Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science.

While it is recognized that language can pose a barrier to the transfer of scientific knowledge, the convergence on English as the global language of science may suggest that this problem has been resolved. However, our survey searching Google Scholar in 16 languages revealed that 35.6% of 75,513 sc...

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Main Authors: Tatsuya Amano, Juan P González-Varo, William J Sutherland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5199034?pdf=render