presents a unique challenge to any author. It requires brevity of the written word, conciseness of thought and accuracy of presentation. A structured abstract is the most important starting point for a well written de...presents a unique challenge to any author. It requires brevity of the written word, conciseness of thought and accuracy of presentation. A structured abstract is the most important starting point for a well written dental article.Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, a Chinese national journal of oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral pathology, endodontics, oral radiology, etc, has been included and indexed in Chemical Abstracts, Index Medicus and MEDLINE. This peer reviewed refereed journal demands Chinese and English abstracts of high quality for all manuscripts. Each manuscript should provide qualified abstracts for citation and indexing, which are written in standard English using the correct terms, sentences and grammar. Structured abstracts about 500 characters are required for clinical articles, clinical reports, basic scientific articles; while indicative abstracts (summary) are mandatory to short communications and case reports as well as review articles. Generally, the abstracts should be written in the past tense and passive voice (in the third person), with exception of conclusion(s), which can be in the primary tense and active voice. The structured abstracts are consisted of PURPOSE (S), METHODS, CONCLUSION (S), and CONCLUSION (S), which should offer the important information on the number of the subjects, methods of grouping and statistics, database attained, P values, etc. The conclusion (s) must be detailed rather than conceptive. This editorial introduces the ins and outs of writing an English abstracts acceptable for publication.展开更多
国家规定,公开发表的学术论文要有英文摘要。但是有不少英语医学论文摘要不合格。不少作者对英语医学论文摘要的文体、结构、要求。句子结构及用词特点缺乏基本了解，仅靠“汉英字典”翻译，比如把“疾病的发生（the occurrence of dise...国家规定,公开发表的学术论文要有英文摘要。但是有不少英语医学论文摘要不合格。不少作者对英语医学论文摘要的文体、结构、要求。句子结构及用词特点缺乏基本了解，仅靠“汉英字典”翻译，比如把“疾病的发生（the occurrence of disease）译成“the appearance of disease”，不分“结果”（resuit）与“结局”（outcome）、“病人”（patient）与“病例”（case）、“效果”（effect）“影响”（affect）等。展开更多
文摘presents a unique challenge to any author. It requires brevity of the written word, conciseness of thought and accuracy of presentation. A structured abstract is the most important starting point for a well written dental article.Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, a Chinese national journal of oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, orthodontics, oral pathology, endodontics, oral radiology, etc, has been included and indexed in Chemical Abstracts, Index Medicus and MEDLINE. This peer reviewed refereed journal demands Chinese and English abstracts of high quality for all manuscripts. Each manuscript should provide qualified abstracts for citation and indexing, which are written in standard English using the correct terms, sentences and grammar. Structured abstracts about 500 characters are required for clinical articles, clinical reports, basic scientific articles; while indicative abstracts (summary) are mandatory to short communications and case reports as well as review articles. Generally, the abstracts should be written in the past tense and passive voice (in the third person), with exception of conclusion(s), which can be in the primary tense and active voice. The structured abstracts are consisted of PURPOSE (S), METHODS, CONCLUSION (S), and CONCLUSION (S), which should offer the important information on the number of the subjects, methods of grouping and statistics, database attained, P values, etc. The conclusion (s) must be detailed rather than conceptive. This editorial introduces the ins and outs of writing an English abstracts acceptable for publication.
文摘国家规定,公开发表的学术论文要有英文摘要。但是有不少英语医学论文摘要不合格。不少作者对英语医学论文摘要的文体、结构、要求。句子结构及用词特点缺乏基本了解，仅靠“汉英字典”翻译，比如把“疾病的发生（the occurrence of disease）译成“the appearance of disease”，不分“结果”（resuit）与“结局”（outcome）、“病人”（patient）与“病例”（case）、“效果”（effect）“影响”（affect）等。
