If you ever write any sort of research paper, you are likely to need an abstract. But what is an abstract for? What should go into one? What makes one effective? This resource will provide a brief ...

The purpose of an abstract is to convince a fellow scientist to actually read your paper or come to your talk. In today’s competitive, information-overloaded scientific environment, being able to ...

Please review these before you write your abstract and as ... policy changes are enacted." i. If the paper presents quantitative information, the abstract should include some of this; if there ...

Before writing a paper, authors are advised to visit the author information pages of the journal to which they wish to submit (see this link for a full list of Nature Portfolio publications).