Which layout do you prefer? An analysis of readers' preferences for different typographic layouts of structured abstracts:
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Information Science
- Vol. 22 (1), 27-37
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016555159602200103
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Structured abstracts - which include subheadings such as this one - have replaced traditional abstracts in most current medical journals. However, the number and detail of the subheadings used varies, and there is a range of different typographic settings.Keywords
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