Guidelines for Writing an Abstract for Thesis/ Research Dissertations / Project Reports for Ph. D. / M. Tech. / B. Tech

👉What is an Abstract:

Ø  The 250-300 word abstract will highlight the important features of the thesis/dissertation/ project report .Generally it is termed as Executive Summary in technical reports.

Ø  An abstract will be considered as a movie trailer. People will only read the rest of the manuscript if they find your abstract attractive and interesting.

Ø  Always write the abstract after you have cultivated writing your whole paper.

Ø  Select and pick up key statements from your introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections to shape your abstract with a logical flow.

Ø  Edit your abstract carefully to make it exhibiting and meet the word count requirements of the journal.

Ø  An abstract must include Key words and phrases that quickly identify the content and focus of the work.

👉Types of abstract:

·        Critical abstract –Here, the researcher evaluates some paper and compares it to other works and papers on the same topic

·        Descriptive abstract – A descriptive abstract tells the type of information found in the work. It describes the summarized work without comparing it to other papers on the given subject

·        Informative abstract –It presents all the main arguments and important results. It includes conclusions of the research and recommendations of the author

·        Highlight abstract – It is written to attract the reader’s attention, not often used in academic writing

👉Rules for writing Abstract:

1.     All information/content presented in the Abstract must appear in the report body as well; no new content is allowed. (rigid rule of technical writing)

2.     Do not present any figures or tables in the Abstract. (rigid rule of technical writing)

3.     Do not cite references or discussion of previous literature 

4.     Check once final abstract whether it is meeting the ground rule of the target journal (e.g. word limit, type of abstract etc)

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