The Practical Advantages of Standardizing the Four Elements Structural Abstract of Journal Thesis Under the Background of "Double First-class"
Abstract:[Objective] To analyze the connotation of the abstract of article, and to explore the advantages and significance and of the four elements structural abstract. [Methods] Based on extensive literature review, and combined with the work experiences of Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University editorial office, this paper gave an explanation of abstract from its characteristics, classification,etc., and analyzed its significance and the meaning of popularizing the four elements structural abstract. [Results] The abstract is the concentration of the thesis, having the traits of integrity, self-evidence and independence. It can be divided into the narrative abstract and the four elements structural abstract by its writing style. A rich and full abstract is the best line of the papers revealing to the editor after contributing them to the press. The four elements structural abstract can provide a more complete view of the theme scope of the article related, and it is the crucial adjective link that the editor connects with the author, and the main bridge in the information age to keep academic exchange, having more convenient to keep cultural exchange at home and abroad, improving the influence of journals and being one of the basic skills that editors must master. [Conclusion] To popularize the format of structural abstract, it can better play the importance of the abstract of an article, helping the reader understanding the thesis theme, promoting the edit standardization process, promoting the academic influence and the international display degree in the related major, accelerating the development of the international informatization, deserving further popularization.
自1987年,“四要素”結構式摘要在美國《內科學紀要》(Annal of Internal Medicine)上正式使用以來,迄今已經成為生物醫學刊物摘要格式之大勢[10]。隨著“四要素”結構式摘要的推廣,本刊論文格式更加規范,論文質量亦顯著提高。在高校“雙一流”建設的背景下,期刊編輯人員必須肩負時代使命,加快高質量期刊發展,向一流期刊目標邁進。對論文摘要進行規范撰寫亦是此背景下的重要舉措之一,規范并普及“四要素”結構式摘要,有助于作者迅速發表文章,有助于讀者快速明晰論文主旨內容,有助于科技情報人員進行文獻檢索,有助于促進編輯規范的合理化,有助于提高專家審稿速度,并有助于提升論文在相關專業的學術影響力和國際顯示度,以促進國際信息化發展。雖然,“四要素”結構式摘要的優勢在十多年前已被討論,然至今國內大部分期刊尚未全面使用,為了促進“四要素”結構式摘要進一步發揮其優勢,筆者特撰此文,相信不久的將來,“四要素”結構式摘要不僅能在生物醫學等領域得到普遍認可,而且能在諸多論文寫作中得到進一步普及和推廣應用,成為一道規范靚麗的編輯前沿風景線。