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- Title
Comunicación científica (XXV). Lenguaje médico (3): Defectos en el título de los artículos publicados en las revistas pediátricas españolas.
- Authors
Aleixandre-Benavent, R.; Alonso-Arroyo, A.; González-Muñoz, M.; de Dios, J. González
- Abstract
Title: Scientific communication (XXV). Medical language (3): Defects in the titles of the articles published Spanish pediatric journals Background: The title is the most important sentence of the scientific papers and needs to be corrected written to capture the reader's attention and induce him to read the whole article. Depending on the right election of its words it will be retrieved in bibliographical data bases or not. The aim of this work is to determine the suitability of the titles in a sample of articles published in Spanish pediatrics journals. We value its clarity, specificity, concision and formal correction. Material and methods: 3,043 articles published in during 2008-2013 have been revised. To determine their correction, the recommendations of the scientific writing style manuals, previous articles on the topic and recommendations of the Spanish Academy of Language were followed. Results: Several titles presented defects or were improvable. The most common defect was the lack of concision, because of the use of words or expressions that do not provide information. Less frequent were the lack of clarity and the use of acronyms. Discussion: Many of the titles written by Spanish pediatricians can be improved. Titles should be chosen and written with the utmost correction, since the presence in the title of superfluous words, syntax errors and other defects reflects the author's untidiness and can be determining in the in the selection or the rejection of the article.
- Subjects
TITLES of publications; MEDICAL writing; MEDICAL language; PEDIATRICS periodicals; SPANISH periodicals; ERRATA (in newspapers, magazines, etc.); PUBLISHED articles
- Publication
Acta Pediátrica Española, 2015, Vol 73, Issue 7, pe176
- ISSN
0001-6640
- Publication type
Article