Comrades, Please give some guidence, views or reference to on the wording of the title of a scientific paper.
My dilemma is: Titles create a first impression. Would a plain factual concise title tell you the writer is unimaginative? Or would a poetic title suggest one is selling a skunk(!)? What impression do they give you? While this might be a matter of preference or style, are there known 'current' guidelines one can rely on? Are there known limits? *What i find in the (aging) books:* - Concise statement of the main idea or findings - Simple, *not* meant to catch the reader's fancy - Identify the variables under investigation - Specific enough to describe the content - Self explanatory - Brief and reflect factual content At the same time, I it is nice for a title to catch the attention (and magination) of the reader, I am told, and to whet their appetite to read the paper. What is not read is not cited. What is not cited does not contribute to the indices of scientific worth! Regards, Aman Bonaventure, PhD
