Researchers' writing competence: a bottleneck in the publication of Latin‐American science?

Vasconcelos, Sonia Maria Ramos de; Sorenson, Martha M.; Leta, Jacqueline; Sant’Ana, Mauricio; Batista, Pablo Diniz

doi:10.1038/embor.2008.143

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“…Hence our results are maybe pointing to a proficiency issue, that would take more time to the non experienced researcher be ready to publish in other idioms (Vasconcelos et al 2008). …”

Section: Ipr and The Effect Of Years Since Phd And Gendermentioning

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A new indicator for international visibility: exploring Brazilian scientific community

2011

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Brazilian science has increased fast during the last decades. An example is the increasing in the country's share in the world's scientific publication within the main international databases. But what is the actual weight of international publications to the whole Brazilian productivity? In order to respond this question, we have elaborated a new indicator, the International Publication Ratio (IPR). The data source was Lattes Database, a database organized by one of the main Brazilian S&T funding agency, which encompasses publication data from 1997 to 2004 of about 51,000 Brazilian researchers. Influences of distinct parameters, such as sectors, fields, career age and gender, are analyzed. We hope the data presented may help S&T managers and other S&T interests to better understand the complexity under the concept scientific productivity, especially in peripheral countries in science, such as Brazil.

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“…Hence our results are maybe pointing to a proficiency issue, that would take more time to the non experienced researcher be ready to publish in other idioms (Vasconcelos et al 2008). …”

Section: Ipr and The Effect Of Years Since Phd And Gendermentioning

confidence: 88%

A new indicator for international visibility: exploring Brazilian scientific community

2011

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“…For example, Brazilian researchers with good English writing abilities outperform those with poor ones in terms of published papers, number of citations, and h-indices (Vasconcelos et al 2008). On a global comparison, English proficiency is a good predictor of publication output in top medical journals, even more than total research spending (Man et al 2004).…”

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

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Ferreras

2016

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There is a tendency for non-native English scientists to publish exclusively in English, assuming that this will make their articles more visible and cited. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the effect of language on the number of citations of articles published in six natural sciences journals from five countries that publish papers in either English or other languages. We analyzed the effect of language (English vs non-English), paper length, and year of publication on the number of citations. The articles published in English have a higher number of citations than those published in other languages, when the effect of journal, year of publication, and paper length are statistically controlled. This may result because English articles are accessible to a larger audience, but other factors need to be explored. Universities and scientific institutions should be aware of this situation and improve the teaching of English, especially in the natural sciences.

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“…From the viewpoint of a developing country, there are two perspectives on this scenario. A positive one is that in dealing with highly reputed international journals the authors have to overcome several barriers, including the linguistic one (5,6) and bring the content of their communications to the level of the international state of the art. This certainly tends to enhance the quality of their science and is likely to drive it towards the international themes in vogue.…”

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Meneghini

2010

Braz J Med Biol Res

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Researchers' writing competence: a bottleneck in the publication of Latin‐American science?

Cited by 43 publications

References 16 publications

A new indicator for international visibility: exploring Brazilian scientific community

A new indicator for international visibility: exploring Brazilian scientific community

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

Publication in a Brazilian journal by Brazilian scientists whose papers have international impact

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