Cortes Osorio, Jimmy Alexander

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Scientia et Technica Año XXIII, Vol. 23, No. 03, septiembre de 2018. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. ISSN 0122-1701  Editorial   Welcome to the Universal Language of Science There are some important changes coming in this journal. From now on, we will try to make all the editorials in English, and the manuscripts in this language will have priority. This is due to some very important reasons. English is the de facto language to give a speech in a conference and to write and publish a scientific paper. It is certainly known that most prestigious scientific research journals publish in English, regardless of the native language of writers [1].  There is undeniable evidence that the more scientific publications are written in English, the higher the international awareness is. SCImago, one of the most popular scientific journal rank indicators, denotes that the top list is made up of journals in English regardless of the host country [2]. It is not a coincidence that most of them are English native speaking countries: United States and United Kingdom. We know English proficiency is an additional issue to consider publishing a manuscript successfully. Our continent, unfortunately, is in the lowest part of the international rankings of English skills, but on average it has been improving in recent years [3][4]. Even though Latin American science has been affected, in                  Scientia et Technica Año XXIII, Vol. 23, No. 03, septiembre de 2018. Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. ISSN 0122-1701 some manner, due to the evident low proficiency in this language, must be overcome to make Latin American research visible to the entire world. This cannot be considered as an obstacle for our Spanish speaking authors, this is just an opportunity to increase global awareness, citation index and, consequently, attract authors and peer reviews from non-Spanish speaking continents. We will have a period of transition between our desire and achieving it completely. Along the way we will lose some authors and others will arrive, but we are sure that the best ones will remain knowing that better standards will enhance their research work visibility.  Referencias   [1] Cortés, Jimy Alexander, and Iván Darío Arellano. "The Relevance of English in Colombian Scientific Research Awareness." English Language Teaching 10.5 (2017): 127-132.  [2] "SJR : Scientific Journal Rankings", Scimagojr.com, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?page=2&total_size=34171. [Accessed: 15- Oct- 2018].  [3] "Fifth annual English proficiency ranking finds Latin America on the rise", ICEF Monitor - Market intelligence for international student recruitment, 2018. [Online]. Available: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/11/fifth-annual-english-proficiency-ranking-finds-latin-america-on-the-rise/. [Accessed: 15- Oct- 2018].  [4] "EF EPI 2018 - EF English Proficiency Index", Ef.com.co, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.ef.com.co/epi/. [Accessed: 15- Oct- 2018].   Autor Jimmy Alexander Cortes Osorio Editor en Jefe Scientia Et Technica, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira  

Welcome to the Universal Language of Science

Cortes Osorio, Jimy Alexander

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Welcome to the Universal Language of Science

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