  We investigate how textual properties of scientific papers relate to the
number of citations they receive. Our main finding is that correlations are
non-linear and affect differently most-cited and typical papers. For instance,
we find that in most journals short titles correlate positively with citations
only for the most cited papers, for typical papers the correlation is in most
cases negative. Our analysis of 6 different factors, calculated both at the
title and abstract level of 4.3 million papers in over 1500 journals, reveals
the number of authors, and the length and complexity of the abstract, as having
the strongest (positive) influence on the number of citations.
