读者的注意力集中在系统性审查的较短和较长摘要上:一个随机对照试验
Jasmin Helbach1, Kathrin Wandscher2, Dawid Pieper3,4
1Department of Health Services Research, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany jasmin.helbach@uni-oldenburg.de.
BMJ evidence-based medicine
|October 17, 2025
概括
简短的摘要吸引了人们的注意,被认为更简洁,更有吸引力. 研究人员更喜欢250-300字之间的摘要,影响未来的科学写作准则.
科学领域:
- 医学写作 医学写作
- 科学沟通科学沟通
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
背景情况:
- 调查抽象长度对读者参与和感知的影响.
- 评估抽象长度与感知到的信息性,准确性,吸引力和简洁性之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定较长的摘要是否会减少读者的注意力,与较短的摘要相比.
- 根据长度评估研究人员对抽象质量的看法.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验,有5397名研究人员被分配阅读短篇 (277字) 或长篇 (771字) 摘要.
- 主要结果:试验参与率. 二次结果:对信息性,准确性,吸引力和简洁性的看法.
主要成果:
- 短期和长期抽象组之间的试验参与没有显著差异 (37.8%与35.0%).
- 简短的摘要被评为更具吸引力 (60.5%对46.6%) 和简洁 (82.3%对37.9%).
- 摘要的长度没有影响感知到的信息性 (85.5% vs 91.2%) 或准确性 (80.2% vs 86.3%).
结论:
- 抽象的长度不会影响读者的注意力,但会影响感知到的吸引力和简洁性.
- 建议摘要长度为250-300字,符合作者对清晰度和精确性的偏好.
- 在摘要中包含资金和注册信息是作者支持的,应该成为标准做法.
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