Abstract: The title is the most concise summary of the content of a paper. A good title can attract readers to read and increase the retrieval rate,so it is very important to draw up an appropriate title for a paper. Based on the long-term editing practice and examples from the journal China Special Equipment Safety,the paper discusses three kinds of problems existing in the title writing of scientific and technological papers,namely unconcise expression,non-standard expression,and inaccurate expression. Therefore,some suggestions are put forward for the formulation of the title of the paper,such as concise language,standard expression and clear outline,hoping to provide some references for the scientific and technical personnel to formulate the appropriate titles and improve the quality of paper.

Key words: scientific and technological paper, title, conciseness, standard, accuracy