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Scientists who do not speak English as their mother tongue report difficulties in bringing their manuscripts to successful publication in English-language journals. Writing is found to be 21 % more difficult, on average, than writing a scientific paper in their native language. Barriers include sentence-level elements of vocabulary and syntax; however, issues of manuscript organization, methodological criticisms, and devaluation of non-English bibliographic references are also reported. The increased variation in the English that is publishable indicates that the language is growing as a lingua franca.
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Englander, K. (2014). English-Speaking Scientists and Multilingual Scientists. In: Writing and Publishing Science Research Papers in English. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7714-9_12
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