Shaping a journal for emerging researchers in Japanese Studies: insights from an editorial perspective

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 off ers insight into the aims and editorial processes of New Voices in Japanese Studies and examines the benefi ts of publishing during research-degree candidature, drawing on feedback from recent contributing authors to provide an emerging scholar's perspective. Th e 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.