Abstract requirements
Your abstracts function is to show that you have a valuable contribution to the congress by presenting your abstract and to lure an audience to your talk.
Hereby, we will give you some guidelines to achieve this goal as best as possible. For the ISCOMS you should use the following subheadings:- Introduction
- Material and Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
1. Introduction
Background information: give the information that is useful for introducing you research. This background information must make clear to the reader why you are asking your research question.
The research question/the aim of the study: State the question either as a question or as a hypothesis. Use key terms that will re-appear in the answer to the question in your conclusion.
2. Material and Methods
Name the materials used and methods applied in your research or study. Describe the approach or the study design, including both independent and dependent variables and use of statistics.
3. Results
Describe the results obtained based on the research or study question and the methods applied.
4. The conclusion
The answer: Give a clear summary of the outcome to the research or study question. Discussion: Only if important for your research, state some conditions that could have influenced your data. Keep it as short and concise as possible.Implication: It is of great importance to state the implication or relevance of your research or study. Do not use words like ‘we intend to study’ or ‘work will be done to prove ..’ etc.
5. Key words: the most important words of your research (±3), this can be your subject, method, etc
Word count
Your abstract should not exceed the maximum of 400 words.
Example
You can read the abstract of the "Best Abstract Award" winner from ISCOMS 2006 here. This is a very good example for your abstract.
