论文标题只有寥寥数字，但却是论文最核心的要素。 要用最恰当简明的词语搭配反映论文最重要的内容。

标题是期刊编辑、审稿人和读者看到的第一个信息； 结构拙劣的标题可能不会吸引读者继续阅读。 标题对于文献检索也很重要；优秀、有效的标题不仅能引起读者强烈的兴趣，紧扣和准确表达论文的内容，还能反映作者研究的范围、方向和深度，同时还为文章提供了索引和关键词的重要信息，结构合理的标题将使搜索相关主题的研究人员更容易搜索到，从而发现与你主题相关的论文。

在这篇文章中，国际科学编辑ISE带大家来看一些作者撰写标题时常出现的一些问题。本文还研究了科学论文中使用的不同风格类型的标题ーー例如，提出问题、陈述结果或设置悬念，并一一探讨它们的利弊。

2. 是否应该包括诸如“研究 / 调查 / 分析 / 初步观察... 

e.g., A meta-analysis of the association between Parkinson’s disease and subsequent prostate cancer risk

e.g., Development and validation of a simple hip fracture risk prediction tool for type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase I

e.g., A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

e.g., You probably think this paper’s about you: narcissists’ perceptions of their personality and reputation. 

e.g., Pharmacotherapy for patients with obesity 

e.g., Competitiveness of agricultural products in the Eurasian Economic Union 

e.g., Mechanism of paraoxonase-1: Comparing the reactivity of the six-bladed β-propeller hydrolases

e.g., Cu ion implantation improves the performance of Si film anode used in lithium ion batteries

e.g., Inhibition of activin-like kinase 4/5 attenuates cancer cachexia associated muscle wasting

e.g., Effects of>e.g., Assessment of multiple mycotoxins in breakfast cereals available in the Portuguese market

e.g., Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of single-gene disorders by use of droplet digital PCR

e.g., Machine learning models for early sepsis recognition in the neonatal intensive care unit

e.g., Beautiful interpolants

e.g., Sleeping Beauties in science

e.g., To freeze or not to freeze: A culture-sensitive motion capture approach to detecting deceit

可能会让非英语母语读者感到困惑。

总结

标题是论文想要表达信息和内容的升华和结晶，也是“文章成功的一半”。好的论文标题，往往可以与论文正文起到相益得彰的作用。没有足够缜密的思考，是写不出好的论文题目的。

这些不同风格类型的标题，你学到了吗？

参考文献：

1. Letchford A, Moat HS, Preis T. The advantage of short paper titles. Royal Soc Open Sci. 2015 Aug 1;2(8):150266.

2. Buter RK, van Raan AF. Non-alphanumeric characters in titles of scientific publications: An analysis of their occurrence and correlation with citation impact. J Informetr. 2011 Oct 1;5(4):608-17.

3.https://www.internationalscienceediting.com/how-to-write-an-effective-title/