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So your abstract must be attention-grabbing and create a great first impression if you want to avoid rejection at a journal&#8217;s screening stage and if you wish to pique the readers&#8217; interest. This video will give you 11 tips that will guide you through writing a more effective research paper abstract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Related reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-10-step-guide-to-make-your-research-paper-abstract-more-effective\">A 10-step guide to make your research paper abstract more effective<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-an-abstract-some-useful-tips\">How to write an Abstract: Some useful tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-need-to-write-an-effective-abstract-a-case-study\">The need to write an effective abstract: A case study<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-18670","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to write a research paper abstract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The abstract is one of the first elements of your manuscript that both journal editors and readers will look at. 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