Climate#

Does the style of writing impact the number of citations that a climate change paper receives?

See the paper for details on how the data was collected. This data set was created using the raw data from the article together with the R script provided by the authors. From the authors: “Peer-reviewed publications focusing on climate change are growing exponentially with the consequence that the uptake and influence of individual papers varies greatly. Here, we derive metrics of narrativity from psychology and literary theory, and use these metrics to test the hypothesis that more narrative climate change writing is more likely to be influential, using citation frequency as a proxy for influence.”

Initialization#

library(fosdata)
data <- fosdata::climate

Accessing fields#

data <- fosdata::climate
binary_setting <- data$binary_setting # Just a random field in the dataset

Interactive R Sample#

You can use the R editor below to interactively explore the dataset and generate plots. This contains a fully self-contained R environment with fosdata, ggplot2, and dplyr loaded.

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LLM instructions#


If using an LLM, you can copy-paste the following instructions to accompany your prompt to inform the model of the fields and their types in the dataset.


LLM Instructions


The fosdata::climate dataset containing the following fields:

fields[19]{name,type,values}:
  appeal,numeric,n/a
  conjunctions,numeric,n/a
  connectivity,numeric,n/a
  narrative_perspective,numeric,n/a
  sensory,numeric,n/a
  setting,numeric,n/a
  citations,numeric,n/a
  year,numeric,n/a
  journal,character,n/a
  number_of_authors,numeric,n/a
  abstract_length,integer,n/a
  abstract_number,integer,n/a
  normalized_citations,numeric,n/a
  normalized_sensory,numeric,n/a
  normalized_conjunctions,numeric,n/a
  normalized_connectivity,numeric,n/a
  binary_setting,numeric,n/a
  binary_appeal,numeric,n/a
  impact,numeric,n/a


Fields#



  
      

          Name
          Description
          Type
          Min
          Max
          Values
      

  
  
      

          appeal
          the moral or evaluative orientation of a narrative. Does the text makes an explicit appeal to the reader or a clear recommendation for action
          numeric
          -
          1
          -
      

      

          conjunctions
          the number of times that conjunctions signifying cause and effect, contrast, or temporal ordering appeared in the text.
          numeric
          0.25
          4.8333
          -
      

      

          connectivity
          he number of times that words or phrases from one sentence were used to create an explicit link to the sentence immediately preceding it
          numeric
          0.25
          7.1667
          -
      

      

          narrative_perspective
          whether or not the narrator referred to themselves in the text (e.g., through use of pronouns such as I, we, and our)
          numeric
          -
          1
          -
      

      

          sensory
          the number of times that sensory or emotional language appeared in the abstract
          numeric
          -
          3.25
          -
      

      

          setting
          whether there is a specific mention of place or time in the abstract
          numeric
          -
          1
          -
      

      

          citations
          The log of Web of Science number of citations for the articles associated with each abstract in our dataset.
          numeric
          -
          7.0942
          -
      

      

          year
          year of publication
          numeric
          2009
          2010
          -
      

      

          journal
          One of “PNAS” “Proc Roy Soc B” or “Phil Trans Roy Soc B”
          character
          -
          -
          -
      

      

          number_of_authors
          number of authors
          numeric
          -
          5.1591
          -
      

      

          abstract_length
          in words
          integer
          53
          642
          -
      

      

          abstract_number
          unique identifier
          integer
          886110198
          908379250
          -
      

      

          normalized_citations
          adjusted for length of time paper has been published. Citations per year. Not in log scale.
          numeric
          0.1667
          200.8333
          -
      

      

          normalized_sensory
          Sensory words per word in abstract
          numeric
          -
          0.037
          -
      

      

          normalized_conjunctions
          conjunctions per word in abstract
          numeric
          0.0016
          0.0377
          -
      

      

          normalized_connectivity
          connectivity words per word in abstract
          numeric
          0.0011
          0.0528
          -
      

      

          binary_setting
          1 = yes, 0 = no decision on whether setting is used
          numeric
          -
          1
          -
      

      

          binary_appeal
          1 = yes, 0 = no decision on whether appeal is made
          numeric
          -
          1
          -
      

      

          impact
          impact factor
          numeric
          1.436
          36.104
          -
      

  



Source#


Hillier A, Kelly RP, Klinger T (2016) Narrative Style Influences Citation Frequency in Climate Change Science. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0167983. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167983



 
      

      

        
  





















  
  
  
  

    
    
      
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