How to spot research spin—the case of the not-so-simple abstract
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Home Other Sciences Other March 18, 2016 March 18, 2016 by Hilda Bastian, Plos Blogs Spin doctoring is deliberate manipulation.
In a Paradox, Study Finds That Long, Jargon-Laden Abstracts Make for More Citations
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Search engines may create a disincentive to write clear academic prose, say researchers at the University of Chicago.
Would bad writing get scientists more citations?
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The standard advice to scientists writing abstracts for journal articles is: keep it short, dry, and simple. But those…
Short science abstracts that avoid jargon and hype are cited less, study shows
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When writing the abstracts for journal articles, most scientists receive similar advice: keep it short, dry, and simple. But a…