Here, There And Everywhere: The Beatles Have Permeated Research Papers Across Academic Disciplines

More than 3,000 scientific article titles borrow Beatles song titles or lyrics, according to a PLOS One study of Scopus data. Researchers found 2,237 exact references and 963 cases of wordplay across many fields, especially medicine and the social sciences. A few songs dominate. The top ten Beatles titles appear far more often than those of Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley. “The Long and Winding Road,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” and “Here, There and Everywhere” are the most used; “Attention is all you need” is a famous play on “All You Need Is Love.”…