Style and substance in psychology: are influential articles more readable than less influential ones?
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).
Hartley
James
J
Department of Psychology, The University of the Texas, Austin, USA. Pennebaker@psy.utexas.edu
Sotto
Eric
E
Pennebaker
James
J
D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*; D011932:Reading