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You can totally do serious research without English. The dominance of English language scientific papers acts as a gatekeeping much like what google and apple
by Glawen 4y ago
You can totally do serious research without English.
The dominance of English language scientific papers acts as a gatekeeping much like what google and apple are doing. You need them to be known internationally, but you need to pay your dues to the committee selecting papers: you cannot go against their belief.
- xiphias2 4y agoI'm not sure I understand your point. I live in Hungary and all my friends who are researchers publish their research in (simple) English by default, because it just makes sense for a much higher impact than publishing in Hungarian. The language is not really a barrier for us for communicating the results.
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- Glawen 4y agoYes I agree that the reach of language matters. I spoke about French which has more reach than Hungarian. I guess that Russian or Chinese also have quite an impact. My post was about top journals like Nature, Science etc...