Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America
(2021) Volcanica — Vol. 4, n° S1, p. i-vi (2021)
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Chevrel, Oryaëlle 
Wadsworth, Fabian Farquharson, Jamie Kushnir, Alexandra Kennedy, Ben
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- terested general public. A key part of 'accessible' in this context is associated with the language barrier of modern research publication, namely that the majority of research is published in English. Both Volcanica and ALVO noted that the linguistic Anglo-centrism of vol-canology research is cast against the observation that English is not the first language for many communities living in areas of active volcanism [e.g. Far-quharson and Wadsworth 2018]. Language is a core part of the documentation of primary observations of volcanic eruptions as well as the dissemination of volcanology research results worldwide. Taken together, observations from eruptions, results and lessons from volcano monitoring efforts, and volcanol-ogy research, all feed into the communication chain that results in improvements to the responses when there is a volcanic eruption. There are key advantages to having a single international language in which research is written and shared. But there are also key limitations associated with accessibility of research to a broad group of people. It is perhaps more important in volcanology than in some other disciplines simply because the research into volcanic activity can very often be associated with a particular region or place in which many people live with active volcanism and hence where volcanic risk reduction strategies need to be improved. Therefore, this Special Issue is published in both Spanish-the common official language of the countries in Latin America here represented-and En-glish. The English version was reviewed by at least two international peers and, once accepted, the Span-ish translation was verified by bilingual ALVO members and Volcanica editors. This endeavour therefore extends our existing and widely used dual-language abstract option at Volcanica, which has been a catalyst
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Chevrel, O., Wadsworth, F., Farquharson, J., Kushnir, A., Heap, M., Williams, R., Delmelle, P., & Kennedy, B. (2021). Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America. Volcanica, 4(S1), i-vi. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.ivi (Original work published 2021)