摘要很重要，要知道编辑和审稿人首先是通过摘要来快速判断一篇论文的，所以请确保有一个好的第一印象。

然而摘要撰写的痛点之一就是浓缩提炼你的论文，以符合出版社的字数限制。如果你的论文摘要超过了字数限制，如何缩减它呢？虽然没有放之四海而皆准的方法，但希望今天分享的思路能为您提供有用的参考。

许多句子可以通过使用动词来缩短。

例如，“The measurements of the soil moisture were made at dawn”可改为 “The soil moisture was measured at dawn”，使用更贴切的" measured "来取代平平无奇的动词" made "。同样，“A comparison between the groups was performed”变成 “The groups were compared”。

一段言简意赅的句子，每个词都有其重要意义。而在“there is (an X that Y)” 的结构中，),” “there” 和“is” 除了使句子在语法上正确外，没什么作用。对这种句子其实可以用更少的词来表达。例如，“There is a key that opens the lock” 可以改写为“A key opens the lock” ， “There is a correlation between the data”可以改写为

当想使用诸如" It was found that..."这样的短语时，先思考下是否有必要这样提醒读者：下面的内容是研究发现。如果句子表述很清楚了，就可以在不改变原意的情况下删除这样的短语。例如，“It was found that the bees in the treatment group were less productive” 可以改写为“The bees in the treatment group were less productive”。

如果表示复杂的数字结果，可考虑使用圆括号来减少字数并提高可读性。参考下面的例子：

·The value of A was 8.9 in 1956, 14.9 in 1966, and 17.4 in 1976. The value of B was 1.2 in 1956, 3.4 in 1966, and 5.5 in 1976.

更简洁的表述：The values of A and (B) were 8.9 (1.2) in 1956, 14.9 (3.4) in 1966, and 17.4 (5.5) in 1976.

·A, B, and C had a mean of 6 with a standard deviation of 1, a mean of 8 with a standard deviation of 2, and a mean of 5 with a standard deviation of 2, respectively.

更简洁的表述：A, B, and C had a mean (± standard deviation) of 6 (±1), 8 (±2), and 5 (±2), respectively.