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Small, rule-based checks you can run on a draft in the browser. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and no AI model is involved.
What a checked abstract looks like
This is the example abstract, checked live in your browser by the same rules. Your own text never leaves this page.
Source: Walsh Z et al., Trials, 2023. CC BY 4.0.
Your abstract
- Background
- Research gap
- Objective
- Methods
- Data or sample
- Results
- Quantitative evidence
- Conclusion
Sentences with more than one signal
Abstract structure check
Structured abstract detected
Background
Sets the context the study sits in, such as the field, the problem area, or what is already known.
Matched phrase
Research gap
States the problem, limitation, or open question the study responds to.
Matched phrase
Objective
States what the study set out to investigate, evaluate, compare, or propose.
Matched phrase
Methods
Describes the study design, procedure, model, or analysis used.
Matched phrase
Data or sample
Reports what the study analyzed, such as participants, records, datasets, or materials.
Matched phrase
Results
Reports the principal findings of the study.
Matched phrase
Quantitative evidence
Reports a numerical value, effect size, or statistic attached to a finding.
Matched phrase
Conclusion
States what the findings mean, imply, or suggest for practice or further research.
Matched phrase
Text details
Text statistics
- Words analyzed (keywords excluded)
- Sentences
- Average words per sentence
- Numerical expressions
- Percentages
- Statistical expressions
- Journal abstract word limit (optional)
Long sentences
Abbreviations
Abbreviation matching is conservative and informational only. Terms a journal treats as standard, such as DNA or USA, may still be listed here.
What the checker reports
- BackgroundSets the context the study sits in, such as the field, the problem area, or what is already known.
- Research gapStates the problem, limitation, or open question the study responds to.
- ObjectiveStates what the study set out to investigate, evaluate, compare, or propose.
- MethodsDescribes the study design, procedure, model, or analysis used.
- Data or sampleReports what the study analyzed, such as participants, records, datasets, or materials.
- ResultsReports the principal findings of the study.
- Quantitative evidenceReports a numerical value, effect size, or statistic attached to a finding.
- ConclusionStates what the findings mean, imply, or suggest for practice or further research.
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