Studies in some branches of science lead to conclusive, evidence-based results. When this is the case, authors may assert their findings in a full-sentence title.
The present tense is used for the verb. In the words of Haggan, “the use of the present tense here emphasizes the note of confident optimism being projected by the writer that what he is reporting stands true for all time or is not simply a one-off occurrence” (Haggan, 2004).
As well as all the factors discussed above, when writing your title bear in mind that it is the single most important phrase in your study, so make sure you give it the time and effort it deserves. Decide which word is the most important and, if possible, place it prominently in initial position. Writing a working title early in the research process focuses your efforts in much the same way as clearly defining the research problem; by constantly referring back to it, you can keep your research and your writing on track. However, although you may write your title early on, you will probably revise and modify it during the research process and only submit a final version once the research is complete.
Unless you are instructed otherwise, capitalize the first word of the title and all its nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs; do not capitalize any articles, conjunctions or prepositions. Some but not all of the examples of titles provided above follow this rule; this is because they are from real research papers and in each case the journal in which the paper is published specifies which type of capitalization to use.
Write terms out in full. In general, avoid using abbreviations, which often have different meanings in different fields (for example, among various other meanings, PCR stands for polymerase chain reaction in molecular biology, pathologic complete response in cancer treatment, phosphocreatine in biochemistry, and principal component regression in statistics). However, where there is unlikely to be any confusion, for example with abbreviations for standard measurements or chemical names, using the shortened form may result in a neater title.
Finally, as for punctuation, as in all other ambits do not finish a title with a point.
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The present tense is used for the verb. In the words of Haggan, “the use of the present tense here emphasizes the note of confident optimism being projected by the writer that what he is reporting stands true for all time or is not simply a one-off occurrence” (Haggan, 2004).
As well as all the factors discussed above, when writing your title bear in mind that it is the single most important phrase in your study, so make sure you give it the time and effort it deserves. Decide which word is the most important and, if possible, place it prominently in initial position. Writing a working title early in the research process focuses your efforts in much the same way as clearly defining the research problem; by constantly referring back to it, you can keep your research and your writing on track. However, although you may write your title early on, you will probably revise and modify it during the research process and only submit a final version once the research is complete.
Unless you are instructed otherwise, capitalize the first word of the title and all its nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs; do not capitalize any articles, conjunctions or prepositions. Some but not all of the examples of titles provided above follow this rule; this is because they are from real research papers and in each case the journal in which the paper is published specifies which type of capitalization to use.
Write terms out in full. In general, avoid using abbreviations, which often have different meanings in different fields (for example, among various other meanings, PCR stands for polymerase chain reaction in molecular biology, pathologic complete response in cancer treatment, phosphocreatine in biochemistry, and principal component regression in statistics). However, where there is unlikely to be any confusion, for example with abbreviations for standard measurements or chemical names, using the shortened form may result in a neater title.
Finally, as for punctuation, as in all other ambits do not finish a title with a point.
Recommended citation:
«Full-sentence titles» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <https://www.ub.edu/llibre-estil/criteri.php?id=3364> [consulta: 20 maig 2024].