Characteristic features of research article titles in computer science

L. Anthony

doi:10.1109/47.946464

Characteristic features of research article titles in computer science

L. Anthony

School of Creative Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Previous researchers have given conflicting views as to what makes a "good" research article (RA) title. In this paper, characteristic features of research article titles, including length, punctuation usage, word frequency, and preposition usage are investigated using a corpus of 600 research articles from the six journals of the IEEE Computer Society. Results show, while some of the intuitive observations made in the literature about title writing are accurate for computer science journals, other observations have ignored the effects of discipline and field variation. Subsequently, these observations are either unjustified or misleading.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	187-194
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/47.946464
Publication status	Published - 2001 Sep 1

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Computer science
Engineering
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Research article
Title

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Industrial relations
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Anthony, L. (2001). Characteristic features of research article titles in computer science. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 44(3), 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1109/47.946464

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