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This research aims to develop a method for measuring the quality of definitions used in academic tagging.

August 11, 2026Open Access

Measuring Definitions: When Is a Definition Good, and How Would We Know?

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Preprint shows a method to measure definitions in literature, indicating challenges in definition accuracy.

This research aims to develop a method for measuring the quality of definitions used in academic tagging.
Established a tagging layer over 538 records from 86 disciplines using exact quotes from the papers.
Implemented a measurement process involving a binary classification of definitions and ranked rival definitions.
Assessed inter-coder reliability with κ = 0.547 based on a sample of 140 applications.
Three out of 18,416 tested evidence strings failed the accuracy checks.
Identified logical gates for definition assessment that are not detectable by statistical measures.
Results support the reproducibility of the findings from the provided scripts and dataset.

Shir Sivroni (2026) studied this question.

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