Clarity and accuracy of reporting are fundamental to the scientific process. Readability
formulas can estimate how difficult a text is to read. Here, in a corpus consisting of 709,577 …

The principles of readability are in every style manual. Readability formulas are in every
writing aid. What is missing is the research and theory on which they stand. This short review …

This paper highlights the results of a survey of software professionals. One of the goals of
this survey was to uncover the perceived relevance (or lack thereof) of software …

Background Online health information, if evidence-based and unbiased, can improve
patients' and caregivers' health knowledge and assist them in disease management and …

Improving the quality of software demands quality controls since the very beginning of the
development process, ie, requirements capture and writing. Automating quality metrics may …

Understanding the text in legal documents can be challenging due to their complex structure
and the inclusion of domain-specific jargon. Laws and regulations are often crafted in such a …

Research problem: Interest in plain-language communication has been growing in many
sectors of business and government, but knowledge about its development is scattered and …

In recent years, the field of Universal Access has made significant progress in consolidating
theoretical approaches, scientific methods and technologies, as well as in exploring new …

This study examines how the readability of scientific discourses changes over time and to
what extent readability can explain scientific impact in terms of citation counts. The basis are …

In October 1998, the SEC implemented a rule requiring firms to use plain English in their
prospectus filings. In addition to the rule, the SEC encouraged the use of plain English in all …