Scholarly communication in transition: The use of question marks in the titles of scientific articles in medicine, life sciences and physics 1966–2005

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Ball, Rafael

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Item type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Scientometrics
Publisher:	Kluwer
Volume:	79
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:	3
Page Range:	pp. 667-679
Date:	2009
Institutions:	Central Institutions > University Library
Identification Number:	Value Type 10.1007/s11192-007-1984-5 DOI
Dewey Decimal Classification:	000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	22172

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Abstract

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 ...

Abstract

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.

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