A well-structured abstract helps readers to follow your logic and understand your main points. Although there is no one-size-fits-all format for abstracts, a common structure consists of four ...

To write an unstructured abstract, use the same approach as for a structured abstract: summarise the context of your research, your methods, your findings and the key takeaways, but do so as a single ...

Some may require a structured abstract with specific headings, such as background, objectives, methods, results, and conclusions. Others may allow a narrative abstract with more flexibility.

The structured abstract would replace the paragraph-style narrative summary-typically either an APA-style abstract or "editor's introduction"-now present at the beginning of many articles.

Adoption of the structured abstract would require action by scientists and editors to establish formats and vocabularies, as was done for Gene Ontology (Nature Genet. 25, 25–29; 2000).

Abstract: In 2018 the IEEE Transactions on Education began requiring structured abstracts for all published papers. This editorial presents the rationale for the decision to require structured ...

Recent policy recommendations involving the putative primacy of randomized clinical trials in educational settings have reignited research paradigm debates. The authors of this article use the vehicle ...