titandabs
Title and abstract
The title has two main purposes; to attract readers and to aid retrieval and indexing.
Titles should be concise, specific and clear, and should accurately describe the main part of the paper using the minimum of words.
Avoid unnecessary phrases such as:
A Report of a Case of…
The Treatment of…
A Study of…
The Effects of…
avoid |
A study of the expression of p53 in melanoma tissue. |
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better |
p53 expression in melanoma tissues. |
The title is the first point of contact with potential readers as they scan the Table of Contents of a journal, so make it clear and short to get their attention.
avoid |
Tissue expression of MRP-8-related nucleotide: a calcium-binding protein of the S100 protein family, in the human placenta as revealed by non-radioactive in situ hybridization technique. |
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better |
Expression of the S100-related MRP8 gene in human placenta tissue. |
If you are confident of your results and conclusions use the title to emphasize them. This will help get the readers attention.
