This paper investigates comments on English language in peer reviews of manuscripts sub- mitted to the journal English for Specific Purposes. The source of data is a corpus of 228 peer reviews of papers written by native English speaking (NES) and non-native English speak- ing (NNES) authors. The findings suggest that the reviewers considered English language standard to be an important factor in judging papers to be publishable or not. Papers by both NES and NNES authors attracted comments on English, but the NES-authored pa- pers generally attracted more positive and the NNS-authored papers more negative com- ment. Certain areas of language appeared to be more problematic for NNS authors and others for NNES authors. Overall, howev...
This paper probes the issue of standards of acceptability in English as an academic lingua franca (a...
seen many PhD students struggle to write their first manu-scripts and then send them off to journals...
Previous quantitative studies suggest that the burden researchers who use English as an additional l...
Linguistic bias in academic publishing, the idea that a manuscript would be rejected due to its lang...
Given the increasingly important status of English as a medium for academic publication around the w...
Abstract Publication in international, peer-reviewed, academic journals is increasingly characteriz...
Keynote SessionsOne face of English, or Englishes, is that used to publish in international journals...
Given that more and more non-native English speakers have begun to publish in English in recent year...
This paper reports on the study of multilingual speakers' perception of their research writing pract...
Academic publication now dominates the lives of academics across the globe who must increasingly sub...
The dominance of English as International Language of Scientific Publication (EILSP) has resulted in...
Within the fields of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Research Publication Purpos...
Adherence to standards in English for research publication purposes (ERPP) can be a substantial barr...
Failure to publish articles in the dominant Anglophone scientific journals has implications for mult...
Articles published in English language journals with citations of non-English peer reviewed material...
This paper probes the issue of standards of acceptability in English as an academic lingua franca (a...
seen many PhD students struggle to write their first manu-scripts and then send them off to journals...
Previous quantitative studies suggest that the burden researchers who use English as an additional l...
Linguistic bias in academic publishing, the idea that a manuscript would be rejected due to its lang...
Given the increasingly important status of English as a medium for academic publication around the w...
Abstract Publication in international, peer-reviewed, academic journals is increasingly characteriz...
Keynote SessionsOne face of English, or Englishes, is that used to publish in international journals...
Given that more and more non-native English speakers have begun to publish in English in recent year...
This paper reports on the study of multilingual speakers' perception of their research writing pract...
Academic publication now dominates the lives of academics across the globe who must increasingly sub...
The dominance of English as International Language of Scientific Publication (EILSP) has resulted in...
Within the fields of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Research Publication Purpos...
Adherence to standards in English for research publication purposes (ERPP) can be a substantial barr...
Failure to publish articles in the dominant Anglophone scientific journals has implications for mult...
Articles published in English language journals with citations of non-English peer reviewed material...
This paper probes the issue of standards of acceptability in English as an academic lingua franca (a...
seen many PhD students struggle to write their first manu-scripts and then send them off to journals...
Previous quantitative studies suggest that the burden researchers who use English as an additional l...