When the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev discovered the “periodic law” that he illustrated with a table of the elements, he published his finding first in Russian and then in a German translation.

In the world of science, English is the standard language. But could this be limiting talented Chinese academics? When a group of Chinese primary school pupils with a keen interest in astronomy were ...

Estimated disadvantages for non-native English speakers when conducting different scientific activities. Credit: Amano T et al., 2023, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 ...

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It is commonly assumed that any important scientific knowledge would be available in English, and so scientific knowledge used in international studies is predominantly sourced from English-language ...

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a ...

Women, non-native English speakers and those from lower-income countries published fewer English-language peer-reviewed papers than men, native English speakers and those from higher-income countries, ...