Thirteen Ways to Write an Abstract

James Hartley and Guillaume Cabanac
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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

Publications, 2017, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-7

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.

Keywords: key words; structured abstracts; graphical abstracts; video abstracts; readable abstracts; tweetable abstracts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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