Are the best higher education journals really the best? A meta-analysis of writing quality and readability

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-22

  Shelley II, Mack ^a   Schuh, John ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038618426     PISSN: 11989742     EISSN: 17101166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jsp.33.1.11     Document Type: Article

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