Top, mid-tier, and predatory alike? The lexical structure of titles and abstracts of six business and management journals
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Readability; Lexical diversity; Network analysis; Business; management and accounting; Predatory publishing;All these keywords.
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- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
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