Where Can I Find Papers with Funny Abstracts?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the search for academic papers that feature humorous abstracts or titles, particularly within the fields of physics and chemistry. Participants share links to specific papers and titles they find amusing, while also discussing the nature of graphical abstracts in chemistry journals that may unintentionally convey humor.

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  • Exploratory
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  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to find a specific physics paper with an abstract that simply states "no" and seeks other funny examples.
  • Several participants provide links to various papers with humorous abstracts or titles, including multiple references to works by Eva Silverstein.
  • Some participants highlight the use of graphical abstracts in chemistry journals, noting that these can sometimes have unintended humorous interpretations.
  • Links to specific papers and titles are shared, with some participants reiterating previously mentioned titles and papers.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no consensus on a definitive list of humorous papers, as participants continue to share various examples and engage in the search for specific titles. The discussion remains open-ended with multiple contributions and suggestions.

Contextual Notes

Some links provided may lead to papers that are not universally recognized as funny, and the humor may be subjective based on individual interpretation. The discussion does not resolve which papers are the funniest or most notable.

PoyDuo
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I'm trying to look for papers with funny abstracts (in particular, there is one I saw a while ago, I believe it was physics, that had an abstract that only said no which I am trying to find, but I would love to see other funny one as well.)
 
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Chemistry journals often publish graphical abstracts accompanying the actual text of the abstract. Sometimes these images have unintended meanings:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic0352250
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl802977m

This one suffers from an unfortunate choice of acronym for copper nanotubes (see the image):

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2007/CC/b614147a
 
Ygggdrasil said:
Chemistry journals often publish graphical abstracts accompanying the actual text of the abstract. Sometimes these images have unintended meanings:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic0352250
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl802977m

This one suffers from an unfortunate choice of acronym for copper nanotubes (see the image):

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2007/CC/b614147a

Those were a big hit with all my fellow postdocs.
 
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PoyDuo said:
I'm trying to look for papers with funny abstracts (in particular, there is one I saw a while ago, I believe it was physics, that had an abstract that only said no which I am trying to find, but I would love to see other funny one as well.)

are you thinking of this thread?
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=540623
 

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