Scientific writing 3.0: A reader and writer's guide - Jean-Luc Lebrun, Justin Lebrun 2021
Conclusion metrics (if you have a conclusion)
Conclusions: the smile of your paper
Paper structure and purpose
✓(+) The conclusion is positively charged.
✓(+) The conclusion is significantly different from the abstract.
✓(+) The conclusion is slightly longer than the abstract.
✓(+) The conclusion does not claim new benefits or findings not already presented before.
✓(+) The conclusion encourages the reader to benefit from the contribution or to further the work.
✓(−) The conclusion presents limitations as a drawback instead of an opportunity to improve.
✓(−) The conclusion does not differ much from the abstract.
✓(−) The conclusion simply restates the results, and if there is an impact statement, it is a plain restatement from the abstract, without elaboration.
AND NOW FOR THE BONUS POINTS:
✓(+ + +) The reader is able to reconstruct the title from the conclusions.
© Jean-Luc Lebrun 2011
1 Nature Physics, “Elements of Style”, editorial, Vol. 3 No. 9 September 2007.
2 Copyright 1993 by Peter J. Feibelman, “A PH.D is not enough: a guide to survival in Science” published by Basic books.