Book reviews in time

James Hartley (), John Cowan, Cynthia Deeson and Peter Thomas
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James Hartley: Keele University
John Cowan: Open University
Cynthia Deeson: Ex-Bournemouth College of Further Education
Peter Thomas: Keele University

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 109, issue 3, No 38, 2123-2128

Abstract: Abstract This paper focuses on the issue of whether or not academic writing changes over time. We examine a selection of book reviews written by five authors over a 20–25 year period. The data show little evidence of change for each of the authors as measured by readability scores and grammatical features. These findings are in line with earlier ones that suggest that academic writing styles are fixed fairly early on and do not alter much with time.

Keywords: Academic writing; Longitudinal studies; Book reviews; Aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2114-z

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