The concept of a graphical abstract — a visual summary of a scientific paper that appears on a journal's table of contents (TOC) — will probably be familiar to most of the readers of this ...

Nature Methods - Writing a clear, ... Some scientists will read just the title and abstract of a paper and come to their own conclusions based on the figures.

Writing an abstract might not seem to be at the top of your list of priorities when writing your PhD dissertation, but it’s probably the first thing a reader will see when they encounter your research ...