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Finds that articles with more narrative abstracts are cited more often
Findings
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Finds that articles with more narrative abstracts are cited more often
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This effect is closely associated with journal identity: higher-impact journals tend to feature more narrative articles, and these articles tend to be cited more often. These results suggest that writing in a more narrative style increases the uptake and influence of articles in climate literature, and perhaps in scientific literature more broadly
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Identified 19 journals with the largest number of articles meeting these criteria, and retrieved the abstracts, citation counts, and other relevant information through the database Web of Science
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Suggests that writing in a more narrative style increases the uptake and influence of articles in climate literature, and perhaps in scientific literature more broadly