The Faculty Lounge: Should Your Law Review Article Have an Abstract and a Table of Contents?

The Faculty Lounge: Should Your Law Review Article Have an Abstract and a Table of Contents?:

 "Should Your Law Review Article Have an Abstract and a Table of Contents?
Yes, say the authors of this article that surveys citation rates. 

The stronger impact on citation levels comes from having an abstract, but tables of contents also contribute, and the two together generate citation rates 70% higher than articles without either.

Their theory is that abstracts and tables of contents reduce cognitive burdens on other researchers, which makes sense."



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