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Therefore, the author made a comparison between the readability of abstracts from one journal with (Journal of Documentation) and one journal without (Knji\u017enica or Library) an impact factor.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>As a measure of readability, the Flesch Reading Ease Readability Formula was used. Then, with the help of statistical experts, a comparison of the readability scores between the abstracts of two selected journals was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results showed that some statistically important differences exist between the abstracts published in the Journal of Documentation and Knji\u017enica. The statistically important differences were found in the number of words and sentences in abstracts and in the readability of abstracts included in the research. 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