{"id":3613,"date":"2022-11-01T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researcher.life\/blog\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:40:38","slug":"lay-summary-vs-abstract-differences-similarities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researcher.life\/blog\/article\/lay-summary-vs-abstract-differences-similarities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay Summary vs. Abstract: Differences, Similarities, and Tips for Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While on the job, academics learn to distil their research into an Abstract, which typically precedes the main text of their paper in a journal or conference proceeding. Such an abstract is targeted at the readers of that journal. Different from this type of Abstract, a <\/span>lay summary<\/span>, <\/span>lay abstract<\/span>, or plain language summary might be required by your funder, research institute, and even some academic journals. Funding bodies require lay abstracts as a part of grant applications or to monitor progress on a project they are funding. A research institute might require them for press releases or to put them up on their institutional website. Of late, a growing number of journals ask for lay abstracts to increase the visibility of the research they publish.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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