Abstract. The preeminence of English as the lingua franca in global science has led to English-dominant publication practices, even in non-English-speaking

Researchers say language barriers shape who gets published, funded and heard in global science.

A non-fluent English speaker struggles to navigate language barriers in academic publishing.

Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...

Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific conte...

This article examines the relationship between linguistic practices and funding success in Canadian social sciences and humanities. Through a mixed-methods appr...

Drones are a valuable tool for surveying birds, but manually detecting and identifying birds in drone images is costly. We assembled a diverse dataset of 23 865 images of birds captured with 21 diffe...

Lo, the late surging tide of artifice most generative in the realm of science doth unveil a trove of promise, yet not without peril. Thus, we do set forth our decrees and counsel, that authors and rev...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being explored as a tool to optimize and accelerate various stages of evidence synthesis. A persistent challenge in environmental evidence syntheses is tha...

New research shows how language and income shape who gets credited for scientific output—and why women and non-native English speakers face persistent gaps.

The conservation of Australia's extraordinary marine biodiversity has been prominently championed over the past three decades by successive Federal and State Governments, who have consistently portra...

Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to work in science – but there are huge systemic barriers.

Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to work in science – but there are huge systemic barriers.

Read it in: Español.Read it in: Français. As we’ve said before, we believe that publishing multilingual resources can lower the barrier to access to knowledge, help democratize access to quality resou...

English has long been the dominant language in scientific communication. Although having a universal language for scientific communication is beneficial, this standard imposes a considerable barrier f...

We collected data on plant phenology, density of flowers and production of floral resources in European countries, using published and grey literature written in 11 local languages. The collection co...

Collecting data from local sources markedly further strengthens global biodiversity databases by adding species not previously included in international datasets. Furthermore, the addition of these d...

Climate change poses a growing threat to biodiversity, but disentangling its overall impact from other anthropogenic stressors is challenging. Here the authors use a data-driven climate attribution fr...

A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.

Journals and conference organizers could do more to help researchers overcome language barriers, but artificial intelligence might widen inequalities, warns Tatsuya Amano.

AI tools now exist to aid almost every aspect of the research process, from hypothesis generation and data analysis to manuscript drafting and publication. This Editorial examines what the future migh...

As the availability and performance of AI for language editing and translation continues to improve, we can imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read scie...