The readability of academic papers in the Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-704

  Lee, Stephen ^a   French, Nick ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic papers; Comprehension; Journal of Property Investment Finance; Readability; Reading; Research work; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053302908     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635781111171814     Document Type: Article

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