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Should paper titles be more informative or more catchy?
Paper Discussion
There is an ongoing debate over academic paper titles. Catchy titles attract readers, while highly descriptive titles improve searchability and clarity. Where do you draw the line between these two styles?
Aaron Roberts, Tping and 7 others4 Comments-
I tend to favour informative titles over clever ones for serious technical work.
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Very catchy titles sometimes create mismatched reader expectations about content.
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Include your main contribution keywords in the title to boost discoverability.
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Let a few trusted colleagues read the title alone and guess what the paper is about.
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