Researchers use The Beatles in
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Researchers use The Beatles in more than 3,000 scientific article titles

The Beatles top the list when researchers make references to popular music. The group’s songs and lyrics have been used in the titles of scientific articles more than 3,000 times.

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Based on the academic database Scopus, researchers at Delft University of Technology have identified 2,237 precise references and 963 creative puns.

"The Long and Winding Road", "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Here, There and Everywhere" are the most used song titles.

Gabriel Budel, one of the researchers behind the study, says in a comment that some examples are truly brilliant, and mentions “The Lung and Winding Road” - an article about long COVID - and an article about patent law called “Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Patented Monkey”.

The study is published in PLOS One.

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