Table 1 Overall results
From: The extent to which the passive voice is used in the scientific journal article, 1985–2015
A Overall | ||||
1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | |
n = 3738 | n = 1107 | n = 1132 | n = 1775 | |
Act | 24% | 21% | 36% | 28% |
Pass | 30% | 30% | 16% | 31% |
NP | 46% | 50% | 47% | 41% |
B Overall | ||||
1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | |
n = 1569 | n = 1569 | n = 508 | n = 911 | |
Act | 24% | 30% | 35% | 28% |
Pass | 24% | 29% | 26% | 31% |
NP | 52% | 42% | 39% | 41% |