38. The journal, Nature, dissects the Abstract structure (mini-series: reading-24)

Foundational Skills in Life Sciences

What is the best way to learn how to read the Abstract of a scientific paper?
In my view, the best way is to learn how the Abstract is structured in any paper.
Today, we will learn it, by reading a very short document. It is a one-page document that describes the Abstract guidelines, provided by the journal, Nature.
Here is the URL that brings you directly to the Nature document:

• https://www.nature.com/documents/nature-summary-paragraph.pdf

Here is the URL of the webpage for the Instructions for Authors by Nature. The above document can be found as the hyperlink to the note, “annotated example” in the “Articles” section:

• https://www.nature.com/nature/for-authors/formatting-guide

Here are the links to the Milestone Article 1 (Immunity, 2005) by the Laureates, Dr. Katalin Karikó & Dr. Drew Weissman of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2005.06.008
• PDF: https://www.cell.com/immunity/pdf/S1074-7613(05)00211-6.pdf
• PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16111635/

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