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Is academic writing becoming more positive? A large-scale diachronic case study of Science research articles across 25 years

Bibliographic Data

ID21442040
AuthorsZhou-Min Yuan (0000-0003-0274-7135, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Mingxin Yao (0000-0002-4763-9413, Nanjing University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume127
Issue11
Pages6191-6207
Publication date2022-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScientometrics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0138-9130 • E-ISSN: 1588-2861
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11192-022-04515-2
PMID36212768
OpenAlexW4298394460
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited40

Academic writing · Empirical research · Epistemology · Geography · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Political science · Publishing · Scale (ratio) · Social science · Sociology · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Psychology · Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining

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Highly citedNo

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