IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1982 Open Access

Creative Obfuscation

J. Scott Armstrong University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

A rational and popular viewpoint is that the function of scientific writing is to communicate knowledge. A study of prominent journals, however, suggests that clear communication is not appreciated within the reading-writing-refereeing community. If clarity is a goal for a journal, the editor must take action.

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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1982-03-01
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10.1109/tpc.1982.6447741
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scientific writing literacy studies
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