We investigate the state of multilingualism across the social sciences and humanities (SSH) using a comprehensive data set of research outputs from seven European countries (Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Flanders [Belgium], Norway, Poland, and Slovenia). Although English tends to be the dominant language of science, SSH researchers often produce culturally and societally relevant work in their local languages. We collected and analyzed a set of 164,218 peer‐reviewed journal articles (produced by 51,063 researchers from 2013 to 2015) and found that multilingualism is prevalent despite geographical location and field. Among the researchers who published at least three journal articles during this time period, over one‐third from the various countries had written their work in at least two languages. The highest share of researchers who published in only one language were from Flanders (80.9%), whereas the lowest shares were from Slovenia (57.2%) and Poland (59.3%). Our findings show that multilingual publishing is an ongoing practice in many SSH research fields regardless of geographical location, political situation, and/or historical heritage. Here we argue that research is international, but multilingual publishing keeps locally relevant research alive with the added potential for creating impact.

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社会科学和人文学科的多语言出版：欧洲七国研究


我们使用来自七个欧洲国家（捷克共和国、丹麦、芬兰、佛兰德斯[比利时]、挪威、波兰和斯洛文尼亚）的研究成果的综合数据集来调查跨社会科学和人文学科 (SSH) 的多语言状况。尽管英语往往是科学的主导语言，但 SSH 研究人员经常用当地语言创作与文化和社会相关的作品。我们收集并分析了一组 164,218 篇同行评审的期刊文章（由 2013 年至 2015 年的 51,063 名研究人员撰写），发现无论地理位置和领域如何，多语言现象都很普遍。在这段时间内发表至少三篇期刊文章的研究人员中，来自不同国家的超过三分之一的人至少用两种语言撰写了他们的作品。仅以一种语言发表论文的研究人员比例最高的是来自佛兰德斯的研究人员 (80.9%)，而比例最低的是来自斯洛文尼亚 (57.2%) 和波兰 (59.3%)。我们的研究结果表明，无论地理位置、政治局势和/或历史遗产如何，多语言出版都是许多 SSH 研究领域的持续实践。在这里，我们认为研究是国际性的，但多语言出版使当地相关研究保持活力，并增加了产生影响力的潜力。