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Writing a manuscript title

Deciding on a manuscript title and other descriptive keywords can be tricky business for a variety of reasons. Not only do you want to catch your audience’s attention and be clear in what the publication is about, you also want the widest audience possible to FIND your work. Think about the search terms you would use to find your article.

These resources provide tips on writing a good article title:

Tips for writing better papers: Titles
From Chemistry Views. Richard Threlfall, Managing Editor, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, gives some insider tips on how to improve each your article title.
Writing titles and abstracts
Advice from the open access publisher, BioMedCentral, (owned by Springer) about the opening parts of your paper.
Twelve tips for authors
General writing tips from the Association for Psychological Science.
Springer author academy: Writing your manuscript
A tutorial on preparing your manuscript, including writing, title choice, and other tips.

Preparing your manuscript

Writing a manuscript title

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