What is it about?
You can ask a question, tell your conclusion in an indicative sentence, or just neutrally describe the subject of your article. This decision of yours will influence whether users download your paper or not. This article shows if there is a relation between the type of your title and the number of its download and citations. Question titles are more likely to be downloaded. Articles with longer titles are less likely to be downloaded.
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Why is it important?
It gives hints to authors to think more carefully when they create a title for their articles.
Perspectives
Authors need to think both about informativeness and marketing aspect of their titles. A short and interesting title and stimulate people's curiosity or tells them about an important finding is worth a lot.
Dr Hamid R Jamali
Charles Sturt University
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This page is a summary of: Article title type and its relation with the number of downloads and citations, Scientometrics, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0412-z.
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