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Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Robert A. Musacchio, PhD; Michael Clarke, MA; Annette Flanagin, RN, MA

JAMA. 2007;297:2526-2527.

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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new online edition of the journal: JAMA-français, the weekly French-language online edition of JAMA. Each week, a selection of articles from JAMA are translated into French by the journal's expert medical translators and published simultaneously with the English-language edition. This is no small accomplishment. In fact, of the leading international weekly medical journals, JAMA is the only one with an online edition published simultaneously in a second language.

Even though English may be the primary language of research, many physicians and other health care professionals are more comfortable reading in their native languages. There has been much discussion of a flat world in which information flows instantly from any point to any other point on the globe. JAMA editors and publishers have long . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr DeAngelis is Editor in Chief, Dr Musacchio is Publisher, Mr Clarke is Director of Product Development and Marketing, and Ms Flanagin (annette.flanagin@jama-archives.org) is Managing Deputy Editor, JAMA.