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Diachronic change of noun phrase complexity in the IMRD sections of medical research articles (1970–2020)

Bibliographic Data

ID7159108
AuthorsFan Pan (0000-0001-9779-5142, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ming Nie (0009-0007-9573-6270, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume74
Pages101488
Publication date2025-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of English for Academic Purposes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-1585 • E-ISSN: 1878-1497
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jeap.2025.101488
OpenAlexW4407727694
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited50

Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Computer Science · Foreign Language Teaching Methods · Medical and Biological Sciences · Philosophy · Text Readability and Simplification

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Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Highly citedNo

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