Prestigious journals make it hard for scientists who don’t speak English to get published. And we all lose out
- Written by: Henry Arenas-Castro, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, The University of Queensland
D. Kucharski K. Kucharska/ShutterstockFor the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise.
The use of English as the norm poses challenges for scholars from regions where English is not widely spoken. They must decide whether to...
