An Analysis of the Readability of Public-Facing Information Relating to Prevention of Infectious Diseases by Vaccination.

Br J Biomed Sci · 2025 · PMC12766163 · PMID 41497733

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

A study by Plavén-Sigray and colleagues analysed the readability of 709,577 abstracts published in English between 1881 and 2015 from 123 biomedical and life science journals, and observed a decreasing trend in readability on a yearly basis [ 13 ].

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