No.3. Preliminary study...
在中文里,"preliminary study..."(初步研究)是一种谦虚的表达方式,但在科学研究里没有谦虚,只有对错,如果是一个preliminary study, 说明你的研究结果尚未证实,应不宜发表。在英语里,通常preliminary study (data) 只用在申请课题(Grants),意味着在你有了一些初步结果后,提出你的假说,表明有重大意义,并有继续研究的必要。在已发表的论文里仍然有一些文章还用“preliminary study..."做题目,但多发表在比较差的杂志。如:
- Lee DW, Koo KT, Seol YJ, Lee YM, Ku Y, Rhyu IC, Chung CP, Kim TI. Bone regeneration effects of human allogenous bone substitutes: a preliminary study. J Periodontal Implant Sci. 2010 Jun;40(3):132-8. Epub 2010 Jun 25. PubMed PMID:20607058.
- Blut D, Santer S, Carrabre J, Manfredini F. Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among elite biathletes: a preliminary study. Clin J Sport Med. 2010Jul;20(4):322-4. PubMed PMID: 20606520.
- Kushnir V, Menon M, Balducci XL, Selby P, Busto U, Zawertailo L. Enhanced smoking cue salience associated with depression severity in nicotine-dependent individuals: a preliminary fMRI study. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2010 Jul7:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20604987.
- Noamesi GK. A preliminary study of the susceptibility of Simulium larvae to DDT, gamma-BHC and dieldrin. Bull World Health Organ. 1962;27(4-5):620-2. PubMed PMID: 20604132.
- Kimura M, Rabbani Z, Mouraviev V, Tsivian M, Caso J, Satoh T, Baba S,Vujaskovic Z, Baust JM, Baust JG, Polascik TJ. Role of Vitamin D(3) as a Sensitizer to Cryoablation in a Murine Prostate Cancer Model: Preliminary In Vivo Study. Urology. 2010 Jul 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20599255.
No.4 .其他如“Study...on”、“Contrubuting to...”、“ Ananlysis of”、“role of ” 这些用词跟"Effect of ..."类似,属于废话类题目,而且过于笼统,缺乏针对性,应尽量避免在论文题目中使用。例如:Poor:A Study of Matrilysin-1 on bronchiolization of alveoli, a potential premalignant change in lung cancerBetter:Matrilysin-1 mediates bronchiolization of alveoli, a potential premalignant change in lung cancerNo.5. 过长的题目 题目的长短,每个杂志都有规定,尽量不要超过规定的词数,通常不要超过100字母或10~12个英文单词。过长的题目不容易让人记住。 总之,你有好的数据,写论文时一定要仔细推敲,安个好的Title,否则有可能会自己给自己的论文降低了档次。当然,论文的题目可不能象博文或新闻稿的题目一样,越耸人听闻越能博得眼球。