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Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science

PLoS biology, 2016-12, Vol.14 (12), p.e2000933-e2000933 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2016 Amano et al 2016 Amano et al ;ISSN: 1545-7885 ;ISSN: 1544-9173 ;EISSN: 1545-7885 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000933 ;PMID: 28033326

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  • Title:
    Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science
  • Author: Amano, Tatsuya ; González-Varo, Juan P ; Sutherland, William J
  • Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences ; Communication Barriers ; Ecology and Environmental Sciences ; Humans ; Language ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Science ; Science Policy
  • Is Part Of: PLoS biology, 2016-12, Vol.14 (12), p.e2000933-e2000933
  • Description: While it is recognized that language can pose a barrier to the transfer of scientific knowledge, the convergence on English as the global language of science may suggest that this problem has been resolved. However, our survey searching Google Scholar in 16 languages revealed that 35.6% of 75,513 scientific documents on biodiversity conservation published in 2014 were not in English. Ignoring such non-English knowledge can cause biases in our understanding of study systems. Furthermore, as publication in English has become prevalent, scientific knowledge is often unavailable in local languages. This hinders its use by field practitioners and policy makers for local environmental issues; 54% of protected area directors in Spain identified languages as a barrier. We urge scientific communities to make a more concerted effort to tackle this problem and propose potential approaches both for compiling non-English scientific knowledge effectively and for enhancing the multilingualization of new and existing knowledge available only in English for the users of such knowledge.
  • Publisher: United States: Public Library of Science
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1545-7885
    ISSN: 1544-9173
    EISSN: 1545-7885
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000933
    PMID: 28033326
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