ABSTRACT as the Ultimate Display Case of a Biochemistry Article: A Concept Analysis
Trini Suryowati *
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Abstract
Aims: to revisited logical basis and comprehensive suggestions, with examples, for writing the background, methods, results, and conclusions sections of a proper abstract in a biochemistry articles.
Discussion: Common abstract characteristics is short, straightforward and concise standalone writing as summary of a scientific paper, but in the eye of its potential reader, only the provocative tittle and followed by an interesting abstract which arouse their attention and this is the one and only reason for them to continue or discontinue reading the whole scientific articles. For the vast majority of readers, the paper does not exist beyond its abstract. For few in number of dedicated readers who wish to read beyond the abstract, the abstract actually sets as the display case which is actually become the tone for the rest of the paper. So, the main and ultimate duty of the author is to make certain that the abstract section is properly representative of the entire paper, by way of writing it carefully with deep logic and furnish them in the wow effect manner. For this reason, the abstract should have some general qualities with marked differentiating factor, scientifically and marketingly.
Keywords: Tittle, background, methods, result, conclusion, keywords, potential reader