The brevity of an abstract belies its importance to a manuscript. It’s what catches a reader’s attention and helps them to decide whether a paper is relevant. Yet failing to reflect the content of the ...

The abstract of a scientific paper must concisely convey the background, purpose, methodology and conclusions of the published work. This section is visible to the readers even in cases where access ...

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Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. By Gina Kolata Scientists know it is happening, ...