The Abstract, Title & Keyword Kit
Ten one-page worksheets, a word-budget calculator and a discoverability map that turn the last 250 words you write into the first 250 anyone reads — and the only ones most people ever will.
$7
Instant download · 14-page PDF (US Letter + A4) + Excel workbook · 14-day download link
What it's for
Most people will read your abstract and nothing else. This is the procedure for making those 250 words carry the finding.
What's inside
- Extract the core message — The one finding, why it matters, and the numbers that must appear.
- Craft and test the title — Four patterns, a scoring sheet and a trim list for the winner.
- Build the abstract, move by move — Five moves, what each must contain, and a word budget for each.
- Match the required format — Format by study type, and what this venue actually requires.
- Fix the opening — The clichés to replace, and four openings that earn the read.
- Compress to the limit — A cutting order, phrase trims, and what may never be cut.
- The conference version — The submission's rules, and the rubric reviewers will score you against.
- Keywords and discoverability — A coverage map for where each term appears — title, abstract, keywords.
- The plain-language summary — Four sentences, a jargon list, and the certainty check.
- Audit before you submit — The self-audit, the standalone test, and the consistency check against the manuscript.
Swipe cards — the rules, formulas and phrasings worth keeping beside you, on one page to cut out.
The Scorer & Audit workbook (Excel / Google Sheets)
- Title Test: six drafts scored, with a character check against the venue's limit
- Word Budget: the budget rescaled to your limit, with the variance per move
- Keywords: coverage per concept, flagging anything carried in only one place
- Self-Audit: the twelve pre-submission checks, with what is outstanding
- Versions: every venue, its limit, its headings and what happened
Look inside
Low-resolution, watermarked previews of four of the 14 pages.
Who it's for
- Anyone writing the abstract for a paper, a conference submission or a thesis.
- Researchers whose work is not being found, read or cited as much as it should be.
It is not an editing service and it does not write for you — it is the structure, the budget and the audit around your own words.
From the author
Companion to The Abstract, Title & Keyword Workbook (Mastering Research Series), by Dr. Rafiq Muhammad, MD, PhD.
The kit is the worksheet layer; the workbook adds the method, the worked examples and the field notes behind each step.
Frequently asked questions
My limit is not 250 words. Does the budget still work?
Yes. The proportions hold at any limit, and the spreadsheet rescales them — 150, 250, 300 or a character count.
Does it cover structured abstracts?
Yes, and continuous ones. Step 4 matches the format to your study type and to the heading set your venue specifies.
Is it discipline-specific?
No. The moves are the same across fields; where conventions differ — qualitative work, reviews, methods papers — the kit says so and routes you to your venue's standard.
Does it help with keywords for search?
Yes. Step 8 maps each concept across title, abstract and keywords, so your terms are placed where indexes and search engines actually look.
What formats do I get?
One ZIP download: the 14-page kit as PDF in both US Letter and A4, plus The Scorer & Audit workbook as an Excel workbook that also opens in Google Sheets.
Can I fill it in on screen?
Yes. Annotate the PDFs in any PDF reader, or print them. The workbook works in Excel or Google Sheets.
How do I get the files?
Straight after payment you land on a download page, and we email you the same link. The link works for 14 days and up to ten downloads.
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Can I get a refund?
Yes, within 14 days if the files cannot be downloaded or opened. Download access ends when a refund is issued.
Can my lab or department buy it?
The kit is licensed to one person. For a lab, department or library, use the enquiry form on the <a href="/tools/journal-clock/for-organisations/">Journal Clock for organisations</a> page.
Licence and refunds
One purchaser, personal academic use: print and annotate freely; please don't share, resell or upload the files to shared drives or course sites. Refund on request within 14 days if the files cannot be downloaded or opened. Full terms.
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