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Readability and Prestige in Scientific Journals

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JS Armstrong (The Wharton School)

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Abstract

Hartley, Trueman and Meadows [3] contribute useful evidence on whether scientists can gain prestige by writing in a manner that is difficult to read. This has been called the bafflegab theory by some. They concluded that the evidence was not strong. This comment examines some of the conclusions from Hartley, Trueman, and Meadows (HTM) and recommends directions for further research.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series General Economics and Teaching with number 0502053.

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Date of creation: 11 Feb 2005
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Keywords: readability prestige scientific journal publication

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