Style and Substance in Psychology
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Social Studies of Science
- Vol. 32 (2), 321-334
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312702032002005
Abstract
The results from four studies are reported separately to test the idea that influential articles in psychology will be more readable than less influential ones. This idea is upheld when the papers involved are ones that have been highly rated by fellow colleagues (Studies 1 and 2) but it is not supported when the papers involved are highly-cited journal articles (Studies 3 and 4).Keywords
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