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• Num_publicacion 73(7)
• Resumen_ingles
  Background: The title is the most important sentence of the scientific papers and needs to be corrected written to capture the reader’s attention and induce him to read the whole article. Depending on the right election of its words it will be retrieved in bibliographical data bases or not. The aim of this work is to determine the suitability of the titles in a sample of articles published in Spanish pediatrics journals. We value its clarity, specificity, concision and formal correction.
  Material and methods: 3,043 articles published in during 2008-2013 have been revised. To determine their correction, the recommendations of the scientific writing style manuals, previous articles on the topic and recommendations of the Spanish Academy of Language were followed.
  Results: Several titles presented defects or were improvable. The most common defect was the lack of concision, because of the use of words or expressions that do not provide information. Less frequent were the lack of clarity and the use of acronyms. 
  Discussion: Many of the titles written by Spanish pediatricians can be improved. Titles should be chosen and written with the utmost correction, since the presence in the title of superfluous words, syntax errors and other defects reflects the author’s untidiness and can be determining in the in the selection or the rejection of the article.
   
• Palabras_clave_ingles Medical language Scientific articles Titles of the articles
• Todos_autores R. Aleixandre-Benavent¹, A. Alonso-Arroyo², M. González-Muñoz³, J. González de Dios⁴
• autores listados R. Aleixandre-Benavent, A. Alonso-Arroyo, M. González-Muñoz, J. González de Dios
• Correspondecia
  R. Aleixandre Benavent. Pl. Cisneros, 4. 46003 Valencia.
  Correo electrónico: Rafael.Aleixandre@uv.es
• Titulo_ingles Scientific communication (XXV). Medical language (3): Defects in the titles of the articles published Spanish pediatric journals
• Centros_trabajo ¹Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento-Ingenio (CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València). UISYS-Universitat de València. Valencia. ²Departamento de Historia de la Ciencia y Documentación. Facultad de Medicina y Odontología. Universitat de València. Valencia. ³Facultad de Medicina y Odontología. Universitat de València. Valencia. ⁴Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Departamento de Pediatría. Universidad «Miguel Hernández». Alicante
• Publicado en Acta Pediatr Esp. 2015; 73(7): e176-e182
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• Tipo de Artículo Clínico (Microdatos) Review