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 …

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 …

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 …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess whether specific title characteristics could
influence the likelihood of being included in the “Altmetric Top 100.” Methods We conducted …

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 …

METHODS We included all original full research articles published in 2015 in the top five
general medical journals (The New England Journal of Medicine [NEJM], The Lancet, JAMA …

Objective To describe the use of NICE, the acronym for the UK National Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence, as both an adjective and noun in peer-reviewed journal article …

Objective–To describe the implementation of the new policy of the Journal of Clinical
Epidemiology (JCE) to use informative titles for newly submitted articles. Setting–JCE …

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 …

Objective: To identify major research topics and exhibit trends in these topics in 15 health
services research, health policy, and health economics journals over 2 decades. Data …