Number Of Articles In English Research Articles

The need for a new set of measures to assess the impact of research in earth sciences in Indonesia

Background: Earth sciences is one of those sensitive field sciences that are closely needed to solve local problems within local physical and social settings. Earth researchers find state-of-the-art of topics in earth sciences by using scientific databases, conduct research on the topics, and write about them. However, the accessibility, readability, and usability of those articles for local communities are major problems in measuring the impact of research, although it may be covered by well-known international scientific databases. Objectives: To ascertain empirically whether there are differences in document distribution, in the proportions of openly accessible documents, and in the geographical coverage of earth sciences topics as revealed through analyses of documents retrieved from scientific databases and to propose new measures for assessing the impact of research in earth sciences based on those differences. Methods: Relevant documents were retrieved using ‘earth sciences’ as a search term in English and other languages from ten databases of scientific publications. The results of these searches were analysed using frequency analysis and a quantitative- descriptive design. Results: (1) The number of articles in English from international databases exceeded the number of articles in native languages from national-level databases. (2) The number of open-access (OA) articles in the national databases was higher than that in other databases. (3) The geographical coverage of earth science papers was uneven between countries when the number of documents retrieved from closed-access commercial databases was compared to that from the other databases. (4) The regulations in Indonesia related to promotion of lecturers assign greater weighting to publications indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science (WoS) and publications in journals with impact factors are assigned a higher weighting. Conclusions: The dominance of scientific articles in English as well as the paucity of OA publications indexed in international databases (compared to those in national or regional databases) may have been due to the greater weighting assigned to such publications. Consequently, the relevance of research reported in those publications to local communities has been questioned. This article suggests some open-science practices to transform the current regulations related to promotion into a more responsible measurement of research performance and impact.

Análisis bibliométrico de la Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal – RECIA 2009-2018. Indicadores de producción

Objetivo. Realizar un análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica publicada en la Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal 2009-2018. Materiales y métodos. Se realizó un estudio bibliométrico descriptivo-retrospectivo incluyendo los artículos publicados en los últimos 10 años de la revista. Se seleccionaron indicadores bibliométricos como distribución cronológica, producción científica, índice de crecimiento, categorización temática, productividad de autores, coautoría y cooperación institucional. Se calcularon los indicadores cienciométricos mediante el software Harzing's Publish or Perish 6, tomando como base de datos el Google Académico. Resultados. Fueron evaluados 379 artículos científicos y se publicó un promedio de 16.48 artículos/volumen. La productividad ponderada fue de 0.39 artículos/autor; el H-index fue 13; el g-index fue de 18; el hi normalizado fue de 8 y el h1 anual fue de 0.89. Se evidenció un incremento en las contribuciones internacionales con predominio de los artículos originales. Conclusiones. Publicar un mayor número de artículos en inglés constituiría una oportunidad de mejorar la visibilidad de la revista. Se mostraron los indicadores específicos de la revista teniendo en cuenta su visibilidad y productividad ofrecidos por el programa Publish or Perish.

Languages and their Usage in Research: An Examination of Academic Journals at Vilnius University

This paper aims to examine the usage and role of languages in different research areas in Lithuania. To answer these questions, a case study was undertaken, investigating the academic journals published at Vilnius University in the period from 2004 to 2013. The list of periodical publications chosen for investigation consists of 24 research journals. 8 journals cover the area of humanities, 11 the area of social sciences and 5 the area of natural and formal sciences. In the course of the investigation 5664 research articles were analyzed. The specific concern was the language of the article itself, the language of its summary/abstract and languages of reference works. The analysis of the whole period data shows that the main language of the articles in the area of humanities is the national language (Lithuanian, 60.9%), followed be English (22.6%). Among the other languages, German (7.4%) and Russian (6.9%) seem to be of importance. It can be noted that there was no significant change in the language usage tendencies between 2004 and 2013. In the social sciences area, the researchers publish mainly in Lithuanian (65.5%) and English (31.9%), whereby English clearly dominates in the papers on economics. The same two languages can be found in the area of natural and formal sciences with English as by far the dominant language (91.5%). In is noteworthy that during the period considered, the number of articles in English in both of these areas – social sciences and natural and formal sciences – has slightly grown (ca. 7–8%). To summarize the findings, English is the dominant language in 9 among the investigated 24 research journals and is mainly used in papers on economics, natural sciences, mathematics, informatics and Oriental studies. Lithuanian is the first language of choice in 11 journals (papers on history, religion, philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, education studies, communication, information and geography). Multilingual are the journals covering linguistics, literature and archeology.

The Relevance of English in Colombian Scientific Research Awareness

Even though the majority of Colombian professors are also involved in research, they have limitations in their English language skills that separate them from the rest of the scientific society. Evidently, these limitations have become an obstacle in the awareness of professors’ modest, but no less important, research work. In order to carry out this study, we selected three remarkable higher education institutions of Pereira, Risaralda in Colombia. We used collected data from 2012 to 2015. A quantitative analysis of the number of articles in English in comparison to Spanish was done. Even though there has been an increasing number of articles in English, they are still limited. This research suggests an approach to evaluate the hypothesis raised by the authors that states that the low English-language proficiency of the scientists is affecting the visibility of Colombian and, overall, Latin American science. We propose to increase the visibility of Colombian science by publishing research papers in both languages, Spanish and in English. Finally, Latin American English writing skills require attention from their own governments to increase the awareness and contribution of these countries in a globalized world.

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Verb–subject word order in Albanian English

ABSTRACT: This paper examines some verb–subject constructions which were found in a number of articles in English published in Albanian newspapers and magazines. These inverse‐order constructions are in contrast with the fixed subject–verb word order of English. Based on (the preverbal) sentence‐initial element, three main groups of verb–subject constructions have been identified in the English texts of the Albanian periodicals: the ones preceded by (a) a topicalized adverbial, prepositional object, or subject complement, (b) the introductory it, and (c) the dummy subject there. The data show that these verb–subject constructions are used to render the discourse function of focus, i.e. new information in discourse. The presence of these constructions in Albanian English provides support for the complementary hypothesis on languages in contact, which highlights the competing influences of both the substrate (L1) and the superstrate (L2) languages. It is suggested that the frequent use of verb–subject word order of Albanian to render focus and the saliency of it and there constructions in English may have contributed to the emergence of these types of construction in Albanian English.

A descriptive analysis of articles in the journal of Social and Preventive Medicine (Soz Präventivmed): 1980-1990.

This study provides a descriptive image of the work published in Soz Präventivmed between 1980 and 1990, and analyses certain trends. All articles of this period were categorized and recorded in a data base for: language of publication, city of location and affiliation of first author, sponsor (funding body), citation in Medline, regions and population concerned, type of article and subject matter. Over the decade, we note a reduction in the number of articles with a corresponding increase in their page length, and a progressive increase in the number of articles in English when compared with the two principal languages, German (1/2) and French (1/3). A majority of authors have university affiliations. Studies with original results comprise on average 44.6% of all publications, a tendency which gradually decreases over time. The proportion of epidemiological studies, a majority of which are descriptive studies, has increased progressively since 1980. Among the twelve categories of subject matter chosen as indicators some, such as health services research and research on elderly persons, appear more frequently during the first half of the decade, and others, such as heart disease, cancer epidemiology and AIDS, appear during the second half.

Sunden's Role Theory and Glossolalia

Since the end of the nineteen sixties, glossolalia has been my main area of research. This interest has not only been directed at the psychology of speaking in tongues, but also towards the history of this phenomenon in Finland, together with its linguistic and liturgical function. The results of my research have for the most part been published in articles and books in Swedish. There are also, however, a number of articles in English, listed among the references at the end of this essay. When I began to be interested in the psychological aspects of glossolalia at the beginning of the seventies, it was difficult to find literature in this field, not to mention adequate theories. The main contribution I discovered was Hjalmar Sunden's role theory, which he published as early as the late fifties. His own discussion of speaking in tongues in his major work, Religionen och rollerna [Religion and Roles] (1959), applies a method of approach based on system theory, which in turn is linked with role theory. Sunden makes a distinction here between a weakly developed religious structure and a fully developed religious structure. If the structure, i.e., the individually integrated group pattern, is weakly developed, there is a danger of popular hysteria and overacting. If, on the other hand, it is well developed, with its foundation in a given frame of tradition, it then produces, when confronted by collective suggestion mechanisms, a meaningful and integrative experience. The basis for this is the common role system which, with particular reference to speaking in tongues, may be found in the Bible, especially in the events of the first Pentecost. In my doctoral dissertation (Holm, 1976) I analyzed interviews and field material from the point of view of role theory, and in the following pages I should like to discuss this approach and also point out the areas where research must go further.

Socialist Management in Algeria

Algeria is important for its wealth, for its size and location, for the dynamism and austerity of its leadership, and for its pretensions to socialism and leadership of the Third World. Clearly, an imposing list. Yet the Algerian approach to development is little known and insufficiently understood, at least in the English-speaking world. In France, on the contrary, and throughout la francophonie, Algerian movements and events are closely watched and intensely debated. Much of the controversy has concentrated on the question as to whether or not Algeria deserves its self-proclaimed status as a socialist state; 1 the celebrated autogestion effort of the 1960s has been thoroughly and carefully analysed,2 and the nationalisations of foreign oil companies – as well as a few other salient economic enterprises – have received considerable attention.3 It should be noted that the extensive French literature on post-1962 Algeria has focused on events up to 1971, though a few materials on more recent developments are beginning to emerge,4 and that a small number of articles in English on major Algerian programmes, such as la révolution agraire, have recently been published.5