Is the readability of abstracts decreasing in management research?
| dc.contributor.author | Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-18T13:48:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-18T13:48:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-05-31 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The readability of scientific texts is critical for the successful distribution of research findings. I replicate a recent study which found that the abstracts of scientific articles in the life sciences became less readable over time. Specifically, I sample 28,345 abstracts from 17 of the leading journals in the field of management and organization over 3 decades, and study two established indicators of readability over time, namely the Flesch Reading Ease and the New Dale–Chall Readability Formula. I find a modest trend towards less readable abstracts, which leads to an increase in articles that are extremely hard to read from 12% in the first decade of the sample to 16% in the final decade of the sample. I further find that an increasing number of authors partially explains this trend, as do the use of scientific jargon and corresponding author affiliations with institutions in English-speaking countries. I discuss implications for authors, reviewers, and editors in the field of management. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/40811 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-22668 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | de |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Review of managerial science;Vol. 15. 2021 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Readability | en |
| dc.subject | Management research | en |
| dc.subject | Replication | en |
| dc.subject.ddc | 330 | |
| dc.subject.rswk | Lesbarkeit | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Verständlichkeit | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Wissenschaftliche Literatur | de |
| dc.subject.rswk | Management | de |
| dc.title | Is the readability of abstracts decreasing in management research? | en |
| dc.type | Text | de |
| dc.type.publicationtype | article | de |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
| eldorado.secondarypublication | true | de |
| eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitation | Review of managerial science. Vol. 15. 2021 | en |
| eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifier | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-021-00468-7 | de |