标题是一篇SCI论文进入读者视线的第一要素，为此我们需要具有吸引力的标题。但是只有吸引力是不够的，论文标题是论文的核心。因此我们在撰写论文标题的时候，应该在论文核心内容的基础上高度概括并提高读者的阅读兴趣。
期刊网站和搜索引擎利用论文标题中的词语将论文归类及向目标读者显示论文，而读者则使用论文标题作为决定是否阅读论文的第一步。这就是优秀的标题(一般长度为10-12个字)使用描述性的词语准确突出论文核心内容的原因(例如：研究的物种、评估的文章或讨论的技术)。
下面是关于撰写醒目标题的一些参考步骤(包括示例)：
回答几个问题：我的论文是关于什么?使用了什么技术/设计?谁/什么研究?结论是什么?
My paper studies whether X therapy improves the cognitive function of patients suffering from dementia.
It was a randomized trial.
I studied 40 cases from six cities in China.
There was an improvement in the cognitive function of patients.
用答案来列出关键词
X therapy
Randomized trial
Dementia
6 Chinese cities
40 cases
Improved cognitive function
1. 使用关键词造句:
This study is a randomized trial that investigates whether X therapy improved cognitive function in 40 dementia patients from 6 cities in Japan; it reports improved cognitive function. (28字)
2. 删去赘字(如：study of、investigates)以及重复字;连结剩下句子。
This study is a randomized trial that investigates whether X therapy improved cognitive function in 40 dementia patients from 6 cities in China;
it reports improved cognitive functionRandomized trial of X therapy for improving cognitive function in 40 dementia patients from 6 cities in Japan (18字)
3. 删去不必要信息后再润色
Randomized trial of X therapy for improving cognitive function in 40 dementia patients from 6 cities in China reports improved cognitive function
Randomized trial of X therapy for improving cognitive function in 40 dementia patients (13字)
或(改写副标，注重在结果)
X therapy improves cognitive function in 40 dementia patients: A randomized trial (12字)
