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Correlation between Title Characteristics and Citations in Economics

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  • Matthias Gnewuch
  • Klaus Wohlrabe

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Citations are an important means of measuring a researcher’s performance. The article presents the results of an analysis between the number of citations in an article and its title.

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  • Matthias Gnewuch & Klaus Wohlrabe, 2017. "Correlation between Title Characteristics and Citations in Economics," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 70(01), pages 45-46, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:70:y:2017:i:01:p:45-46
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    1. Lakshmi Balachandran Nair & Michael Gibbert, 2016. "What makes a ‘good’ title and (how) does it matter for citations? A review and general model of article title attributes in management science," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 107(3), pages 1331-1359, June.
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