Letchford, Adrian, Moat, Helen Susannah and Preis, Tobias (2015) The advantage of short paper titles. Royal Society Open Science , 2 (8). pp. 1-6. 150266. doi:10.1098/rsos.150266

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Abstract

Vast numbers of scientific articles are published each year, some of which attract considerable attention, and some of which go almost unnoticed. Here, we investigate whether any of this variance can be explained by a simple metric of one aspect of the paper's presentation: the length of its title. Our analysis provides evidence that journals which publish papers with shorter titles receive more citations per paper. These results are consistent with the intriguing hypothesis that papers with shorter titles may be easier to understand, and hence attract more citations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Bibliographical citations, Science -- Social aspects, Report writing
Journal or Publication Title:	Royal Society Open Science
Publisher:	The Royal Society Publishing
ISSN:	2054-5703
Official Date:	26 June 2015
Dates:	Date Event 26 June 2015 Published 27 July 2015 Accepted 26 June 2015 Submitted
Volume:	2
Number:	8
Number of Pages:	6
Page Range:	pp. 1-6
Article Number:	150266
DOI:	10.1098/rsos.150266
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant number:	EP/K039830/1 (EPSRC)

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