I want to know the standard practice of using references in abstract. Kindly give me examples from OUP, Sage, Elsvier journals etc.
Thanks.
Please see the attachment.
From: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379502003439
Please see the attachment.
From: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379502003439
Yes, you can, but it is not a rule or a compulsory behaviour.
Yes you can but it is not preferable, let me say my opinion "I see this style is a bad one and sometimes frustrates me when I'm trying to read a non-open access paper how can I get the reference"
Kindly, see two first sentences of a Abstract:
"This paper discusses the women entrepreneurship in terms of gender discrimination. Gender discrimination is prevailed dilemma of developing countries (Ashraf, 2015; Zeb, 2013; Sara, 2000)."........
I need such examples. If you have any example (published paper or abstract) so please attach with your answers.
Dear Sabah,
For amateur writers especially in the case of postgraduate students, it is encouraged. However, it is not a practise among seasoned writers but no harm in citing in order to lend credit to our argument.
Best Wishes!
No, abstract should only come out with what the content of the paper is briefly, and also on results obtained.
No. By basing abstract we know what content of the paper briefly at the same time it is useful we may chance to extend the research.
In few journals they will clearly mention that, abstract should not contain any references.....
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"It is not entirely unreasonable to include a citation in an abstract, if the reason you are citing it is because your paper is a major extension, rebuttal, or counterpoint to the cited article.
In that case, however, you do have the responsibility of providing the reference within the body of the abstract. For example,
"We extend upon the results of Smith [Journal of Very Important Results, 1, 374 (2012)] to include the effects of a doohickey at the end of the thingamajig."
In such a case, the abstract remains self-contained, with an important citation included. (This is especially essential if an author is well-known for multiple papers, in which case the reference can be used to distinguish the various works that could be intended.)
Large numbers of citations, however, should be avoided, as should "secondary" citations. Only the most critical literature for a paper should be cited, and that should normally be limited to one or two. Any more than that, and the abstract becomes hard to read."
Please, see the Reference....
http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/4971/are-citations-in-abstracts-considered-bad-style
The abstract must summarize all works done in your paper, therefore i think you don't need to refer to another work.
I think if you are using a quote or paraphrasing in the Abstract then you may need to use a reference, but this is not the norm.
Many thanks,
Debra
If the author of the paper is proven a previous theory, then it should be referenced in the abstract. Also when the paper draws on a single previous work of some paradigmatic author, it should appeared in the abstract.
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