Is there science beyond English?

Meneghini, Rogério; Packer, Abel L.

doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400906

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“…It has been noticed, for instance, that medical doctors in non-NES countries often suffer significant delays in the acquisition of valuable new information due to idiomatic problems (Meneghini and Packer 2007). The same situation occurs among those guarding the natural resources and biodiversity in non-NES countries.…”

Section: Threatening Local Natural Resources and Biodiversity Of Non-mentioning

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“…NES editors often become understandably discouraged by the low performance exhibited by non-NES experts expressing themselves in English (Meneghini and Packer 2007;Gannon 2008). Editing of non-NES scientists' texts takes considerably longer and is more time consuming than texts authored by trained NES scientists.…”

Section: Preventing Non-nes Scientists From Achieving High Standards mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Running Like Alice and Losing Good Ideas: On the Quasi-Compulsive Use of English by Non-native English Speaking Scientists

Bortolus

2012

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Running Like Alice and Losing Good Ideas: On the Quasi-Compulsive Use of English by Non-native English Speaking Scientists

Bortolus

2012

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“…While there is a place for local language (for addressing regionallyspecific health risks, for example), publishing in English is essential (Meneghini & Packer, 2007;Vasconcelos, Sorenson, & Leta, 2007). For emerging nations like Brazil, this prospect can be daunting -the translation, the expense, the standards of the global market -but Brazilians must remember: To disseminate our science, we must publish in English.…”

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The Internationalization of Psychology Journals in Brazil: A Bibliometric Examination Based on Four Indices

Fradkin

2017

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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There is considerable variability among psychology journals in Brazil, in terms of presence on the international stage. However, research as to why is very scarce. This study empirically examined the relationship between several indices of internationalization and real-world internationalization, among these journals. 661 articles from the top-17 psychology journals in Brazil were coded for: Englishlanguage text, editorial board makeup, lead author institution, and article type. Analyses revealed that successful internationalization was associated with: (a) lead author institution from a native English-speaking country; (b) empirical articles; and (c) editorial board members from a native English-speaking country. Use of English-language text was not associated with successful internationalization. These findings suggest that the path to internationalization for psychology journals in Brazil may depend on increased publishing of findings from English-speaking countries; or at the very least: increased collaboration between Brazilian and native English-speaking scholars.Keywords: globalization, scientific journals, psychology, Brazil, bibliometric analysis A Internacionalização dos Periódicos de Psicologia no Brasil: Uma Análise Bibliométrica Baseada em Quatro ÍndicesResumo: Há uma variação considerável na presença internacional entre os periódicos de psicologia no Brasil. No entanto, a investigação a respeito do porquê é muito escassa. Este estudo examinou empiricamente a relação entre vários índices de internacionalização e a internacionalização real entre essas revistas. 661 artigos provenientes das 17 melhores revistas de psicologia foram codificados para: texto em Inglês, composição do conselho editorial, instituição do autor principal e tipo de artigo. As análises revelaram que a internacionalização foi associada a: (a) instituição do autor principal de um país nativo de língua inglesa; (b) artigos empíricos; e (c) membros do conselho editorial nativos de um país de língua inglesa. Não foi encontrada associação entre o uso do texto na língua inglesa e a internacionalização bem sucedida. Estes achados sugerem que o caminho para a internacionalização de periódicos de psicologia no Brasil pode depender do aumento da publicação de resultados de países de língua inglesa; ou, pelo menos, uma maior colaboração entre estudiosos brasileiros e nativos de língua inglesa.Palavras-chave: globalização, periódicos científicos, psicologia, Brasil, análise bibliométrica La Internacionalización de las Revistas de Psicología en Brasil: Un Examen Bibliométrico Basado en Cuatro ÍndicesResumen: Existe una considerable variabilidad en la internacionalización de las revistas de psicología en Brasil, pero la investigación de por qué es muy escasa. Este estudio examinó la relación entre varios índices de internacionalización y la internacionalización real. 661 artículos de las 17 mejores revistas de psicología fueron codificados para: texto en inglés, composición del comité editorial, institución del autor, y el tipo de ar...

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“…The native language may absorb new scientific concepts expressed by English words, but, inevitably, the bulk of scientific words and expressions, which certainly will be borne in English, will have to be translated into the native language semantic. We may have to face a double effort, as compared to countries in which English is the native language (Meneghini & Packer, 2007). But in a global open minded world we may gain some benefits from that.…”

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Pathways to Internationalize Brazilian Journals of Psychology

Gamba¹,

Packer²,

Meneghini³

2015

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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The science of psychology has been developing in the country of Brazil over the last 50 years. Nonetheless, most of the science in this field is published only in Brazilian journals. Overall, Brazil has yet to share its science with the international community. The potential to internationalize the science generated by Brazilian psychologists exists, though. One way would be to scale up the publication of Brazilian psychologists in international journals. Another way would be to internationalize the existing Brazilian journals. With regard to the latter possibility, a metric analysis of scientometrics databases suggests that the reasons for the low impact of articles published in Brazilian journals are manifold, but the low performance is mainly explained by the scarce employment of the lingua franca-English language-in the articles. This article discusses the role that SciELO, a Brazilian scientific publisher, has played in indexing and assisting the best Brazilian psychology journals in raising their horizons, in terms of internationalizing their output, while at the same time serving as an instrument of promotion for national studies of psychology within the country of Brazil. Keywords: psychology, journals, internationalization, SciELO, international English. Resumo A Psicologia no Brasil é uma área científica cujo desenvolvimento remonta aos últimos 50 anos.A maior parte do conhecimento produzido por seus cientistas é publicada em periódicos nacionais. Por conseguinte, tal condição tem imposto barreiras na disseminação deste conhecimento para comunidades internacionais. O potencial para internacionalização da ciência produzida por pesquisadores brasileiros da psicologia encontra dois desafios: um seria levar suas publicações a revistas internacionais; o outro seria internacionalizar as revistas brasileiras de psicologia em geral restritas às fronteiras nacionais. Sobre o segundo desafio, a análise da base de dados da cientometria mostra que as razões para o baixo impacto dos artigos publicados em periódicos nacionais são múltiplas, mas é explicada principalmente pelo escasso número de artigos em língua inglesa. Discute-se o papel que o SciELO, um Publisher científico brasileiro, na ampliação dos horizontes dos melhores periódicos brasileiros, promovendo maior inserção internacional, e na sua afirmação como um importante instrumento nacional para estudos de psicologia. Palavras-chave: psicologia, revistas, internacionalização, SciELO, Inglês internacional.

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Is there science beyond English?

Cited by 223 publications

References 14 publications

Running Like Alice and Losing Good Ideas: On the Quasi-Compulsive Use of English by Non-native English Speaking Scientists

Running Like Alice and Losing Good Ideas: On the Quasi-Compulsive Use of English by Non-native English Speaking Scientists

The Internationalization of Psychology Journals in Brazil: A Bibliometric Examination Based on Four Indices

Pathways to Internationalize Brazilian Journals of Psychology

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