Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014

Vinkers, C. H., Tijdink, J. K., & Otte, W. M. (2015). Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014: retrospective analysis. BMJ, 351.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2015

DOI

10.1136/bmj.h6467

Link

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6467

Cited from

communication_media_studies

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Primes

• Summary Substance Divergence
  • In scientific publishing it is abstract versus paper, abstracts overstating effect size or generality relative to the results that the methods and limitations sections moderate.

    This sourceDocuments rising positive/overstated language in abstracts over time, evidence that the summary surface (abstract) drifts toward overstatement relative to the substance.

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