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Academic Readability

Academic Readability is a scholarly communication construct that specifies the degree to which academic texts are comprehensible to intended audiences, distinguished by its systematic adaptation to discipline-specific linguistic, structural, and conceptual conventions.

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2.4K

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161

Authors

91

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The readability of scientific texts is decreasing over time

Pontus Plavén‐Sigray, Granville J. Matheson, Björn C. Schiffler et al. · eLife · 2017 · 232 citations · Full text

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Undergraduates' Academic Reading Format Preferences and Behaviors

Diane Mizrachi · The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 2015 · 154 citations

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Readability assessment of online patient education materials from academic otolaryngology–head and neck surgery departments

Peter F. Svider, Nitin Agarwal, Osamah J. Choudhry et al. · American Journal of Otolaryngology · 2012 · 108 citations

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Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia: Final-Year Medical Student Contributions to Wikipedia Articles for Academic Credit at One School

Amin Azzam, David E. Bresler, Armando García de León et al. · Academic Medicine · 2016 · 103 citations · Full text

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New ways of making academic articles easier to read

James Hartley · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2012 · 97 citations

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Authors

161

  1. PH
    Pamela Howard

    San Francisco State University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

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  2. MG
    Meg Gorzycki

    San Francisco State University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  3. JH
    James Hartley

    Keele University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 171 citations

    3

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  4. GD
    Geoffrey Desa

    San Francisco State University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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  5. DD
    Diane D. Allen

    San Francisco State University, United States

    3 publications · 112 citations

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Institutions

91

  1. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    209 citations

  2. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. San Francisco State University

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    264 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    257 citations

  5. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  6. University of New Orleans

    New Orleans, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    66 citations

  7. Portland State University

    Portland, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  8. Education Service Center Region 13

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Reading

    3 publications · 53 citations

    3

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  2. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. The Journal of Economic Education

    2 publications · 34 citations

    2

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  4. The Journal of Academic Librarianship

    2 publications · 168 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics

    2 publications · 26 citations

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