Determining the Impact of Journal Abstract Structure and Word Limit on the Completeness of Study Reporting [32G]

INTRODUCTION: It is vital that journal abstracts, which summarize clinical research, contain sufficient information on the study, for readers to draw appropriate conclusions. Our study examined the influence of variations in abstract structure and maximum word limit among obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) journals on the completeness of study reporting. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study examining 163 abstracts from 50 OBGYN journals …