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Technology is an international undertaking. We should be grateful that English has become the common language. It would be so much harder if we needed to be po

Technology is an international undertaking. We should be grateful that English has become the common language. It would be so much harder if we needed to be polyglots in addition to our technical knowledge. I have read several thousand academic papers in my career. In general I don't find the quality of the writing to be as poor as you suggest. Which makes me question whether you are selecting the papers for technical quality. My process is to read the abstract, look at the authors' affiliations and the references. Those three items give me a sense of how much weight to give the paper. Then I skim the paper, reading the method, results and conclusion. Only strong papers get a more careful reading. So, yes at that stage I might notice the quality of the actual writing. Understandably some international institutions may not have had access to competent English technical editors.

Quinzel 2y ago
> Which makes me question whether you are selecting the papers for technical quality. I’m wondering that too. I don’t usually have issues finding good sources in my usual studies, but I am definitely struggling with this academic cybersecurity stuff! In psychology (my usual discipline at the moment) I have journals, authors/academics, and books I know of and trust. Here’s an example of a sentence from an article I’ve read today about the Eternal Blue Vulnerability used in the WannaCry Ransomware attack: “Since the discovery of the vulnerability, the cybersecurity industry has taken a number of steps to try the issue from the negative.” - I can’t understand if that is specific lingo to the cybersecurity industry, or just bad English.
- GianFabien 2y ago
  Academic researchers don't use bro-talk, nor hacker jargon. It is a mark of professionalism to communicate in a precise manner and to present reproducible research. Perhaps you should start your research from papers published in ACM and IEEE journals.

Quinzel 2y ago

> Which makes me question whether you are selecting the papers for technical quality. I’m wondering that too. I don’t usually have issues finding good sources in my usual studies, but I am definitely struggling with this academic cybersecurity stuff! In psychology (my usual discipline at the moment) I have journals, authors/academics, and books I know of and trust. Here’s an example of a sentence from an article I’ve read today about the Eternal Blue Vulnerability used in the WannaCry Ransomware attack: “Since the discovery of the vulnerability, the cybersecurity industry has taken a number of steps to try the issue from the negative.” - I can’t understand if that is specific lingo to the cybersecurity industry, or just bad English.

GianFabien 2y ago
Academic researchers don't use bro-talk, nor hacker jargon. It is a mark of professionalism to communicate in a precise manner and to present reproducible research. Perhaps you should start your research from papers published in ACM and IEEE journals.