9 years ago
Papers with shorter titles get more citations
Vast numbers of scientific articles are published each year. How can we predict which will attract considerable attention and which will sink unnoticed? A team of scientists from the University of Warwick have found that a single metric - the length of the paper's title - affects how many times that paper gets cited by other scientists. This article suggests that easily understood science leads to better engagement in the scientific community.
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