{"id":8325,"date":"2017-07-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=8325"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:36:28","slug":"writing-a-good-research-title-things-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/writing-a-good-research-title-things-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a Good Research Title: Things to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

When writing manuscripts<\/a>, too many scholars neglect the research title. This phrase, along with the abstract, is what people will mostly see and read online. Title research of publications shows that the research paper title does matter a lot<\/a>. Both bibliometrics and altmetrics tracking of citations are now, for better or worse, used to gauge a paper\u2019s \u201csuccess\u201d for its author(s) and the journal publishing it. Interesting research topics coupled with good or clever yet\u00a0accurate research titles\u00a0can draw more attention to your work from peers and the public alike.<\/p>\n

It would be helpful to have a list of what should never go into the title of a journal article. With this \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d list, authors could have a handy tool to maximize the impact of their research. Titles for research manuscripts need not be complex. It can even have style. They can state the main result<\/a> or idea of the paper (i.e., declarative). Alternatively, they can indicate the subject covered by the paper (i.e., descriptive). A third form, which should be used sparingly, conveys the research in the form of an open question.<\/p>\n

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A Handy List of Don\u2019ts<\/h2>\n