In journal articles, does plain language boost citation impact?
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In journal articles, does plain language boost citation impact? Do technical terms and insider jargon boost citation impact?
https://jlib.ut.ac.ir/article_98243_en.htmlA new study in the field of #linguistics finds no strong evidence for either hypothesis. But I'm glad these authors took a look.
"Statistical tests showed a negative correlation between the use of difficult words in articles and the number of citations/altmetric scores, but this relationship was not statistically significant."
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