Write better, publish better

Marino Fages, Diego

Abstract

There is evidence that having more readable abstracts and introductions help authors get cited. I show that, in economics, there is also an effect of readability on the probability of publishing in a Top 5 journal (and in a higher-ranked journal in general). I compute readability measures for a set of working papers and examine the journals in which they get published. My results suggest that previous estimates of the effect on citations are downward biased, as higher-ranked journals are more widely read and cited.

Citation

Marino Fages, D. (2020). Write better, publish better. Scientometrics, 122, 1671–1681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03332-4

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 9, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jan 3, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Deposit Date: Dec 19, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 19, 2019
• Journal: Scientometrics
• Print ISSN: 0138-9130
• Electronic ISSN: 1588-2861
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 122
• Pages: 1671–1681
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03332-4
• Keywords: Readability; Journals; Ranking; Top 5; NBER
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3601118
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-019-03332-4