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Readability Formulas

Readability Formulas is a metric that quantifies the ease with which a written text can be understood by a reader, typically based on syntactic and lexical complexity indicators such as sentence length and word frequency.

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657

Authors

294

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2017–2026

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Variants

Readability IndicesReadability Metrics

Parents

Publications

303

“Cloze Procedure”: A New Tool for Measuring Readability

Wilson L. Taylor · Journalism Quarterly · 1953 · 2.3K citations

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SMOG Grading - A New Readability Formula.

G. Harry McLaughlin · The Journal of Reading · 1969 · 2.1K citations

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A computer readability formula designed for machine scoring.

Meri Coleman, Ta Lin Liau · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1975 · 996 citations

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A FORMULA FOR PREDICTING READABILITY

Edgar Dale, Jeanne S. Chall · 1948 · 757 citations

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Derivation of new readability formulas (Automated Readability Index, Fog Count and Flesch Reading Ease Formula) for Navy enlisted personnel ; Research Branch Report 8-75

J. Peter Kincaid, P Fishburne Lieutenant Robert, L Rogers Richard et al. · 1975 · 743 citations

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Authors

657

  1. DS
    Danielle S. McNamara

    Arizona State University, United States

    6 publications · 767 citations

    6

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  2. GL
    Gondy Leroy

    Claremont Graduate University, United States

    6 publications · 254 citations

    6

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  3. NA
    Nitin Agarwal

    Neurological Surgery, United States

    5 publications · 363 citations

    5

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  4. GR
    George R. Klare

    Ohio University, United States

    5 publications · 294 citations

    5

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  5. DR
    David R. Hansberry

    Neurological Surgery, United States

    5 publications · 363 citations

    5

    h-index

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Institutions

294

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    482 citations

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    654 citations

  3. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    Newark, United States

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    364 citations

  5. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    851 citations

  6. Neurological Surgery

    Rockville Centre, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    897 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    308 citations

  8. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    479 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 1K citations

    12

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  2. The Journal of Reading

    13 publications · 2.3K citations

    11

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  3. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 7 publications · 147 citations

    7

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  4. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 7 publications · 579 citations

    7

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  5. Journal of Business Communication

    JBC · 5 publications · 247 citations

    5

    h-index

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