Top-tier and predatory alike? A lexical structure perspective from the Academy of Management Journal and Espacios

TL;DR

This study compares the lexical structures of article titles and abstracts in two management journals, revealing significant differences in length, diversity, and readability, highlighting disparities in scholarly communication styles.

Contribution

It provides a novel lexical analysis comparing a top-tier and a regional journal, uncovering structural differences in scholarly article language use.

Findings

AMJ titles are longer than Espacios titles.

AMJ abstracts are more diverse and demanding to read.

Significant lexical differences exist between the two journals.

Abstract

This study compares the lexical structure of articles titles and abstracts of two extremes in MB (management-business research): the AMJ (Academy of Management Journal), one of its most revered periodicals, and Espacios, the one that unveiled a structural problem in Latin-American MB. Results showed significant differences in the median of titles length and abstracts readability and diversity as AMJ titles length was longer and abstracts both more diverse and readability-demanding.