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Thirteen Ways to Write an Abstract

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  • James Hartley

    (School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK)

  • Guillaume Cabanac

    (Computer Science Department, University of Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France)

Abstract

The abstract is a crucial component of a research article. Abstracts head the text—and sometimes they can appear alone in separate listings (e.g., conference proceedings). The purpose of the abstract is to inform the reader succinctly what the paper is about, why and how the research was carried out, and what conclusions might be drawn. In this paper we consider the same (or a similar) abstract in 13 different formats to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

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  • James Hartley & Guillaume Cabanac, 2017. "Thirteen Ways to Write an Abstract," Publications, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:5:y:2017:i:2:p:11-:d:97400
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    1. James Hartley & John Cowan & Cynthia Deeson & Peter Thomas, 2016. "Book reviews in time," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 109(3), pages 2123-2128, December.
    2. James Hartley & Lucy Betts, 2009. "Common weaknesses in traditional abstracts in the social sciences," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 60(10), pages 2010-2018, October.
    3. n/a, 2016. "Book Reviews," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 4).
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