国际著名医学期刊论文题目结构特征分析  

Characteristics of Titles of Famous International Medical Journals

作　　者：刘洪娥[1] 张大春[1] 冷怀明[1] 汪勤俭[1] 

机构地区：[1]第三军医大学学报编辑部,重庆400038

出　　处：《华南国防医学杂志》2007年第6期69-70,F0003,共3页Military Medical Journal of South China

摘　　要：目的分析Medline中收录的5种国际著名医学期刊论文题目结构特征,旨在对国内医学论文作者提供借鉴。方法检索与分析Medline中收录的国际5种著名医学期刊论文题目。结果"研究对象、研究方法、研究目的"三要素仍是构成期刊题目重要元素;名词短语是5大期刊论文题目的主要构成成分;句子是NatMed题目的鲜明特征,使用频率近半;大量使用副标题的期刊依次是BMJ、Lancet、JAMA;NEnglJMed的题目平均长度最短,9.92个单词。结论简短、信息量充足又符合各刊写作风格的文题拟定对稿件的投稿、同行评议、检索和被阅读次数具有影响。Objective To analyze the characteristics of titles of 5 internationally famous medical journals indexed in Medline database. Methods By searching the article titles of BMJ ,JAMA, Lancet, N Engl J Med, Nat Med in Medline database,the average length of titles from the same journal was calculated and the structure type of the titles was categorized, that how the subject, objective, methodology in research are arranged in titles and the usage of the subtitles in each journal were investigated. Results The noun phase is still the dominant type for title,while the sentence is adopted by nearly half articles from Nat Med. The subtitle is used in almost all articles from BMJ and Lancet,and one-third articles of JAMA. At least two out of the subject,objective and methodology in research are used in article title. The average length of article title is the shortest in N Engl J Med, averagely 9. 92 words each title. Conclusion The characteristics of different journals＇ titles varies greatly. The title that is concise,informative to the most and in line with the writing style of the journal that your manuscript will be submitted to, will greatly influence the manuscript acceptance, peer review, retrieval and accessibility by authors. How to write a high quality title is worth thinking.

关 键 词：科技期刊 医学 文题 副标题 

分 类 号：G312[文化科学]