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2023

Journal Article

The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science

Amano, Tatsuya, Ramírez-Castañeda, Valeria, Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Borokini, Israel, Chowdhury, Shawan, Golivets, Marina, González-Trujillo, Juan David, Montaño-Centellas, Flavia, Paudel, Kumar, White, Rachel Louise and Veríssimo, Diogo (2023). The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science. PLOS Biology, 21 (7) e3002184, e3002184. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002184

The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science

2023

Journal Article

The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments

Amano, Tatsuya, Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Akasaka, Munemitsu, de Andrade Junior, Milton A. U., Blaise, Ndayizeye, Checco, Julia, Çilingir, F. Gözde, Citegetse, Geoffroy, Corella Tor, Marina, Drobniak, Szymon M., Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Golivets, Marina, Ion, Mihaela C., Jara-Díaz, Javiera P., Katayose, Ryosuke, Lasmana, Felicia P. S., Lin, Hsien-Yung, Lopez, Erick, Mikula, Peter, Morales-Barquero, Lucia, Mupepele, Anne-Christine, Narváez-Gómez, Juan P., Nguyen, Thi Hieu, Lisboa, Sá Nogueira, Nuñez, Martin A., Pavón-Jordán, Diego, Pottier, Patrice, Prescott, Graham W., Samad, Farah ... Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica (2023). The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments. Nature Sustainability, 6 (7), 845-854. doi: 10.1038/s41893-023-01087-8

The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments

2022

Journal Article

Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps

Wauchope, Hannah S., Jones, Julia P. G., Geldmann, Jonas, Simmons, Benno I., Amano, Tatsuya, Blanco, Daniel E., Fuller, Richard A., Johnston, Alison, Langendoen, Tom, Mundkur, Taej, Nagy, Szabolcs and Sutherland, William J. (2022). Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps. Nature, 605 (7908), 103-107. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04617-0

Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps

2021

Journal Article

Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity

Amano, Tatsuya, Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Christie, Alec P., Willott, Kate, Akasaka, Munemitsu, Báldi, András, Berthinussen, Anna, Bertolino, Sandro, Bladon, Andrew J., Chen, Min, Choi, Chang-Yong, Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda, de Oliveira, Luis G., Farhat, Perla, Golivets, Marina, Hidalgo Aranzamendi, Nataly, Jantke, Kerstin, Kajzer-Bonk, Joanna, Kemahlı Aytekin, M. Çisel, Khorozyan, Igor, Kito, Kensuke, Konno, Ko, Lin, Da-Li, Littlewood, Nick, Liu, Yang, Liu, Yifan, Loretto, Matthias-Claudio, Marconi, Valentina, Martin, Philip A. ... Sutherland, William J. (2021). Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology, 19 (10) e3001296, e3001296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296

Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity

2021

Journal Article

Ten tips for overcoming language barriers in science

Amano, Tatsuya, Rios Rojas, Clarissa, Boum II, Yap, Calvo, Margarita and Misra, Biswapriya B. (2021). Ten tips for overcoming language barriers in science. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (9), 1119-1122. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01137-1

Ten tips for overcoming language barriers in science

2020

Journal Article

Responses of global waterbird populations to climate change vary with latitude

Amano, Tatsuya, Székely, Tamás, Wauchope, Hannah S., Sandel, Brody, Nagy, Szabolcs, Mundkur, Taej, Langendoen, Tom, Blanco, Daniel, Michel, Nicole L. and Sutherland, William J. (2020). Responses of global waterbird populations to climate change vary with latitude. Nature Climate Change, 10 (10), 959-964. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0872-3

Responses of global waterbird populations to climate change vary with latitude

2018

Journal Article

Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance

Amano, Tatsuya, Szekely, Tamas, Sandel, Brody, Nagy, Szabolcs, Mundkur, Taej, Langendoen, Tom, Blanco, Daniel, Soykan, Candan U. and Sutherland, William J. (2018). Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance. Nature, 553 (7687), 199-202. doi: 10.1038/nature25139

Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance

2016

Journal Article

Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science

Amano, Tatsuya, González-Varo, Juan P. and Sutherland, William J. (2016). Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science. PLoS Biology, 14 (12) e2000933, e2000933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000933

Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science

2025

Journal Article

AmphiTherm: a comprehensive database of amphibian thermal tolerance and preference

Pottier, Patrice, Oh, Rachel R. Y., Pollo, Pietro, Rivera-Villanueva, A. Nayelli, Yang, Yefeng, Varon, Sarah, Longo, Ana V., Burke, Samantha, Lin, Hsien-Yung, Valdebenito, José O., Amano, Tatsuya, Drobniak, Szymon M., Nakagawa, Shinichi and Claunch, Natalie (2025). AmphiTherm: a comprehensive database of amphibian thermal tolerance and preference. Scientific Data. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-06286-w

AmphiTherm: a comprehensive database of amphibian thermal tolerance and preference

2025

Journal Article

Spanish-language text classification for environmental evidence synthesis using multilingual pre-trained models

Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Hajas, Akos, Cornford, Richard, Ye, Nan and Amano, Tatsuya (2025). Spanish-language text classification for environmental evidence synthesis using multilingual pre-trained models. Environmental Evidence, 14 (1) 21, 21. doi: 10.1186/s13750-025-00370-9

Spanish-language text classification for environmental evidence synthesis using multilingual pre-trained models

2025

Journal Article

Language barriers in conservation science citation networks

Hannah, Kelsey, Fuller, Richard A., Smith, Rebecca K., Sutherland, William J. and Amano, Tatsuya (2025). Language barriers in conservation science citation networks. Conservation Biology, 39 (5) e70051, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/cobi.70051

Language barriers in conservation science citation networks

2025

Journal Article

Language, economic and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap

Amano, Tatsuya, Ramírez-Castañeda, Valeria, Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta, Borokini, Israel, Chowdhury, Shawan, Golivets, Marina, González-Trujillo, Juan David, Montaño-Centellas, Flavia, Paudel, Kumar, White, Rachel L. and Veríssimo, Diogo (2025). Language, economic and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap. PLOS Biology, 23 (9) e3003372, e3003372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003372

Language, economic and gender disparities widen the scientific productivity gap

2025

Journal Article

Social information can alter the effect of habitat fragmentation on bird diversity and improve its stability

Bełcik, Michał, Lenda, Magdalena, Amano, Tatsuya, Pustkowiak, Sylwia and Skórka, Piotr (2025). Social information can alter the effect of habitat fragmentation on bird diversity and improve its stability. Forest Ecology and Management, 591 122810, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122810

Social information can alter the effect of habitat fragmentation on bird diversity and improve its stability

2025

Journal Article

Large reductions in tropical bird abundance attributable to heat extreme intensification

Kotz, Maximilian, Amano, Tatsuya and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Large reductions in tropical bird abundance attributable to heat extreme intensification. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 9 (10), 1897-1909. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02811-7

Large reductions in tropical bird abundance attributable to heat extreme intensification

2025

Journal Article

This article is not just in English: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation

Burton-Jones, Andrew, Amano, Tatsuya, Boyce, James, Chau, Patrick, Feng, Juan (Jane), Guzman, Indira R., Jarvenpaa, Sirkka, Li, Jingqi (Celeste), Namvar, Morteza, Padmanabhan, Balaji, Pineda, Jose, Richet, Jean-Loup, Sarker, Suprateek, Seidel, Stefan, Sharma, Sujeet, Vogel, Doug, Wang, Harry and Yoon, Victoria (2025). This article is not just in English: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29 5875, 1-54. doi: 10.3127/ajis.v29.5875

This article is not just in English: making science more inclusive and impactful with artificial intelligence translation

2025

Journal Article

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

Amano, Tatsuya, Bowker, Lynne and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world. PLOS Biology, 23 (6) e3003215, 1-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003215

AI-mediated translation presents two possible futures for academic publishing in a multilingual world

2025

Journal Article

Range size and abundance dynamics of Japanese breeding birds over 40 years suggest a potential crisis in warm areas

Yamaura, Yuichi, Kawamura, Kazuhiro, Senzaki, Masayuki, Kitazawa, Munehiro, Nishiumi, Isao, Katayama, Naoki, Amano, Tatsuya, Ishigooka, Yasushi, Sudo, Shigeto, Osawa, Takeshi and Ueta, Mutsuyuki (2025). Range size and abundance dynamics of Japanese breeding birds over 40 years suggest a potential crisis in warm areas. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 17281, 17281. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-01382-8

Range size and abundance dynamics of Japanese breeding birds over 40 years suggest a potential crisis in warm areas

2025

Journal Article

The range of large terrestrial mammals has expanded into human-dominated landscapes in Japan

Baek, Seung-Yun, Amano, Tatsuya, Akasaka, Munemitsu and Koike, Shinsuke (2025). The range of large terrestrial mammals has expanded into human-dominated landscapes in Japan. Communications Earth and Environment, 6 (1) 292. doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-02261-w

The range of large terrestrial mammals has expanded into human-dominated landscapes in Japan

2025

Journal Article

Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions

Amano, Tatsuya and Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta (2025). Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 40 (3), 273-285. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.003

Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions

2025

Journal Article

Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan

Lin, Da-Li, Amano, Tatsuya, Fuller, Richard A., Ding, Tzung-Su and Maron, Martine (2025). Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan. Landscape Ecology, 40 (2) 39. doi: 10.1007/s10980-025-02055-7

Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan