Rapid response and short communication (e.g. letters and corrections): Early communication that highlights significant recent findings, new methods, software, or correspondence aimed at correcting or clarifying original research papers (usually published online only).
Research paper: An article that discusses details of recent original projects, including their data, results, and findings.
Review: A paper that summarizes recently published developments on a topic, without adding new data.
Clinical case: A research paper specifically focusing on clinical research.
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1. 阐述一般主题的论文标题
主要特色:
Phrases, mainly composed of nouns, that clearly communicate the overall subject matter.
These titles use keywords from abstracts to optimize search engine results, without exceeding the average title length.
Avoid taxonomic terminology as they’ve become less popular in recent years.
Don’t use obscure words since titles that incorporate such words tend to have less impact.
This format is common for reviews, research papers (including clinical cases), and rapid responses.
Phrases, mainly composed of nouns, that clearly state the overall topic, followed by a colon (or other non-alphanumeric characters) and the subtopic. This structure is highly common for clinical cases, research papers and reviews.
A recent study by Butar and van Raan notes that this format is widely used in many disciplines. In fact, not using this format could negatively impact your paper’s citation frequency. Conversely, using colons in fields that rarely use this structure won’t impact citation frequency.
An alternative title structure consists of a noun phrase or clause, with no colon. These titles can indicate an examination of a general topic through specific variable(s) or test subject(s).
A full sentence that highlights key findings or the study’s significance.
Some journals may discourage or prohibit declarative titles (some medical publications, for example).
Be careful to avoid misleading declarative statements. Instead, carefully think about which action verbs you can include without distorting the logical conclusions that can be drawn from your data. For example, if our article’s title is “How to Guarantee Your Paper’s Publication,” we’d certainly be misleading you, since the data and research we’ve reviewed only imply, rather than prove, certain correlations between these formatting tactics and publication success.
In a related subset of title types, authors do not directly state the findings. Instead, they suggest the solution to their study’s main question. This type usually states the overarching idea, followed by a colon and a general description of the finding and its topic. Alternatively, though rare, authors can use a question to foreshadow answers in the text.
A typical title states the general topic, followed by a colon and a summary of the methodology used in the research; however, the reverse order can also be found.
These titles can also utilize a noun phrase, without a colon.
Passive verbs may be included with prepositions such as “by,” “via,” “through,” and “with” to indicate the applied method.
These titles should generally be avoided because wordplay usually involves cultural references that non-native speakers may not understand. Nonetheless, this type of title is often found in review articles in the social sciences.
Though not featured in this post, editorials and other journal-solicited content often use question titles or feature wordplay.
As you may notice, few clinical studies or research papers use this format. However, you may occasionally find wordplay titles in reviews and short correspondence.
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