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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-221724
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.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 ...

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