  We analyzed publications data in WoS and Scopus to compare publications in
native languages vs publications in English and find any distinctive patterns.
We analyzed their distribution by research areas, languages, type of access and
citation patterns. The following trends were found: share of English
publications increases over time; native-language publications are read and
cited less than English-language outside the origin country; open access impact
on views and citation is higher for native languages; journal ranking
correlates with the share of English publications for multi-language journals.
We conclude also that the role of non-English publications in research
evaluation in non-English speaking countries is underestimated when research in
social science and humanities is assessed only by publications in Web of
Science and Scopus.
