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Criteria for acceptable abstracts

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Recently, a personal reaction to a published abstract started a study which may lead to criteria for abstracts. This particular abstract seemed inadequate to those who were familiar with the original journal article. This brought up the question of how the adequacy of an abstract is determined. Is it a matter of opinion, or is it a measure of excellence? Assuming it is the latter, are the means for measuring it specified?

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