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Kelsey Hannah
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PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland with @uq-cbcs.bsky.social working on TranslatE Sciences https://translatesciences.com/
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Language barriers are a serious problem in conservation. Non-English papers cited far less in English journals even if well cited in own language (showing have merit). Hungarian, Polish, Korean, and Russian especially poorly quoted.
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Language barriers in conservation science citation networks
Using relevant scientific evidence is crucial to effectively conserve species and ecosystems worldwide. Currently, evidence that is available only in non-English languages is severely underutilized. ...
doi.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Excited to share our new study on how language barriers affect conservation science. We found that non-English research especially in Hungarian, Polish, Korean & Russian is undercited in English, despite local impact.
Read the full paper: lnkd.in/gj7UDewC
Percentage of total citations received by a non-English-language article in the same language as the article (green), in English (orange), and in another non-English language (purple) (n, number of citations received by articles in each language).
May 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM