Are Shorter Article Titles More Attractive for Citations? Cross-sectional Study of 22 Scientific Journals
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Titles More Attractive for Citations ? Cross - sectional Study of 22
Methods Title and the number of citations to all articles published in 2005 in 22 arbitrarily chosen English-language journals (n = 9031) were retrieved from citation database Scopus. The 2008 journal impact factors of these 22 journals were also retrieved from Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Report (JCR). Assuming the article title length as the independent variable, and the number of citati...
متن کاملAmusing titles in scientific journals and article citation
The present study examines whether the use of humor in scientific article titles is associated with the number of citations an article receives. Four judges rated the degree of amusement and pleasantness of titles of articles published over 10 years (from 1985 to 1994) in two of the most prestigious journals in Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review. We then examined the as...
متن کاملWhat’s in a Title? A Descriptive Study of Article Titles in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
Objectives. Titles of journal articles should effectively convey to readers, editors, and reviewers basic topics of the articles and, within topics, specific aspects. To increase our understanding of the current practices of authors and editors in the use of titles, we analyzed article titles from a sample of general medical journals and queried editors in the United States and England. Design ...
متن کاملShorter oars are more effective.
The purpose of this investigation was to clarify the effects of blade design and oar length on performance in rowing. Biomechanical models and equations of motion were developed to identify the main forces that affect rowing performance. In addition, the mechanical connection between the propelling blade force and the force that the rower applies on the handle was established. On this basis it ...
متن کاملThe Recurrence of Citations within a Scientific Article
Although listed at the tail of a scientific article only once, a reference is usually cited repeatedly inside the full text of the article. In this research, we investigated the universality of recurring citations in Journal of Informetrics. About 1/4 references are repeatedly cited. For these repeatedly cited references, their citation location and citation context for the first and subsequent...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Croatian Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0353-9504,1332-8166
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.165