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Making and submitting an abstract of a researchBY: David Prakash Kumar | Category: Education | Post Date: 2009-07-06
Once a research is done, an abstract of the article has to be prepared. It has to accompany the main article when it is sent for publication. The editors of the various journals to which the abstract is sent will look at the abstract. Only if they are interested in the abstract and what is written there, will they go to the next step of reading the research paper. So it is very important to write a good abstract as the first step towards publication of a research paper. An abstract is a systemic short summary of the study or research. Paper and poster presentations in conferences are based on the abstract. Many people have access to the abstracts on the internet. Once they are interested in the study and either want to practice it or use it in their own study, then they request a copy of the abstract. Purpose of the abstract: 1. To enable readers to quickly scan and understand the purpose of the given scientific paper. 2. To provide a short summary of the main findings of a given study for paper or electronic archiving. 3. To allow referees at scientific conferences to decide which presentation to accept and which to reject. There are a few things that have to be kept in mind and a few steps that have to be followed to be able to make a good abstract. They are listed below. Objectives: A short statement of why the study or research was done. Design: Here the type of study done is mentioned. The sample size and any special methods used are also written. Setting: The area and situation of the study Participants: The study subjects or the population on whom the study was done is described. Main outcome measures: The type of measures that were used for the study or report is given here. Sometimes the design, setting, participants and main outcome measures are described under a heading called as the ‘Methods' Results: The key results are written here. Make sure that only the most important results are mentioned here. Conclusions: The main conclusions that have been drawn from the findings are written here. Restrict yourself to the conclusions and recommendations that are supported by your research data and findings. These are the things that are necessary to be written in an abstract. This will help the referee in selecting your paper above others for the presentation. Make sure that less information, but important information is provided in an abstract. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: I am a physiotherapist by profession. A writer by interest. I take up freelance assignments for various websites and blogs. Comments are welcome at prakashdavid@rediffmail.com Additional Articles: * Child labour is a crime. Underage working children in India. * Why the English Premier League is Like No Other. By Fahman Rabbani * Television: Harmful Effects in Social life * Can women earn more money than men? * Audio enchantment - In the times of TV & Internet how does Radio survive? Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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