   received   227   submissions,  97  of  which  have  been  published  (63  articles  and  34  book  or  technology  reviews).  Of  these,  39   articles  and  15  book  reviews  were  written  in  English,  14  articles  and  9  book  reviews  in  Italian,  and  8  articles   and  11  book  reviews  in  Spanish.  One  article,  part  of  a  special  issue  on  translanguaging,  was  (fittingly)  written   translingually  (English/Spanish).  These  numbers  tell  us  that,  on  average,  we  publish  roughly  three  full-­‐length   articles  per  issue  in  English,  two  in  Italian,  and  slightly  less  than  one  in  Spanish.  In  other  words,  despite  our   efforts,   English   continues   to   dominate   compared   to   the   other   two   languages.   And   as  we   note   in   our   2019   article  on  E-­‐JournALL’s  multilingual  publishing  practices  (Di  Ferrante  et  al.),  many  of  our  authors  who  publish   in  English,  work   in   Italian  or   Spanish-­‐speaking   contexts   and  could   have  published   in   one  of   our   other   two   working   languages.  As   this  observation  suggests,   for  many  scholars,   the  push   to  publish   in  English  remains   strong.  However,  considering  the  number  of  people  worldwide  who  speak  each  of  E-­‐JournALL’s   languages,   as  well   as   the   size  of   each   language’s   research   community,   Italian   is   actually  quite  well-­‐represented   in   the   journal.   This   may   be   due   to   the   presence   of   editorial   board   members   who   are   affiliated   with   Italian   universities  and  who  function  as  a  driving  force  in  attracting  authors  from  their  networks  to  E-­‐JournALL.   In   addition,  in  2018,  the  journal  was  awarded  Classe  A  status  by  the  Italian  National  Agency  for  the  Evaluation  of   DI  FERRANTE  &  BERNSTEIN   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 4   the  University  and  Research  (ANVUR).3  Since  then,  we  have  observed  a  steady  increase  in  Italian  readership,   as  well   as   in   submissions   by   scholars   affiliated  with   Italian   universities.4   Yet,   tellingly,   amidst   pressure   to   publish  in  English,  there  has  not  been  a  substantial  change  in  the  number  of  publications  written  in  Italian.   Publications  in  Spanish  are  the  least  represented  in  the  journal  and  this  may  be  partly  due  to  the  fact   that  much  of   the  applied   linguistics  scholarship  on  Spanish  (but  not  in  Spanish)   is  carried  out   in  the  United   States,  where  many  experts  in  Spanish  applied  linguistics  publish  in  English.  Our  Issue  2.2,  a  special  issue  on   Spanish  as  a  Heritage  Language,  clearly  exemplifies   this   tendency.  Although   the   topic  was  Spanish   learning   and  authors  were  invited  to  write  the  articles  in  any  of  the  three  working  languages  of  the  journal,  8  out  of  9   elected  to  write  their  articles  and  book  reviews  in  English.  Table  1  illustrates  these  trends. Table 1 Languages of the articles and book reviews published in E-JournALL Published Issues Articles Reviews Total English Italian Spanish Trans- lingual English Italian Spanish 1.1 (2014) 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 2.1 (2015) 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 10 2.2* (2015) 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 9 3.1 (2016) 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 7 3.2* (2016) 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 4.1 (2017) 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 6 4.2* (2017) 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 8 5.1 (2018) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 5.2* (2018) 6 0 0 1 0 2 2 11 6.1 (2019) 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 7.1* (2020) 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 10 7.2 (2020) 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 Total 39 14 8 1 15 9 11 97 * = Special Issue In   our   next   six   years,   therefore,   a  major   goal   is   to   encourage   the   submission   of   Spanish-­‐language   articles.  Additionally,  to  date,  most  of  our  authors  who  publish  in  Spanish  have  been  based  in  Spain,  as  have   the  majority   of   our   Spanish-­‐language   editorial   board  members   and  members   of   the   Spanish   proofreading                                                                                                                             3   In   order   to   access   the   next   step   of   their   careers,   university   professors   in   Italy   need   to   earn   the   National   Scientific   Habilitation   (ASN   -­‐   Abilitazione   Scientifica   Nazionale);   for   example,   Ricercatori   and   Ricercatrici   (Assistant   Professors)   need   to   earn   the   habilitation   to   Professore   Associato   as   part   of   the   process   of   becoming   Associate   Professors.   A   five-­‐ member   committee   of   Full   Professors   evaluates   the   curriculum   and   quality   of   publications   of   each   candidate   for   habilitation   (see  MIUR,   n.d.).  However,   in   order   to   be   evaluated,   each   candidate,   depending   on   the   discipline   sector   of   his/her   teaching   and   research   (settore   scientifico   disciplinare,   SSD)   must   produce   a   minimum   fixed   number   of   publications,  which  are  divided  into  three  categories:  number  of  monographs,  number  of  articles/book  chapters  etc.,  and   number  of  articles  published  in  Class  A  journals.  Publications  in  Class  A  journals  are  then  a  mandatory  requirement  for   scholars  who  seek  career  advancement.  Regulations  and  criteria  for  the  classification  of  academic  journals  can  be  found  at   this   link:   https://www.anvur.it/attivita/classificazione-­‐delle-­‐riviste/classificazione-­‐delle-­‐riviste-­‐ai-­‐fini-­‐dellabilitazione-­‐ scientifica-­‐nazionale/regolamento-­‐per-­‐la-­‐classificazione-­‐delle-­‐riviste-­‐nelle-­‐aree-­‐non-­‐bibliometriche/   4  Before  the  ANVUR  award  (up  to  issue  5.2)  the  average  number  of  authors  affiliated  with  Italian  universities  was  2.5  per   issue.  After  the  Anvur  award,  the  number  increased  to  3.6.   EDITORIAL:  SIX  YEARS  OF  E-­‐JOURNALL   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 5   team.  To  this  end,  we  are  working  to  expand  both  our  editorial  board  and  our  proofreading  team  to  include   Spanish-­‐language   scholars   whose   networks   are   centered   in   the   Americas   and   who   speak   and   write   non-­‐ peninsular   varieties   of   Spanish.   Finally,  we   are   carefully   considering  ways   to   encourage  more   translingual   work,   that   is,   scholarship   that   translanguages   across   (and   beyond!)   our   working   languages.   These   considerations  are  closely  related  to  the  third  pillar  on  which  we  founded  E-­‐JournALL,  internationalism. 5.  E-­‐JournALL  as  international We  have  sought  to  uphold  internationalism  not  only  in  the  authors  and  in  the  content  of  the  journal,   but   also   in   our   editorial   board,   our   internal   teams,   our   readers,   and   our   explicit   attention   to   publication   norms  and  criteria  in  both  Europe  and  the  US.  In  our  view,  internationalism  has  been  a  tool  to  bring  together   multiple   voices   from   as   many   countries   as   possible.   In   order   to   achieve   this   goal,   we   adopted   several   strategies.   One   approach   consisted   of   establishing   an   international   board   with   scholars   and   practitioners   affiliated  with  a  wide  range  of  institutions.  Six  years  in,  our  board  is  made  up  of  35  scholars:  18  from  Europe   (13   from   Italia,   4   from  España,   1   from  England),   15   from   the  United   States,   and   two   from  América   do   Sul   (Brasil).  Other   strategies  we  used   to   foster   internationalization   comprise   the  dissemination  of  our   calls   for   papers   in  as  many  venues  as  possible  and  the  selection  of  at   least  one  reviewer  per  article   from  a  different   country  than  the  authors  of  the  article.  This  latter  choice  has  proven  particularly  fruitful,  as  experts  who  work   in   different   cultural   and   scholarly   contexts   often   present   authors  with   alternative   perspectives,   additional   bibliographic   material,   and   novel   insights.   Additionally,   as   shown   in   Table   2,   our   actions   to   foster   internationalization  have  resulted  in  authors  from  a  range  of  locations.  The  128  authors  who  have  published   in  E-­‐JournALL  since  its  founding  live  and  work  in  18  countries,  spread  across  multiple  continents.   Table 2 Authors’ affiliations in E-JournALL by issue Country Issue Total % Total 1.1 2.1 2.2* 3.1 3.2* 4.1 4.2* 5.1 5.2* 6.1° 7.1* 7.2 United States 8 2 13 2 4 1 3 8 2 3 46 35,94% Italy 3 6 3,5 1 2 5 2 3 2 6 33,5 26,17% Spain 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 18 14,06% England 1 2 1 3 7 5,47% Brazil 0,5 1 2 3,5 2,73% Netherlands 1 2 3 2,34% Australia 1 1 0,5 2,5 1,95% Germany 2 2 1,56% Iran 2 2 1,56% Israel 2 2 1,56% Japan 1 1 2 1,56% Switzerland 1 1 2 1,56% Latvia 1 1 0,78% Mexico 1 1 0,78% Finland 1 1 0,78% Sweden 1 1 0,78% Vietnam 0,5 0,5 0,39% All 15 12 13 9 7 5 10 7 17 9 12 12 128 100% Note. ,5 represents authors with joint affiliation in two institutions in two different countries. * = Special Issue ° = In 2019, to facilitate a shift in publication schedule from summer/winter to spring/fall, we published one issue. DI  FERRANTE  &  BERNSTEIN   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 6   Because   the   three  working   languages   of   the   journal   are   English,   Italian,   and   Spanish,   most   of   the   authors   are   from   countries   where   these   languages   are   common—the   United   States,   Italy,   and   Spain,   in   addition   to   England,   Mexico,   and   Australia.   But   we,   proudly,   have   also   published   work   by   authors   from   Vietnam,  Israel,  Iran,  Germany,  Finland,  Switzerland,  Sweden,  The  Netherlands,  Latvia,  Brazil,  and  Japan.   We  see  similar  trends  among  our  readers.  Based  on  our  website  traffic  (see  Table  3),  while  around   45%  of   the  users  of  our  website  (www.e-­‐journall.org)  are   from  the  United  States,  England,   Italy,  and  Spain,   the   journal   has   attracted   readers   from   130   different   countries   in   very   diverse   geographical   areas:   Quite   surprisingly,  after  the  United  States,  most  of  E-­‐JournALL’s  readers  are  in  Russia.  Moreover,  among  the  top  10   countries  with  greatest  E-­‐JournALL  readership,  we  find  five  countries  whose  official  languages  do  not  coincide   with   those   of   our   journal:   two   Asian   countries,   China   and   Japan,   two   European   countries,   France   and   Germany,  and  one  South  American,  Brazil.  This  may  suggest  that  our  efforts  to  disseminate  research  beyond   our  network  and  beyond  our   linguistic   limits  are  somehow  succeeding.  On   the  downside,  we  seem  to  have   reached  few  readers  in  other  countries  where  Italian,  Spanish,  or  English  are  the  officially  spoken  languages;   for  example  Mexico  ranks  11th,  Canada,  15th,  and  Australia,  19th. Table 3 Fifteen most frequent location of access for e-journall.org users since November 2014, To (Source: Google Analytics, 20 October 2020) Country Number of Users Percentage of Total United States 2719 22,06% Russia 1812 14,70% Italy 1296 10,52% Not set* 1079 8,76% Spain 753 6,11% United Kingdom 528 4,28% Brazil 461 3,74% France 459 3,72% China 279 2,26% Germany 232 1,88% Japan 165 1,34% Mexico 133 1,08% Kyrgyzstan 132 1,07% Netherlands 129 1,05% India 128 1,04% Canada 115 0,93% Note: * = not set indicates those visitors to the websites whose geographical location was not recorded With  regard  then  to  our  original  goal  of  bridging  research  in  Europe  and  the  Americas,  we  feel  that   our  mission  has  been,   and   continues   to  be,   accomplished.   In  our  next   six   years,  we  have   set   a  new  goal   of   increasing  submissions  by  authors  from  Spanish-­‐speaking  countries  beyond  Spain  and  the  United  States,  as   well  as  continuing  to  expand  our  reach  to  more  authors,    readers,  reviewers,  and  guest  editors  beyond  North   America  and  Europe.   EDITORIAL:  SIX  YEARS  OF  E-­‐JOURNALL   E-­‐JournALL  7(2)  (2020),  pp.  1–8 7   6.  Conclusion We  believe  that  E-­‐JournALL  supports  an  important  idea  for  science  dissemination  today:  science  for   all,   or   the   conviction   that   knowledge   should   be   available   to   everybody   around   the   world   and   should   be   unconditionally  free.  Nurturing  this  idea,  however,  comes  at  a  cost,  in  terms  of  time  and  energy  spent—time   and  energy  spent  unpaid—by  all  of  the  many  members  of  the  E-­‐JournALL  team,  from  editors  to  proofreaders   to   reviewers,  with   career  payoffs   that  are  debatable   in   the   face  of   the  amount  of   effort  we  all  put   into   this   multilingual,  international  collaboration.  Yet,  we  persist,  because  we  believe  in  this  work. We  conclude   this   state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐journal   editorial,   therefore,  with   our   gratitude   to   all   the  people  who   make   this   journal   possible.   Thank   you   to   our   proofreaders,   our   translators,   our   team   coordinators,   our   editorial  board,   and  our   reviewers   for  your   contributions   to   this   labor  of   love.  Here’s   to   the  next   six  years.   ¡Adelante!  Avanti!  Onward! 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