National Diversity of International Journals The journals ranking and Impact factor of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) is increasingly turning into an international currency for the quality of research output. More than 14000 journals are ISI-ranked as journal quality and impact. In that most of them are labeled “major international” journals this analysis of ISI data reveals that the attribute “international” is not always appropriate. National diversity of journals is very low due to a dominance of authors from English-speaking countries and U.S. authors in particular. Younger journals and journals with an explicitly stated international mission tend to be international, whereas the internationality of the affiliated organization or impact of a journal had no influence on national diversity. The results suggest that it may be desirable to clearly distinguish between national and international journals, to increase the number of international journals, and to support authors whose mother tongue is not English. Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.