Readability and prestige in scientific journals

I suggest a revised hypothesis for future testing. The revised hypothesis assumes a threshold effect for bafflegab. That is, prestige is related to complexity up to a certain level, beyond which there is no gain. One possible reason is that simple writing is not representative of what readers perceive as scientific writing. Alternatively, it may be that the reader's inability to understand the material will cause, him to attribute his failure to the high competency of the researchers, rather than to his own shortcomings. Furthermore, it may only be necessary to pass a given threshold to achieve this effect.