The article gives some blanket stats regarding the extra effort to be a non native English speaker, but they use a definition of native that excludes most of India. Even if it is not their first language, Indians have a clear advantage over, say, Chinese, in terms of typical English fluency. There's no way the "91% more time to read papers" figure applies equally to the median Chinese and median Indian scientist.
That said, this article and paper don't really seem to provide any kind of solution, they just identify a problem. I don't really see what the scientific community can do about it? Aside from inventing a babel fish, this seems like a problem for education ministers around the globe.
That said, this article and paper don't really seem to provide any kind of solution, they just identify a problem. I don't really see what the scientific community can do about it? Aside from inventing a babel fish, this seems like a problem for education ministers around the globe.