Most of us publish our researches in journals. One of the criteria for selecting a journal for publishing research, may be its "impact factor". Another criteria may be national or international journal. But many journals use the word "international" in their name. In true sense, how a journal can be termed as an "international" journal? Is a journal that does not restrict itself from publishing papers from countries other than the journals' home country, an international journal? Or, a journal whose editorial team consists of people from different nations, is an international journal? Is there any guiding principle to identify a journal as an international journal?
For a journal to be considered "international", there are several factors that could be used, such as: (1) distributed internationally (easy to make the case for this if the journal is Internet-accessible), (2) articles deal with global issues, (3) authors are from different countries, and (4) editorial board includes members from different countries.
"International" in the name of the Journal does not add any value, and the place of your publication does not define it. It is much to do with International authors and Editorial Board, acceptance in internationally acclaimed databases, international readership and so on.
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