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Tatsuya Amano

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Conservation scientist @uq-cbcs.bsky.social committed to overcoming biases and barriers in conservation and science. See http://translatesciences.com http://kaizenconservation.com he/him

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here is our OA review of the overlooked yet significant consequences of #languagebarriers in #conservation. An outcome based on 5 years of work at our translatE project, supported by over 130 collaborators around the world.
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Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions

Language barriers can severely hinder the advance of conservation science and its contribution to addressing the biodiversity crisis. We build a frame…

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 17d

When considering non-English-language papers:
-25% for male non-native English speakers
-1% for male non-native English speakers from low-income countries
compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country.

Scientific productivity gap for men based on English and non-English papers. Shown are % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country. The number of years in research is aligned with female counterparts (30 for English non-native and 24 for English non-native & low income).

Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 17d

For those interested to see the productivity gap for men, here are the figures using the same # years in research as female counterparts. Based on English papers:
-50% for English non-native
-58% for English non-native from low-income countries
compared to English native from a high-income country.

Scientific productivity gap for men based on English papers. Shown are % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country. The number of years in research is aligned with female counterparts (30 for English non-native and 24 for English non-native & low income).

(A) Absolute difference in the number of English-language peer-reviewed papers published between male native English speakers from a high-income country (baseline shown in pink) and male non-native English speakers from a high-income country (solid line in navy), and male non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (dashed line in navy). Here, non-native English speakers are defined as those with low English proficiency. (B) Absolute difference in the number of English- and non-English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A). (C) Percentage difference in the number of English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A). (D) Percentage difference in the number of English- and non-English-language peer-reviewed papers published between researchers with the same combinations of the two attributes as (A).

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks and a great point! It's somewhere in the middle but for accurate estimates I need to do some calculations...

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 22d

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

Read our Conversation piece on our new paper (doi.org/10.1371/jour...) here:
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Who gets to do science? A demand for English is hurting marginalised researchers

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

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

このような格差の数値化は、あくまで問題解決への第一歩に過ぎません。構造的な障壁を取り除くには、科学のあり方そのものを根本的に見直す必要があるでしょう。例えば、AI利用によって誰もが自分の言語で論文を発表し、読めるような未来を実現することができるかもしれません。このアイデアについては下記論文で検討しています：
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

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...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

一つの対策として、研究者の業績を評価する際に、英語論文のみに基づいた指標の利用をやめることが挙げられるでしょう。DORA（https://sfdora.org/）が提唱しているように、研究がどこで発表されたかではなく、その内容自体に注目した研究者の評価が重要だと考えられます。4/5

Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

実際、英語と非英語の両方の論文を含めると、生産性の格差は大きく減少しました。むしろ、英語を第一言語としない研究者や低所得国出身の研究者は、英語を第一言語とする高所得国の研究者よりも、全体として多くの論文を発表していました。
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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

我々が以前下記の論文でも一例を示したように、女性や英語非ネイティブ、低所得国出身の研究者は科学活動を行う上で様々な障壁に直面しているため、ここで示された生産性の格差は、これらの研究者の真の生産性を反映している訳ではないと考えられます。
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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

女性、英語非ネイティブ、そして低所得国の出身者は、科学の世界で不利な立場にありますが、その格差はどれほどでしょうか？本研究では、英語を第一言語としない低所得国出身の女性は、英語での論文発表数が最大70％少ないことが分かりました。1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

Quantifying these disparities is just the first step. Breaking down systemic barriers will likely require a fundamental shift in how we conduct science. One future vision? AI enabling everyone to publish and access research in our own languages. We explore this idea here:
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AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

We should stop using metrics based solely on publications in English to evaluate the performance of researchers. Instead we should focus on *what* is published, not just *where*, as advocated by DORA: sfdora.org
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Home | DORA

The Declaration on Research Assessment recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

Indeed when we included both English and non-English publications, the productivity gap narrowed significantly. Non-native English speakers and researchers from lower-income countries often publish *more* papers overall than their native English-speaking, high-income counterparts.
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Scientific productivity gap narrows significantly, when we look at total publications including those in non-English languages. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of English-language and non-English-language peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-35%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-25%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

Obviously this does not reflect the true productivity of researchers facing gender, economic and #languagebarriers, as they face tremendous hurdles when conducting various scientific activities, as we previously showed in this paper for non-native English speakers:
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Estimated disadvantages for non-native English speakers when conducting different scientific activities. The height of hurdles indicates the relative length of time taken to read an English-language paper (Reading), to write a paper in English (Writing), and to prepare an oral presentation in English (Presentation), and the relative frequency of an English-language paper being rejected (Paper rejection) or requested to revise (Paper revision) due to English writing, for non-native English speakers (Non-native), compared to native English speakers (Native).

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Reposted by Nicole Boivin, Martín A. Núñez, Joaquín Hortal , and 2 more Nicole Boivin, Martín A. Núñez, Joaquín Hortal, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Jason Williams

Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 22d

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 24d

Did you know that all of our journals offer authors the chance to improve their manuscript's clarity for free? ✍️

This #PeerReviewWeek check out our post which explains why we made the decision to offer the Writefull service to all 👇

https://f.mtr.cool/rooofhshdm

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Ian Thompson @iantho.bsky.social · Aug 15

Much pest and disease data is in grey literature or on ephemeral web sites. Collected by government departments and agencies but they don’t publish. In the global south trade magazines and newspapers may contain earlier reports than official sources. There is a place for AI web crawlers.

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 15

Great to see rOpenSci’s commitment to multilingual publishing to democratize access to quality resources and increase the possibilities of contributing to software and open science projects:
www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/mult...
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#languagebarriers

Multilingual Publishing: Frequently Asked Questions | R-bloggers

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...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 15

Scientists may take pride in publishing in prestigious English journals, but it is equally important to consider how these findings can be shared more broadly with their peers and the general population, especially those who do not speak or read English. #languagebarriers
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Improving English proficiency for scientific communication by non-fluent speakers - Nature Reviews Cardiology

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...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 15

Academic and grey literature searches in 11 European languages identified over 2,000 records of floral resource traits, complementing existing databases. #languagebarriers
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Reviewing published and grey literature in local European languages to supplement existing databases on floral resource traits

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...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 15

Including data published in Brazilian journals, esp those published in Portuguese, inreased the representation of Brazilian species (x 10) and populations (x 7.6) in vertebrate population trend data. Data from Brazilian journals reduced trend variation. #languagebarriers
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Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data

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...

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 12

世界中で記録的な猛暑が報道される中、Max Kotz氏が主導した本研究では、近年増加する猛暑（極端に気温が高い日）によって、熱帯の鳥類の個体数レベルが1950年以降25‐38％減少したと推定されました。猛暑の影響は平均気温の上昇や人間活動の直接的な影響を上回り、保全における気候変動対策の重要性が示されました。
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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 12

Read @theconversation.com piece on our new research showing the impact of extreme heat on tropical bird populations (rdcu.be/eAlQh).
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70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations

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

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Aug 12

Also watch Max explain our findings here:
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gfx-U...

NEW STUDY Tropical bird populations have declined by one-third since 1980 due to climate change

YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK

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