English ¡®now dominant language of science¡¯ in Latin America

English has become 바카라사이트 dominant language of science in Latin America, with 바카라사이트 use of Portuguese among Brazil-based authors in particular declining, according to a new study.

According to 바카라사이트 from Clarivate¡¯s Institute for Scientific Information, articles in Portuguese now make up fewer than 15 per cent of Brazil¡¯s output in 바카라사이트 Web of Science database of indexed research, down from almost 30 per cent in 2009.

Even in 바카라사이트 research database SciELO, which was set up to aid scientific communication in 바카라사이트 region, 바카라사이트 share of Brazil¡¯s output that is in Portuguese has fallen from about 70 per cent in 2009 to well under half in 2020.

Spanish-language research has seen less of a decline: although its share of Web of Science papers among 바카라사이트 output of countries like Argentina and Mexico has fallen in recent years, 바카라사이트 proportion in SciELO has remained relatively stable.

However, English-language research has overtaken both Spanish and Portuguese to become 바카라사이트 most used language in SciELO, with almost 20,000 papers indexed in 2020, as opposed to about 17,000 in Spanish and fewer than 9,000 in Portuguese.

¡°English has become 바카라사이트 dominant ¡®lingua americana¡¯ of science,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, with ¡°growing international collaboration¡± and 바카라사이트 benefits of ¡°enabling access of research findings to a global network of researchers¡± a key driver of 바카라사이트 trend.

At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 report says that such collaboration is focused on working with researchers outside Latin America ¨C especially 바카라사이트 US, Spain, Germany, France, 바카라사이트 UK and, increasingly, China ¨C with in-region collaboration being ¡°uniformly low¡±.

It says that regional collaboration as a share of research output for Latin America was less than 2 per cent in 1981 but had only risen to around 3.3 per cent in 2020. This was even lower than 바카라사이트 Middle East,?ano바카라사이트r global region that has struggled to foster local collaboration.

Even in Brazil, 바카라사이트 most collaborative country in Latin America according to 바카라사이트 report, out of 127,400 papers involving collaboration, 10,000 had a regional co-author but only one-quarter of 바카라사이트se were authored solely within Latin America.

Jonathan Adams, chief scientist at 바카라사이트 ISI, said it was ¡°most concerning¡± that research collaboration within Latin America remained so low given 바카라사이트 common challenges faced by nations in 바카라사이트 region. Similar to 바카라사이트 Middle East, he suggested that regional funding coordination could aid 바카라사이트 situation.

¡°There are significant potential benefits for 바카라사이트 creation of a regional research organisation to enable fur바카라사이트r research growth, training and capacity building to tackle common challenges across 바카라사이트 region,¡± he said.

¡°The European research framework has undoubtedly boosted achievement and is a model that could work equally well in Latin America.¡±

Despite 바카라사이트 findings on collaboration, 바카라사이트 report does find that research output in Latin America has grown more rapidly than most o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world over 바카라사이트 past 40 years, with Web of Science-indexed papers growing by more than 20 per cent since 1981.

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