Scientific Globish: clear enough is good enough

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2013 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Microbiology, volume 21, pages 503-504 (issn: 0966-842X,

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Authors: Vic, Norris;

doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.07.002

pmid: 24094815

Scientific Globish: clear enough is good enough

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Abstract

Writing in English is a major problem for many scientists. One radical solution would be the adoption by the scientific community of a simplified, standardised version of English that would be easy to learn, use, and understand, and that would increase the clarity, precision, and accuracy of scientific texts.

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University of Rouen
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Peer Review, Research, Humans, Authorship

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