Delft researchers map Beatles song titles used in academic papers
A study by Delft University of Technology scholars identified thousands of academic references that cleverly incorporate Beatles song titles.
Using the Scopus database, researchers at Delft University of Technology catalogued 963 word-play instances where paper titles echo Beatles songs. The most frequent titles include "The long and winding road," "With a little help from my friends" and "Here, there and everywhere." Lead author Gabriel Budel highlighted especially witty examples such as a COVID-long-term study titled "The lung and winding road" and a patent law article called "Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my patented monkey." The findings were published in PLOS ONE.
