Title characteristics and citations in economics

Matthias Gnewuch and Klaus Wohlrabe
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Matthias Gnewuch: University of Bonn

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 110, issue 3, No 25, 1573-1578

Abstract: Abstract We investigate the relationship between article title characteristics and citations in economics using a large data set from Web of Science. Our results suggest that articles with a short title that also contains a non-alphanumeric character achieve a higher citation count.

Keywords: Articles; Title characteristics; Citations; Non-alphanumeric characters; Title length (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 A14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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