Can I use a section title from another paper as my paper's title? I recently read a paper which had a really interesting section with a very interesting title. I google'd it and it seems that they just made it up and it's not a common term.
Can I title my paper that? I will mention in the introduction that x et al. calls this practice such and such and that's what we'll explore and expand in this paper.
I'm asking if it is allowed, but also if it is not frowned upon etc. It's sort of an homage &amp; it's a catchy title.
Thank you.
General advice is hard here, not knowing the specifics. If the title actually represents an intellectual contribution, then probably not. But if it is just language cleverness there is likely no harm, but a note on the origin would be appropriate.
For example &quot;Differentiation, As She Is Played&quot; is probably just a tricky pop culture reference and has no intellectual content, so safe enough. With apologies to Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics fame and who plays that game occasionally