Title and Authors

Authors

Type of Title

Titles that emphasise the methodology used in the research

Titles that suggest guidelines and/or comparisons

Titles that announce the thesis – i.e. indicate the direction of the author’s argument

itles that attract by alliteration

Titles that indicate that the answer to a question will be revealed, for example The effects of summaries on the recall of information.

Titles that bid for attention by using startling or effective openings

Titles that just state the findings, for example Asthma in schoolchildren is greater in schools close to concentrated
animal feeding operations

Titles that attract by using literary or biblical allusions , for example Now take this PIL (Patient Information Leaflet)

Titles that attract by using puns

Titles that particularise a specific theme following a general heading, for example Pre-writing: The relation between thinking and feeling

Finally, titles that mystif

Titles that announce the general subject, for example On writing scientific articles in English

Titles that indicate the controlling question, for example Is academic writing masculine?

Providing the name of a single author is no problem.providing the name of authors might require resolution in term of who comes first. the proble gets more difficult as the number of authors increase.

statistical expertise/advice

analysis and interpretation of the data

drafting of the article

collection of the raw data

critical revision of the article for important intellectual content

conception and design of the study

final approval of the article.

the purpose of Title, title is the first thing that the reader see so Title is the first thing that make the reader decide to read or not