Effective and not so effective introductory sentences of the Abstract - Time for a change - Linda Cooper's blog on Nature Network

If you want your readers to enjoy your Abstract, tell them a good story. Capture their attention with the first sentence and they’re likely to continue reading – a significant accomplishment since scientists have so much to read and so little time to read everything. To prove the validity of my claim, I checked out the first sentences of nine Abstracts listed below in the 7 September 2006 volume o

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読ませるアブストラクトの書き出し方by Nature Reviewer。あえて大げさにせず、一般論から入る魅せ方もある。　"The information in these sentences tends to be general in nature and not very exciting for the reader."