Abstract Guidelines:

Order of sections:

1. Introduction: state your purpose/objective/aim, research questions, and hypothesis (if applicable)

2. Methods: state your methodology or methods

3. Results: state the results of your study

   • Optional: you may insert a maximum of 2 figures or small tables. Figures and tables must be numerically labelled and contain a caption. Figures and tables should not exceed ¼ the width or length of your text body. Text around the table or figure should be wrapped

4. Discussion: discussion on results and their significance to answering your research question(s)

5. Significance or Impact: State the significance of your study, future directions, or how this body of work contributes to the healthcare or scientific community.

6. References: list full text references in the order they appear (see notes below)

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*For proposals, protocols, or preliminary results, you may use the sections: Introduction, Methods, Objectives, Expected results, Significance.

 

 

Other formatting notes:

• In-text references should be in footnotes format (superscript with number behind reference)

• Full-length references should be in the format, “Last name, et al. (if applicable), Journal name abbreviation, Year”

• Do not exceed 5 references

• All margins (top, bottom, left, right) must be no less than 2.00 cm

• Text must be justified

• Title, co-authors, and co-author’s affiliations must be centered

• Title must be bolded

• Author affiliations format: Department (if applicable), Institution, City, Country

• Author affiliations must be italicized

• Indicate the presenting author with an asterisk after their name (i.e., Kate Beatty1*, …)

• The entire document must not exceed 1 page in length

• Times New Romans font; 12 point font, single-spaced, 6 pt between sections

• One figure is permitted and must be captioned using the heading “Figure 1:”

• Abbreviations must be stated in full at first appearance in the document

• Each section must contain the headings “Introduction:”, “Methods:”, “Results:”, “Discussion:”, “Significance:”, “References:”

 

See a sample abstract here.

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Abstracts can be submitted in French or English.

Questions? Contact: info@isrch.ca