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RLetters: A Web-Based Application for Text Analysis of Journal Articles

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While textual analysis of the journal literature is a burgeoning field, there is still a profound lack of user-friendly software for accomplishing this task. RLetters is a free, open-source web application which provides researchers with an environment in which they can select sets of journal articles and analyze them with cutting-edge textual analysis tools. RLetters allows users without prior expertise in textual analysis to analyze word frequency, collocations, cooccurrences, term networks, and more. It is implemented in Ruby and scripts are provided to automate deployment.

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  • Charles H Pence, 2016. "RLetters: A Web-Based Application for Text Analysis of Journal Articles," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(1), pages 1-8, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0146004
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146004
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