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Editorial
. 2018 Aug 3;3(9):260-261.
doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2018.07.009. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Creating effective titles for your scientific publications

Deborah Bowman  1   2 , Stephanie Kinnan  2
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Creating effective titles for your scientific publications

Deborah Bowman et al. VideoGIE. .
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Figure 1
Example of a poor title. It has a problem with grammar (“Are” instead of “Is”), it attempts to be funny, it is in the form of a question, uses abbreviations, does not have clear keywords, and does not make the point of the article clear.
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References

    1. London School of Economics and Political Science. (2016) Your essential “how-to” guide to choosing article titles. Available at http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/06/21/your-essential-.... Accessed January 5, 2018.
    1. Paiva C.E., da Silveira Noqueira Lima J.P., Ribeiro Paiva B.S. Articles with short titles describing the results are cited more often. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2012;67:509–513. - PMC - PubMed
    1. University of Southern California Research Guides. (2016) Organizing your social sciences research paper: choosing a title. Available at http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/title. Accessed March 16, 2018.
    1. Kulkarni S. 3 basic tips on writing a good research paper title. October 17, 2013. Available at: https://www.editage.com/insights/3-basic-tips-on-writing-a-good-research.... Accessed March 16, 2018.
    1. Huggett S. Scopus Research Trends, September 2011. Heading for success: or how not to title your paper. Available at: https://www.researchtrends.com/issue24september-2011/heading-for-success.... Accessed March 16, 2018.

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