Hello, Thank you both for your comments and this is exactly why we send it around. I changed the sentence to make it better. The language was really not the main thing we wanted to look at, only we had it and so did just very very basic analysis with it.
I would be glad to see results from a different database focused more on international audiences, are there particular ones you think we might look at next? *If you want to see the full list of funders, and also the keywords that they are funding, you can see that here <https://osf.io/6e9as/files/ca3sz>.* from there you can search in the main dataset and find the specific papers, read abstracts, or see who did them or at what institutions. Best, Brett On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM Rafael Conde Melguizo via Wiki-research-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello: > About "English is the dominant language of research publication" > > Outside English speaking countries, especially in Spanish-speaking > countries, this is identified as major problem, not just a simple fact. > > English is the dominant language because everyone consults and cite paper > in English due to the language barrier. But there are many index, papers > and documents in Spanish and other languages as important as the English > papers that are not in the English index because English speaking > researchers don´t understand them, so they don´t consult and cite them. > > I don´t know the authors of the paper, but to my mind that conclusion is > very important. Maybe the most important. > > Greetings > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Peter F. Patel-Schneider via Wiki-research-l < > [email protected]> > Enviado el: viernes, 24 de julio de 2026 13:16 > Para: [email protected] > CC: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <[email protected]> > Asunto: [Wiki-research-l] Re: Research Project, Who Funds WikiResearch? > ending > > PRECAUCIÓN: Este mensaje proviene de un remitente EXTERNO a UDIT. No haga > clic en enlaces ni abra archivos adjuntos a menos que reconozca al > remitente y sepa que el contenido es seguro. Si tiene alguna duda, primero > contacte con el equipo de Informática de UDIT. > > > I took a look at the paper and I feel the need to comment on one > "conclusion" > in it. > > "Of the 8,739 papers published, 7,640 (87.4%) of them were published in > English. Spanish is the second most common language, with 244 papers in > Spanish. This is a huge difference and again suggests that Wikimedia is > primarily anglophone." > > I don't think that this should be said, even if the next paragraph > somewhat tempers the reasoning. Like it or not, English is the dominant > language of research publication. International conferences are nearly all > English. Even many theses from non-English-speaking countries are written > in English. So it is completely unsurprising that most papers examined are > in English. It would be astonishing if this was not the case. > > Peter F. Patel-Schneider > > > > > > On 7/24/26 6:57 AM, Brett Buttliere via Wiki-research-l wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Our project about Who is funding WikiResearch > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vaxQrpP1DGMxVWRbXAvax0O52pj5221un > > SjDrkKV5wM/edit?tab=t.0> > > is > > in the final stages of wrapping up, and I have the data open and ready > > to analyze sort of a last time. > > > > Thus I invite you to look a little bit at the report, and I can also > > do some small analyses for your particular keywords or funder, for > > instance giving you the papers for any particular funder, or topic, or > > institution, etc. After next week, you can access the related files > > and analysis code here <https://osf.io/6e9as/files/osfstorage>. > > > > Aside from that, I encourage you to look at the report, or watch the > > WikiWorkshop presentation > > <https://youtu.be/2Wsix72Wy6Y?si=lFZNHN5w8kLuq-0t> about it. > > there are many potential analyses that can be done in the cleaned > > data, and we will use them in the future to help build relationships, > > projects, and etc. > > > > Please feel free to email me with any questions or suggestions. or if > > i can provide you with more information. > > Enjoy WikiMania! > > Brett > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
