Generally it is considered that mostly journal retaliated with Library and Information Science (LIS) are more informative in relation to the academic pursuit covering all fields of academic information especially in higher education and these journals are produced in various languages, although those published in the English language are open to the widest international readership being a internationally accepted language This current paper discusses issues arising, with attention to the international impact of the research and professional expertise of those in countries with national languages spoken by relatively few numbers. Findings from a pilot research project are included. The larger research project focuses on the subject matter of articles from a large portfolio of LIS journals, considering common themes for specific journals, and how this subject matter relates to LIS higher education in a number of countries. However, the project considers the extentof the contribution from different countries and subject matter which is of international interest regardless of country of origin it may be of different continents.