Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Architecture of the Article's Crust: Proper Writing of the title, Abstract, Keywords and Its Role in the Visibility of the Medical Articles

S.J. Ghazi-Mirsaeid¹, F. Masoudi²

Received: 04/04/2017      Sent for Revision: 08/04/2017      Received Revised Manuscript: 27/05/2017     Accepted: 29/05/2017

Three elements of title, abstract, and keywords are a means to introduce knowledge in the article. The title is the first part of the paper that by creating curiosity in user can convince him to continue studying it. The abstract is a concept to offer the important points of the paper by considering the limited part of the user, and keywords are catalysts that by highlighting the main issues of the paper facilitate their access to the paper. Hence, any negligence and irregularity in writing these three elements challenge visibility of the article. Therefore, the present letter to editor focuses on providing the information that leads to improving the performance of medical authors in this area.

1. Associate Prof., Medical Library and Information Science Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences and Member of Health Information Management Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. MSc, Medical Library and Information Science, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran and Librarianship, Iran Public Libraries Foundation, Qom, Iran

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