The structured abstract for a survey is the same as that for any original research article
except that it does not include the heading" Intervention." Specific guidelines for preparing …

Annals of Internal Medicine in 1987 [11. Mulrow et al. subsequently suggested one logical
extension: specific criteria for structured abstracts of review articles 123. Since then, these …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of abstracts of original research articles. DESIGN: Blind,
criterion-based survey. SAMPLE: Systematic sample of 33 abstracts of original research …

Objective The abstract should begin with a clear statement of the precise objective or
question addressed in the report. If more than one objective is addressed, the main …

From making presentations to general versus technical/academic audiences to preparing
computerized presentations, How to Report on Surveys, Second Edition shows you how to …

INTRODUCTION As survey researchers, as well as reviewers, readers, and end users of the
survey research literature, we are all too often disheartened by the poor quality of survey …

This proposal presents guidelines for preparing informative abstracts of review articles. Six
guidelines are proposed: 1. The abstract should begin with a precise statement of the …

It seems appropriate to complement the commentaries on peer review in this issue of AJHP
with an editor's perspective on certain aspects of the topic. I leave aside a discussion of the …

About three in four of the papers sent out for review are ultimately rejected by the Editor.
Rejection is a function not only of quality and interest but also of the number of submissions …

During 1981 the Journal received its usual number of unsolicited manuscripts, 703, more
than four out of five of which we would be unable to publish because of space …