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Linguistic and Methodological Divergences between Journals: an Interdisciplinary Analysis with Computational Linguistics and Topic Modeling

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  • Filippo Pietrini

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This empirical study employs computational linguistics and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to analyze the language and the main topics of three economics journals with different aims, scopes and readership, compared to a mathematics and a sociology journal. The aim is to discern linguistic, methodological and topics divergences with a focus on how these differences reflect the variety of theoretical approaches in economic research. The findings suggest significant discrepancies along these three dimensions, underscoring the potential of combining different textual analysis tools for meta-research purposes.

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  • Filippo Pietrini, 2025. "Linguistic and Methodological Divergences between Journals: an Interdisciplinary Analysis with Computational Linguistics and Topic Modeling," Working Papers - Economics wp2025_07.rdf, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa.
    • Handle: RePEc:frz:wpaper:wp2025_07.rdf
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    Keywords

    Computational Linguistics; Topic Modeling; Journal Comparison; Empirical Analysis; Economic methodology;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
    • B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
    • B5 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches

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