Ten tips for overcoming language barriers in science

Amano, Tatsuya; Rojas, Clarissa Rios; Boum, Yap; Calvo, Margarita; Misra, Biswapriya B.

doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01137-1

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“…This English-language bias is particularly consequential for palaeontological research that relies on compilations of primary studies, as previous work has suggested that ignoring non-English-language studies may bias outcomes of ecological meta-analyses 47 . One simple, yet rarely adopted, solution for palaeontologists would be to actively seek out non-English knowledge during literature searches, which should be implemented through collaboration with native speakers of these languages 47,48 . Similarly, palaeontological journals are increasingly providing authors with the option to submit their manuscript abstracts in multiple languages 48,49 .…”

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“…One simple, yet rarely adopted, solution for palaeontologists would be to actively seek out non-English knowledge during literature searches, which should be implemented through collaboration with native speakers of these languages 47,48 . Similarly, palaeontological journals are increasingly providing authors with the option to submit their manuscript abstracts in multiple languages 48,49 .…”

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Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

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Sampling biases in the fossil record distort estimates of past biodiversity. However, these biases not only reflect the geological and spatial aspects of the fossil record, but also the historical and current collation of fossil data. We demonstrate how the legacy of colonialism and socioeconomic factors, such as wealth, education and political stability, impact the global distribution of fossil data over the past 30 years. We find that a global power imbalance persists in palaeontology, with researchers in highor upper-middle-income countries holding a monopoly over palaeontological knowledge production by contributing to 97% of fossil data. As a result, some countries or regions tend to be better sampled than others, ultimately leading to heterogeneous spatial sampling across the globe. This illustrates how efforts to mitigate sampling biases to obtain a truly representative view of past biodiversity are not disconnected from the aim of diversifying and decolonizing our discipline.

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Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

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“…Developing strategies to address EDI issues should involve different actors, including the scientific community, universities, funders, publishers, journals, and institutions. At the global scale, addressing inequities in K , L , O , and B requires finding solutions to the language barrier, knowledge transfer, and scientific networking (Amano & Sutherland, 2013) through initiatives such as generalising multilingual abstract and title in all journals (Amano et al, 2021), promoting international collaborations (Gui et al, 2019), and integrating virtual component for international conferences (Raby & Madden, 2021). At the local scale, we should promote policies that enhance diversity in institutions and societies and prevent discrimination (McGill et al, 2021) by fostering training in EDI, implicit biases, and fair evaluation (Tseng et al, 2020).…”

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“…There has been a growing interest in the barriers that prevent scientists with different backgrounds from succeeding in science (Amano et al, 2021; Maas et al, 2021; Nuñez et al, 2021; Pettorelli et al, 2021). The recognition of the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) has started many years ago in STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) (Ferrini‐Mundy, 2013), but in ecology and evolution, we have witnessed an increased interest in EDI following the death of George Floyd in 2020 (e.g.…”

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An intersectionality lens is needed to establish a global view of equity, diversity and inclusion

Khelifa

Mahdjoub

2022

Ecology Letters

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Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) have become essential considerations in different academic fields in recent years, attracting an increasing number of voices and perspectives from different groups. There is a need for an intersectionality framework that is inclusive of both the local and global diversity of researchers. Here, we present an intersectionality framework called KLOB which structures barriers to academic success into four components: knowledge exchange (K), language (L), obligations (O), and biases (B), and thus helps to think about the cumulative effect of multiple barriers that individuals from different backgrounds encounter to succeed in academic activities such as scientific publishing, which is the primary currency of academic success in our current system. This framework highlights both local and global disparities in socioeconomic, linguistic, and discriminatory factors that determine the opportunity of individual researchers to succeed in academia. We emphasise that individual researchers have no control over most barriers they face because of where and how they were born. Implementing solutions to address barriers associated with KLOB requires a multiscale vision and initiatives that tackle local and global inequities.

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“…Pese a que los trabajos originales y de revisión escritos en inglés sobre este tema son numerosos, nuestro trabajo de revisión es uno de los primeros sobre el tema que se ha publicado en español. Como ha sido resaltado por Amano y colaboradores, uno de los principales retos de la ciencia actual es la barrera del lenguaje [4], por lo cual considero de gran importancia que también difundamos el conocimiento en otros idiomas distintos al inglés.…”

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La importancia de la evaluación de la congestión venosa por ultrasonido

Guerrero-Gutiérrez¹

2022

Rev. chil. anest.

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Ten tips for overcoming language barriers in science

Cited by 60 publications

References 9 publications

Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity

An intersectionality lens is needed to establish a global view of equity, diversity and inclusion

La importancia de la evaluación de la congestión venosa por ultrasonido

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