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Finding the right title for your article: Advice for academic authors

Authors :
E van Teijlingen
Jilly C. Ireland
Padam Simkhada
Vanora Hundley
Brijesh Sathian
Source :
Nepal Journal of Epidemiology. 4:344-347
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Nepal Journals Online (JOL), 2014.

Abstract

On reading the title of an article the reader can sometimes wonder what the author is trying to say, as the title seems so far removed from the research covered in the article. Do such authors forget that many readers of health and medical journals browse the list of contents (in a paper or electronic format) and use titles to select the article that attracts attention? Academic authors are often not clear enough in the titles of their articles, and hence may not attract as large a readership as possible. Any author would want their article to be read and cited, and to stand out in a crowded Table of Contents or a list of papers found in a search on electronic databases.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v4i1.10138 Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2014;4 (1): 344-347

Details

ISSN :
20910800
Volume :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nepal Journal of Epidemiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2fc52ed12cc08ed80f518020d274b7d6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v4i1.10138