A good research paper title:

• Condenses the paper’s content in a few words
• Captures the readers’ attention
• Differentiates the paper from other papers of the same subject area

So here are three basic tips to keep in mind while writing a title:

1] Keep it simple, brief and attractive

2] Use appropriate descriptive words

3] Avoid abbreviations and jargon

A good research paper title:

• Condenses the paper’s content in a few words
• Captures the readers’ attention
• Differentiates the paper from other papers of the same subject area

So here are three basic tips to keep in mind while writing a title:

1] Keep it simple, brief and attractive

2] Use appropriate descriptive words

3] Avoid abbreviations and jargon

I agree with Santosh ... and you should heed any changes to the title that your committee or your supervisor desires.

Make sure the main key words describing your research appear in the title. Avoid enegmatic titles.

I agree with Santhosh Kumar Balan

Is there any different in writing the title of article, project, dissertation and thesis.

I agree with Dr. Santhosh Kumar Balan

A title should be as precise, clear, short and simple.

Simple and concise and includes the research objective.

Dear Craig Refugio ,

You must accurately give yourself an answer to the question - why do you personally need a dissertation. A very, very serious motivation is needed to start this work. This is a hard and often unpleasant work that will take several months very intensively.

You can practice real life all your life and have no degrees. You can defend a thesis, which has nothing to do with science.

Regards, Shafagat

Focusing on the objectives of the study

Dr.@santhosh kumar balan gave a full answer

Thanks for Santhosh Kumar Balan's comment. My comments are as follows.

An art for generating title of thesis or paper

1. A good research paper title contains up to three keywords, A, B, C. For a thesis, maybe up to 2 key words, A, B; the most difficult title contains one key word, A. For A, B, C, one can use Boolean structure to form the basic structure of the paper or thesis: 8 main chapters. For A, B, the main structure of the paper or thesis includes 4 main chapters. For A, one likes to create a new discipline for academia. I encourage this bravery and spirit.

2. Normally, one should use learning as a search. that is, one has to use search on the web, e.g. Google Scholar, or SCOPUS for 100 titles, and summarizes the rules or laws of them. Another is to read classic books or theses or papers in the domain and think about why they are classic, seminal, or landmark. Then try to generate own title of the paper or thesis.

3. Differentiates the title of the paper from existing ones through learning as a search.

4. 1. Keep it concise and attractive 2, Use appropriate descriptive words, 3 Avoid abbreviations and jargon.

5. Finally, generating a good title, and or abstract, one should use 1. learning as a search, 2. Research as a search. 3. Research as a research, 4 Research as a learning. This is an iterative and incremental process. The life cycle normally lasts 50 years.

For detail, see https://www.researchgate.net/project/Science-of-Research.

Prof. Z Sun

2018-8-31

Introduction, research background, aim and objectives, research problem , previous research, methodology , significance referebces should be included in a thesis

I have always been inspired by the poets and English literature. Though, I come from a scientific background, I prefer to keep my panache of writing very "narrative" so that it is easy to understand and the knowledge can be imbibed easily. I would also like to talk about Umberto Eco, who was a researcher, yet, he chose narration over technicalities. You can read his books and you won't find anything which is monotonous.

The tittle must be related to the research problem yet, it should be written as a statement. Also better to mention the limtated research area as a sub tittle

Title summarizes the research in less than 20 words.

The following publications may further help, namely: how to prepare the title (Day, 1998, pp. 15-21); effective titles/different ways of writing titles (Peat et al, 2002, pp. 93-100); checklist for finalizing title for a research article (Bavdekar, 2016, p. 55), etc.

• Bavdekar, S. B. (2016) Formulating the Right Title for a Research Article, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 64, 1, pp. 53-56.
• Day, R. A. (1998) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 5th edn. Phoenix, Arizona: The Oryx Press.
• Derntl, M. (2014) Basics of research paper writing and publishing, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 6, 2, pp. 105-123.
• Hays, J. C. (2010) Editorial: Eight recommendations for writing titles of scientific manuscripts, Public health nursing, 27, 2, pp. 101-103.
• Peat, J., Elliott, E., Baur, L. and Keena, V. (2002) Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How. London: BMJ Books.

Search for problems in the next field. Search the research done in this field and find out the research problems

Title should be simple, explicit covering the core of the research in precise and correct wording

The same as for any academic writing. Bad example: From a friend to a friend.

APA guidelines suggest 12-to15 words (usually 12 words are used). Leave out platitudes like: an experimental study…. You can already on the title see if a person is familiar with APA rules or not. Good examples:

"Academic writing must be precise, but it needn’t be fusty. Consider these titles of real published psychology articles: “The Unicorn, the Normal Curve, and Other Improbable Creatures” (Micceri, 1989, Psychological Bulletin) and “Pride, Prejudice, and Ambivalence: Toward a Unified Theory of Race and Ethnicity” (Markus, 2008, American Psychologist). These titles pique readers’ interest while also conveying essential information about the content of the article. "

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/07/five-steps-to-a-great-title.html

The topic should not be too long and it must be catchy

Title should be short, comprehensive and novel

I agree with Professor of IT Dr Zhaohao Sun comment. I will use this comment. Thank you

The research problem must be appeared from the tittle , but it should not be written as a question. Do not write abbriviations in a tittle. However the tittle indicates a pronlem to the reader.

Your title should clearly describe the study, but even more important, they should include keywords that you hope people will search to find your article. This is different from the part of the title page listing additional keywords. Your title must attract the interest of people looking for the findings and discussion you have to offer.

You should read your objectives and conclusions to prepare a title. The title should not have words that give double meaning as "differ" or general ones such as "caracterization".

After this write a title that really answer you objectives and it is in accordance with your conclusions.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate