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Lynette H. Bikos, Ph.D.

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Analyzing language can help us understand the deeper emotions and meanings behind a body of text. One way to investigate this is to analyze words mathematically. As researchers, we wanted to explore how word usage and semantic content varied between top academic journals. We collected the text of 10,000 abstracts and ran the data through LIWC to get semantic insight. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine if word usage varies within and across the top 5 journals. This is an exploratory study to help us understand how semantics impact the perceived credibility of an article.

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May 27th, 10:30 AM

Top Academic Journals in Their Word Usage and Semantic Content

Analyzing language can help us understand the deeper emotions and meanings behind a body of text. One way to investigate this is to analyze words mathematically. As researchers, we wanted to explore how word usage and semantic content varied between top academic journals. We collected the text of 10,000 abstracts and ran the data through LIWC to get semantic insight. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine if word usage varies within and across the top 5 journals. This is an exploratory study to help us understand how semantics impact the perceived credibility of an article.

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