HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT TO SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE?

Abstract

Abstracts are accompanied by texts of different style and genre: books, articles, manuscripts and publications. Abstract are necessary for readers, editors, compilers, reviewers and authors themselves in order to get an idea about oncoming reading, to help to choose, to classify and not to lose article among others of the similar topics. The main purpose of an abstract is to convey theme and main idea of the article, its most important theses and differences from other articles of similar subject. It has to show special aspects of the article according to its purpose and content, novelty, relevance and uniqueness without citing or retelling the text. Abstract also makes search and information functions: it shows relevance of the article to the topic. It is important in the modern scientific world, where search of information is made by automatically computer systems basing on specified algorithms. Cooperation with foreign scientific institutes and publications in English-speaking periodical require to send articles with abstracts in English. Abstract in English addresses to readers, who do not speak Russian, that is why it should be competent and equivalent to the text of the article.