Title Characteristics and Citations in Economics

We investigate the relationship between article title characteristics and citations in economics using a large data set from Web of Science. Our results suggest that articles with a short title that also contains a non-alphanumeric character achieve a higher citation count.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Gnewuch, Matthias ; Wohlrabe, Klaus
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	articles \| title characteristics \| citations \| non-alphanumeric characters \| title length

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 6235
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	874966310 [GVK] hdl:10419/149322 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_6235 [RePEc]
Classification:	A12 - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines ; A14 - Sociology of Economics
Source:	EconStor

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