Ball, Rafael (2009) Scholarly communication in transition: The use of question marks in the titles of scientific articles in medicine, life sciences and physics 1966-2005. SCIENTOMETRICS, 79 (3). pp. 667-679. ISSN 0138-9130,
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The titles of scientific articles have a special significance. We examined nearly 20 million scientific articles and recorded the development of articles with a question mark at the end of their titles over the last 40 years. Our study was confined to the disciplines of physics, life sciences and medicine, where we found a significant increase from 50% to more than 200% in the number of articles with question-mark titles. We looked at the principle functions and structure of the titles of scientific papers, and we assume that marketing aspects are one of the decisive factors behind the growing usage of question-mark titles in scientific articles.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TITULAR COLONICITY; ABSTRACTS; NUMBER; COLONS; MYTH; |
| Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences |
| Divisions: | Central Institutions > University Library |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2020 09:40 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2020 09:40 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/28933 |
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