Plain Language in Science: Signs of Intelligible Life in the Scientific Community?
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/members/securedDocuments/v24n6p194.pdf

Locke, Joanne N., Lily Whiteman and Devora Mitrany
Science Editor
2001

Abstract:

'The importance of the work is inversely proportional to the number of people who can understand it' is an outdated attitude in today's scientific arena. The trend toward plain language is gathering force in government, academe, and scientific journals.