By Professor Joy Cullen

An abstract for a research paper should be sharply focused, concisely written and identify the major aspects of the research to be covered in the proposed session. Reviewing an abstract for a research conference is similar to reviewing a research article although there are obvious constraints on the amount of detail provided in an abstract because of word restrictions.

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