An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. When used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript or typescript, acting as the point-of-entry for any given academic paper or patent application. Abstracting and indexing services for various academic disciplines are aimed at compiling a body of literature for that particular subject.

Abstract is important in that it helps you as the author get approval from the decision makers of the journal to get your paper published in the intended journal, it is the gate to your article or thesis which helps readers decide whether to read your paper or not, and the abstract will help readers find your paper and this, in turn, will increase your paper's being cited.

This is one of the most important parts of a research (i.e., article, thesis, dissertation, etc.) which appears at the top and attract the attention of the potential readers.

This course will help you learn:

*how to write this section and revise and edit so as the journal accepts it without any changes

*how to write the attention-getting abstract so that your paper be cited more

The instructor of the course has written two books on "How to write academic research paper in English" published by Amazon.