2022 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages Inv-p002
A large proportion of researchers in the world’s leading universities actively engage in research on a global scale: they collaborate with their counterparts in different parts of the world, increasing the likelihood of obtaining higher quality outcomes and greater impact. However, for many Japanese researchers with little or no experience in interacting with foreign researchers, the prospect of engaging in international collaborative research can be very daunting. To help toward remedying this situation, the present paper outlines some of the common challenges to such collaboration and provides some advice for making those more manageable. It then proposes some basic steps that can help toward making such collaborations possible: becoming findable in Internet searches in English, publishing research in English that can be shared with potential collaborators, and actively seeking a suitable research partner. Finally, some crucial points for avoiding problems and increasing the likelihood of success when collaborating are discussed.
