文档介绍：Abstract
General functions of abstracts
General features of abstracts
Writing requirements
Special attention
General Functions of Abstract
Abstract is usually regarded as the most ponent of a professional paper owing to its unique functions:
A. It frames the writer’s ideas for those who are beginning to read his paper.
B. It identifies the writer’s contribution for those who are using an information-retrieval service.
Basic Functions of Abstract
1. Miniaturizing the Text
2. Deciding “Yes” or “No”
3. Expanding the Circulation
1. Miniaturizing the Text
Being the first part of a professional paper and a self-contained entity, the abstract holds a critical pared with other parts of the whole manuscript. Essentially, an abstract is a condensed statement of the contents of a paper. As a short, concise and highly generalized text, an abstract is viewed as a mini-version or a miniature of the document, summarizing the content of the main body.
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A well-prepared abstract, which serves as a useful tool in searching for information, enables readers to identify the basic content of a document more quickly and conveniently, to determine its relevance to their interest, and finally to decide whether they need to read the whole document.
2. Deciding “Yes” or “No”
The abstract of a paper may directly influence its acceptance to a learned journal: the reviewer or editor may be perilously close to a final judgment of the manuscript after reading it alone. What makes a justification crucial is that many international conference sponsors just review the abstract and make the decision without referring to the whole text.
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So if the abstract fails to generalize the whole paper or to meet the requirements of the conference, the submission of the full manuscript and the qualification of the attendance would be affected. Further, the submitted and accepted abstracts also serve as an important guide for the conference participants to determine which session th