ABSTRACT
Introduction There is no doubt at all about the current status of English as the lingua franca of the academic world. However, what is harder to find agreement on is what this implies. Does English as an academic lingua franca increase opportunities for sharing research activities and findings around the world, or does it rather create a relative or absolute disadvantage to authors to whom English is not the first language? And further, is English a threat to other languages as means of academic communication?
