The abstract is arguably the most important element of a scholarly article, so it should be informative, meaningful and impactful. Michael Willis gives two objectives, and practical tips, to keep in ...

An abstract is a concise, compelling statement that summarises a larger piece of work. They are useful for researchers to select relevant evidence, and for indexing purposes by search databases. By ...

In my last blog, I pointed out that many readers do not bother to read further than an abstract before forming an impression of a study that becomes relatively fixed and even cited in subsequent work.