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Levelling the lingo playing field
Author(s) -
Ballabeni Andrea
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201540724
Subject(s) - levelling , field (mathematics) , biology , computer science , geography , geodesy , mathematics , pure mathematics
English is the relatively undisputed lingua franca of science. Would it be better to allow non‐native speaking authors to declare their English language skills upfront so that readers can focus on the science in a paper, rather than the prose?