TY - JOUR
KW - English Language Teaching
KW - English Proficiency
KW - Language Policy
KW - Publication Output
KW - Writing Skill
AU - Sonia M. R. Vasconcelos
AU - Martha M. Sorenson
AU - Jacqueline Leta
AB - Traditional input indicators of research performance, such as research funding, number of active scientists, and international collaborations, have been widely used to assess countries’ publication output. However, while publication in today’s English-only research world requires sound research in readable English, English proficiency may be a problem for the productivity of non-native English-speaking (NNES) countries. Data provided by the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) containing the academic profile of 51,223 Brazilian researchers show a correlation between English proficiency and publication output. According to our results, traditional input indicators may fall short of providing an accurate representation of the research performance of NNES developing countries.
BT - Scientometrics
DA - 2009-07-01
DO - 10.1007/s11192-008-2082-z
LA - en
N2 - Traditional input indicators of research performance, such as research funding, number of active scientists, and international collaborations, have been widely used to assess countries’ publication output. However, while publication in today’s English-only research world requires sound research in readable English, English proficiency may be a problem for the productivity of non-native English-speaking (NNES) countries. Data provided by the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) containing the academic profile of 51,223 Brazilian researchers show a correlation between English proficiency and publication output. According to our results, traditional input indicators may fall short of providing an accurate representation of the research performance of NNES developing countries.
PY - 2009
SP - 217
EP - 230
T2 - Scientometrics
TI - A new input indicator for the assessment of science & technology research?
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2082-z
VL - 80
Y2 - 2024-09-03
SN - 1588-2861
ER -