Publish (in English) or perish: The effect on citation rate of using languages other than English in scientific publications

Bitetti, Mario S. Di; Ferreras, Julian A.

doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0820-7

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“…This is particularly true for articles written in Mandarin, China's exclusive language. In addition, English-language papers tend to have a higher citation rate; thereby, higher international recognition [which does not necessarily reflect quality] than non-English articles (Di Bitetti and Ferreras, 2017). Perhaps in a way to partially overcome this language barrier, most of the recent Mandarin articles retrieved in this review have English abstracts.…”

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“…This shows that national scientists are the main leaders of the research conducted in China. Publishing in the country's native language has the advantage to make the information available to national policymakers and local public (Bortolus, 2012;Di Bitetti and Ferreras, 2017;Superina et al, 2014). Although English-language papers represent the majority of publications in the last decade in China, their proportion is still much lower than in other non-English speaking countries (González-Alcaide et al, 2012).…”

Section: The Language Barriermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although English-language papers represent the majority of publications in the last decade in China, their proportion is still much lower than in other non-English speaking countries (González-Alcaide et al, 2012). Non-English papers prevent the research findings from being accessed by a broader audience (Di Bitetti and Ferreras, 2017;González-Alcaide et al, 2012). This is particularly true for articles written in Mandarin, China's exclusive language.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Perhaps in a way to partially overcome this language barrier, most of the recent Mandarin articles retrieved in this review have English abstracts. The pros and cons of publishing in non-English or English languages were addressed in more details by Bortolus (2012) and Di Bitetti and Ferreras (2017).…”

Section: The Language Barriermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Research trends on bats in China: A twenty-first century review

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a b s t r a c tIn this century, China has sustained unparalleled economic development, leading to exponentially growing investments in scientific research. Yet, the demand for research-funding is large and tracing the current knowledge is a key step to define priority research topics. In this same span, studies on bats in China have uncovered an overlooked diversity and revealed novelties in bats' evolutionary history and life-history aspects. All this 21st-century knowledge, however, is scattered and a large part is concealed from most of the international scientific community in Mandarin-language articles. Here, we summarize the post-millennium (2000-2017) research on bats in China and point out trends and future directions based on neglected topics, groups, and regions. In addition, we provide an up-to-date list of bat species in China. We retrieved 594 publications related to bats in China, nearly half were written in Mandarin. At least 147 bat species are present in China, which places it among the most bat-rich countries in the world. There was a significant positive trend on the number of publications, from 12.5 annual average in 2000-2005 to 46.5 in recent years, reflecting the Chinese economic-scientific development in this century. We found marked taxonomic and spatial biases. Half of the studies in this century focused on Rhinolophus, Myotis, and Hipposideros, and the southern and eastern provinces were the most studied. Systematic/taxonomy and Ecology were the predominant topics post-millennium, whereas only 10 articles have clear conservation-driven goals. Our review shows that the majority of studies were focused on the least concern, cave-dweller species, and on bat-rich provinces. Future projects should address the effects of human-modified landscapes on bat community to define proper conservation actions. We discuss some priority actions and projects that will help to enhance bat protection in China.

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confidence: 95%

Section: The Language Barriermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Language Barriermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Language Barriermentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Además debemos tener en cuenta el idioma en el que se publica la revista, ya que el idioma en que está escrito el artículo afecta a su probabilidad de ser citado, lo que indirectamente mide el impacto del artículo en la comunidad científica; en la actualidad, los artículos escritos en inglés tienen un mayor impacto en la comunidad científica (10) . Los autores deben valorar su pericia para escribir el artículo en su idioma nativo (el español en nuestro caso) o en inglés -existen empresas especializadas en la traducción de artículos científicos-y valorar en qué idioma escribir el manuscrito, porque aunque el inglés ofrece una mayor visibilidad para la comunidad científica en general (10) , los artículos escritos en español llegan con una mayor facilidad a los especialistas españoles y latinoamericanos; además de que en los últimos años, gracias a la calidad de su contenido, algunas revistas escritas en español están siendo indexadas en Rev Esp Artrosc Cir Articul. 2017;24(Supl.1):67-73 bases de datos internacionales, están ofreciendo simultáneamente la versión en inglés de los artículos y están teniendo cada vez mejores índices bibliométricos.…”

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