What's in a name? Word inflation, punctuation, abbreviation and cloud formation

SJ Schofield, PG Schofield - Medical Education, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The title of a journal paper offers a crucial portal into any scientific field. It determines
whether interested readers locate the paper and whether others have enough interest …

[PDF][PDF] Novel tool constitute a paradigm: How title words in medical journal articles have changed since 1970

NW Goodman - The Write Stuff, 2010 - journal.emwa.org
The title of an article is its advertisement: readers read it before reading on or moving on.
Certain words, eg,'novel'and active verbs [1, 2], had been becoming more common in the …

Content and phrasing in titles of original research and review articles in 2015: Range of practice in four clinical journals

ME Kerans, A Murray, S Sabatè - Publications, 2016 - mdpi.com
Reporting guidelines for clinical research designs emerged in the mid-1990s and have
influenced various aspects of research articles, including titles, which have also been …

Trends in the use of common words and patient-centric language in the titles of medical journals, 1976-2015

GM Chen, SR Pather, HM DeLisser - JAMA Network Open, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The language of medical research appears to be intrinsically tied to the culture
of medical research and provides a unique window into broader trends in the culture of …

Twelve tips on writing abstracts and titles: How to get people to use and cite your work

DA Cook, G Bordage - Medical teacher, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The authors share 12 practical tips on creating effective titles and abstracts for a journal
publication or conference presentation. When crafting a title authors should:(1) start thinking …

Research article title content and form in high-ranked international clinical medicine journals

ME Kerans, J Marshall, A Murray, S Sabate - English for Specific Purposes, 2020 - Elsevier
Readers now scan keyword-generated search results from online databases to select
articles rather than browse tables of contents, increasing the importance of titles in isolation …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a new academic wordlist for medical purposes–a viable tool for educators

K Tazik, M Maniati, MR Afshar… - GMS journal for medical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: This study aims at developing a list of academic and technical words commonly
used in medical research articles. It is conducted in line with the specificity of academic …

Crafting Informative titles in medical articles to enhance the comprehension of the study findings

S Matsubara - JMA journal, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Original articles in the medical literature should have informative titles, also referred to as
declarative titles. A nondeclarative title expresses the study's theme (topic) or, at most, the …

Content and form of original research articles in general major medical journals

N Heßler, A Ziegler - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The title of an article is the main entrance for reading the full article. The aim of our work
therefore is to examine differences of title content and form between original research …

[PDF][PDF] Enough rope to hang yourself: word limits in Medical Education

KW Eva - Medical education, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
At a time when social media like Facebook and Twitter are encouraging their users to
convey information in short, pithy, 140-character-or-less missives, it seems excessive to use …