Book contents
- Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 General Features of a Scientific Paper
- 2 The Typical Scientific Paper
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 The Introduction
- 6 Materials and Methods
- 7 The Abstract
- 8 The ‘Smaller’ Sections That Complete a Paper
- 9 Figures and Tables
- 10 Presubmission
- 11 Submission of Manuscripts
- 12 Peer Review
- 13 The Last Stages of the Editorial Process
- 14 From Acceptance to Publication
- 15 Copyright
- 16 Ethics and Scientific Integrity
- 17 Epilogue
- Further Reading
- Index
7 - The Abstract
The Summary of the Main Findings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2021
Book contents
- Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Scientific Writing and Publishing
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 General Features of a Scientific Paper
- 2 The Typical Scientific Paper
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 The Introduction
- 6 Materials and Methods
- 7 The Abstract
- 8 The ‘Smaller’ Sections That Complete a Paper
- 9 Figures and Tables
- 10 Presubmission
- 11 Submission of Manuscripts
- 12 Peer Review
- 13 The Last Stages of the Editorial Process
- 14 From Acceptance to Publication
- 15 Copyright
- 16 Ethics and Scientific Integrity
- 17 Epilogue
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Authors are instructed that the Abstract is the most important part of their paper and that it needs very careful attention. It must attract the attention of potential readers, be succinct and clear. The structured Abstract is more verbose, which is required by some journals. It should contain in particular the hypothesis and, in the shortest way, the overall conclusion of the findings. Below it the author indicates what are the most appropriate keywords, sets out the abbreviations used.
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- Scientific Writing and PublishingA Comprehensive Manual for Authors, pp. 93 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021