Investigating predatory publishing in political science: a corpus linguistics approach
Abstract
This article explores the application of corpus linguistics methods in dealing with an underexplored area concerning predatory publishing, with a focus on lexical bundles and formulaicity. Using a comparative approach, the study employs two corpora of more than 1,6 million words, consisting of 220 research articles drawn from two comparable journals in the field of political science, one predatory and one top-ranking. The results show that...
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Title
Investigating predatory publishing in political science: a corpus linguistics approach
Published Date
Apr 1, 2021
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1
Issue
1
Pages
100001 - 100001
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