A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis

This systematic literature review examined the titles of academic texts in the context of genre analysis, an area obtaining increasing academic attention. Employing PRISMA (2020), this study systematically analyzed 52 studies (2004–2024) on academic titles sourced from three major academic databases...

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Main Authors: Wang, Zhijie, Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan, Mohd Jalis, Farhana Muslim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciedu Press 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/1/121007.pdf
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author Wang, Zhijie
Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan
Mohd Jalis, Farhana Muslim
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description This systematic literature review examined the titles of academic texts in the context of genre analysis, an area obtaining increasing academic attention. Employing PRISMA (2020), this study systematically analyzed 52 studies (2004–2024) on academic titles sourced from three major academic databases (Web of Science, Scopus and ProQuest), with additional support from Google Scholar. A significant post-2020 increase in academic title studies illustrates the growing importance of effective title formulation in the digital age of academia. The review indicated a geographical concentration of studies from the regions of Asia and Europe, highlighting a gap in contributions from other regions like North and South America, and Africa. It also revealed a prevalent focus on the research contents of titles‟ length, syntactic structure, and information attribute, alongside an emphasis on cross-disciplinary comparisons, particularly between titles from „hard‟ and „soft‟ sciences. This review not only mapped the current landscape of academic title research in genre analysis but also suggested potential directions for further exploration, aiming to enhance a more comprehensive and globally representative understanding of this crucial aspect of academic communication.
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spelling upm-1210072025-10-22T00:47:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/ A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis Wang, Zhijie Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan Mohd Jalis, Farhana Muslim This systematic literature review examined the titles of academic texts in the context of genre analysis, an area obtaining increasing academic attention. Employing PRISMA (2020), this study systematically analyzed 52 studies (2004–2024) on academic titles sourced from three major academic databases (Web of Science, Scopus and ProQuest), with additional support from Google Scholar. A significant post-2020 increase in academic title studies illustrates the growing importance of effective title formulation in the digital age of academia. The review indicated a geographical concentration of studies from the regions of Asia and Europe, highlighting a gap in contributions from other regions like North and South America, and Africa. It also revealed a prevalent focus on the research contents of titles‟ length, syntactic structure, and information attribute, alongside an emphasis on cross-disciplinary comparisons, particularly between titles from „hard‟ and „soft‟ sciences. This review not only mapped the current landscape of academic title research in genre analysis but also suggested potential directions for further exploration, aiming to enhance a more comprehensive and globally representative understanding of this crucial aspect of academic communication. Sciedu Press 2024-06-26 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/1/121007.pdf Wang, Zhijie and Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan and Mohd Jalis, Farhana Muslim (2024) A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis. World Journal of English Language, 14 (6). art. no. undefined. pp. 111-124. ISSN 1925-0703; eISSN: 1925-0711 https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/wjel/article/view/26115 10.5430/wjel.v14n6p111
spellingShingle Wang, Zhijie
Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan
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A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title_full A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title_fullStr A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title_full_unstemmed A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title_short A systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
title_sort systematic literature review on academic title studies in genre analysis
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/121007/1/121007.pdf