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All true I think. Interesting thing is how many researchers read just the abstract of papers. I’d say it’s quite common to read just the abstract and some futur
by maegul 4y ago
All true I think. Interesting thing is how many researchers read just the abstract of papers. I’d say it’s quite common to read just the abstract and some future captions, and only dig into details on a few papers.
- Al-Khwarizmi 4y agoThat's the main purpose of the abstract. There are several levels of reading a paper: checking the title, reading the abstract, reading intro/conclusions and skimming over the table, or reading the whole thing. You start at the first level and continue or stop depending on the interest of the paper for your work (and available time). This works very well to more or less stay on top of things with today's frantic publication pace in many disciplines.