Figure 3.

Comparison between word limits imposed by journals and the length of abstracts (a) and titles (b) in a sample of 5323 studies in ecology and evolutionary biology. Individual data points refer to abstract word or keyword counts from a sample of studies, along with their density distribution. Medians are represented by the thick black lines, interquartile ranges by the boxes, and whiskers extend to 1.5 times the interquartile range. Red lines indicate the abstract or keyword limit imposed by journals.