Titles and keywords: ‘Great love isn’t two people finding the perfect match in one another!’

IF 1.7 4区管理学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of Information Science Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI:10.1177/01655515231156097

Junli Diao

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Abstract

Compared with abstracts, titles and keywords are briefer, more condensed, but fragmented textual elements on the first page of research articles (RAs) that summarise their content and represent their themes to enhance the discoverability. Therefore, the hidden, subtle relationship between titles and associated keywords increasingly attracts scholars’ attention. This research attempts to analyse title lengths and lexical words of two major title types: nominal titles and colonic titles, and investigate the matching coefficient (MC) values between lexical words and keywords assigned by authors. A total number of 505 RA titles from 15 journals in Library and Information Science were examined. Regarding title length and lexical words, the results found statistically significant differences between colonic and nominal titles. However, the results did not support the hypothesis that colonic titles have a higher MC value with author-assigned keywords than nominal titles. In light of significant findings, this research recommends constructing titles that maximise informativity and build effective keywords.

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标题和关键词：“伟大的爱情不是两个人在彼此身上找到完美的匹配！”

与摘要相比，标题和关键词在研究文章（RA）的第一页上更简短、更浓缩但支离破碎的文本元素，总结了文章的内容并代表了文章的主题，以提高发现性。因此，标题和相关关键词之间隐藏的、微妙的关系越来越引起学者的注意。本研究试图分析两种主要标题类型（名义标题和结肠标题）的标题长度和词汇，并研究词汇与作者指定的关键词之间的匹配系数（MC）值。对来自图书馆和信息科学15种期刊的505种RA标题进行了检查。关于标题长度和词汇，结果发现结肠标题和名义标题之间存在统计学上的显著差异。然而，研究结果并不支持这样的假设，即在作者指定关键词的情况下，结肠标题的MC值高于名义标题。鉴于重要的发现，本研究建议构建最大限度地提高非信息性的标题，并构建有效的关键词。

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来源期刊

Journal of Information Science 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

8.30%

发文量

121

审稿时长

4 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science is a peer-reviewed international journal of high repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working in the sciences of information and knowledge management. The Editors welcome material on any aspect of information science theory, policy, application or practice that will advance thinking in the field.