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This study examines linguistic differences in scientific papers retracted for fraud compared to unretracted papers and those retracted for other reasons. The analysis of over two million words reveals that fraudulent papers exhibit higher levels of linguistic obfuscation, characterized by lower readability, increased jargon, and more causal language. These findings suggest that authors of fraudulent research may intentionally obscure their writing to complicate evaluation and analysis.
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- konglihong1991
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- EN