Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile (BDD) is the official journal of the French-language home dialysis register (RDPLF). The aim of this work was, by means of an anonymous online survey, to assess its appreciation among French-speaking nephrologists and healthcare teams. The analysis of the responses to the survey highlighted a high degree of appreciation by readers for a journal specialized in home dialysis as well as the importance to abrogate language barriers to access knowledge.Journals that have a high impact factor are naturally favored by the authors, for the international dissemination of their work, their career and the research funding they promote; however, many also appreciate using a media in the native language of their country, to reach a larger audience in their own country while keeping a wide distribution due to the bilingual free open access. Readers wish the sustainability of a journal close to their clinical concerns, allowing the exchange of experience, skills and knowledge of international recommendations. They appreciate the easy and unrestricted access to a journal that allows them to use their own language while maintaining a link with English scientific literature.The BDD is a quarterly open access journal. It adheres to international standards of ethics and good practice in medical publishing, and is indexed in the «Directory of Open Access Journals (doaj.org)» and numerous university libraries.This study demonstrates, for an effective medical communication, the interest of cohabitation between medical journals in English and those using the language of each country, in a system guaranteeing free access and quality.

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