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Scientific Readability

Scientific Readability is a genre-specific academic concept denoting the degree to which scientific texts are structurally, linguistically, and cognitively accessible to their intended scholarly audience, distinguished by its focus on the clarity and comprehensibility of discipline-specific contributions such as methods, models, frameworks, theories, constructs, datasets, tasks, or metrics within the scientific literature.

75

Publications

2.5K

Citations

165

Authors

96

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

Parents

Publications

75

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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A statistical model for scientific readability

Luo Si, Jamie Callan · 2001 · 201 citations

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The Encyclopædia of Physics

A E De Barr · Physics Bulletin · 1966 · 99 citations

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Exploring the landscape of scientific literacy

Jonathan Osborne · Studies in Science Education · 2012 · 98 citations

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A Reader's Guide to Scientifically Based Research.

Robert E. Slavin · Educational leadership · 2003 · 94 citations

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Authors

165

  1. WH
    William Hedley Thompson

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 266 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. JC
    Jamie Callan

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    2 publications · 228 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. DL
    Daniël Lakens

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    2 publications · 62 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. JW
    Ju Wen

    Chongqing University, China

    2 publications · 34 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. GJ
    Granville J. Matheson

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 266 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 165

Institutions

96

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    534 citations

  2. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    108 citations

  3. Chengdu Jincheng College

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    49 citations

  4. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. Chengdu Medical College

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  8. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 155 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. Nature

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

    JRST · 2 publications · 25 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Journal of Information Science

    JIS · 2 publications · 103 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Science Education

    2 publications · 54 citations

    2

    h-index

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