Research: Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species
- Johns Hopkins University, United States
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Table 1
Frequency of inclusion of species in titles and abstracts of published papers
| Journal | Issues | # of articles* | Is the species included in the title? | If not included in the title, is the species included in the abstract? | Species not included in title or abstract% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | % No | Yes | No | % No | ||||
| Nature Genetics | Jan–Apr 2012 | 52 | 19 | 33 | 65 | 24 | 9 | 27 | 17 |
| June–Sept 2014 | 60 | 20 | 40 | 67 | 32 | 8 | 20 | 13 | |
| Cell | Feb–May 2012 | 96 | 13 | 83 | 90 | 46 | 37 | 45 | 39 |
| July–Sept 2014 | 82 | 18 | 64 | 78 | 29 | 35 | 55 | 43 | |
| Science | Mar–May 2012 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 59 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 20 |
| July–Sept 2014 | 59 | 29 | 30 | 51 | 20 | 10 | 33 | 17 | |
| PNAS | Mar–May 2012 | 252 | 111 | 141 | 56 | 72 | 69 | 49 | 27 |
| July 2014 | 119 | 49 | 70 | 59 | 36 | 34 | 49 | 29 | |
| PLOS Genetics | Apr–May 2012 | 107 | 56 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Aug–Sept 2014 | 82 | 44 | 38 | 46 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 9 | |
| Hum Mol Genetics | Apr–June 2012 | 67 | 26 | 41 | 61 | 35 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
| eLife | Mar–June 2014 | 105 | 23 | 82 | 78 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 42 |
| July–Sept 2014 | 93 | 27 | 66 | 71 | 32 | 34 | 52 | 37 | |
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Only biological articles are included.
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Table 1—source data 1
Is the species name mentioned in the title, impact statement, abstract and digest of eLife papers (July–Sept 2014)?
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075.003
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Research: Titles and abstracts of scientific reports ignore variation among species
eLife 3:e05075.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05075
