First, summarize the content of writing.
1, indicative summary.
The writing of this paper mainly introduces the object, purpose, methods and main conclusions of the research and investigation, but does not give specific results. Indicative abstracts are suitable for documents with many topics and complicated contents.
2. Guidance summary.
Explain and summarize the contents of the paper and improve the condensed essay. Guiding abstracts are suitable for academic papers with unified themes, and are generally used for papers published in academic journals.
3. Report-indicative summary.
The combination of reportable summary and indicative summary not only reports the most valuable information in the paper, but also summarizes the research results of the paper, which is concise and to the point and dominates the whole article. Most papers published in academic journals adopt this abstract form.
Second, matters needing attention.
1, avoid subjective comments. To pursue objectivity, subjective opinions cannot appear, so as not to expose subjectivity.
2. The order of abstract elements should correspond to the text. In other words, the order of abstracts should be the same as the order that appears first in the text.
3. Whether to use the first person varies according to the type. On the question of whether to use the first person, most domestic journals have no unified answer, and it is not clear whether it should appear, so it may or may not appear in specific writing.
Classification of abstract:
1, summary of the report.
It is also often called informative abstract or informative abstract, which is characterized by a comprehensive and concise summary of the purpose, methods, main data and conclusions of the paper. Or simply refine the paragraph sentences to reveal the whole picture of the paper concisely and logically. Usually, this abstract can partially replace reading the full text.
2. Description summary.
It is also often called descriptive abstract, descriptive abstract or subject abstract. Generally, only two or three sentences are used to summarize the theme of the paper, and arguments and conclusions are not involved. Mostly used for summary, meeting report, etc. This abstract can be used to help potential readers decide whether they need to read the full text.
3. Description of the report.
Express the part of the document with high information value in the form of report summary, and express the rest in the form of indicative summary.