Editage Insights
As if writing an entire research paper was not difficult enough, authors are also expected to put together a short abstract that succinctly conveys the most essential information—research objectives, study aims, conclusions, etc.—within a stipulated word count. Often, journal editors decide a paper’s fate by just reading its abstract. No wonder then that several reputed journals demand extremely structured abstracts that are complete, accurate, and as clear as possible. In light of this, a researcher may undervalue the importance of a well-written abstract at his own peril.
Our abstract writing service provides the best technical talent in your research area at your disposal. Over 2 rounds, our editor and you debate and discuss before reaching a conclusion over how best to capture your research. After editing your manuscript, we will distil the information into a crisp, precise abstract that should interest both journal reviewers and the target audience.
Why should you have your abstract written by us?
- The abstract is the most important part of a document since most journals allow open access only to the abstract, and readers decide whether to purchase the article depending on the abstract.
- The abstract is the most important part of a document since editors of several international journals often screen paper on the basis of abstracts.
- Our experience in technical editing has revealed that authors find it most difficult to write an abstract.
- Abstracts are meant for a more general audience, and therefore, a third-party perspective helps. Because authors are so deeply involved in their research, they are unable to look at the wider general perspective.
- We analyze abstracts of other papers published in the same journal in order to identify the journal style, language, etc.
- Adhering to word count is a burdensome task and is something that is best left to experienced technical editors/writers.
Conditions
- We prefer writing abstracts for manuscripts edited by us. It is extremely time-consuming for editors to go through an entire paper only for the purpose of writing an abstract. In cases where the author wants only an abstract written—and not the manuscript edited—we quote a price that reflects the number of hours of effort invested.
- Authors are expected to study the abstract and forward their instructions to the editor within 3 days of delivery of the draft version. Our editors work on manuscripts one after the other. To ensure the best results through recency in memory, authors need to revert to us soon enough.
