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Text recycling in STEM: A text-analytic study of recently published research articles

Ian G. Ansona Department of Political Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-4270View further author information
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Cary Moskovitzb Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 349-371 | Published online: 24 Nov 2020

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