Your abstract, written from your own document

Upload your proposal, thesis or paper, or paste your text. Get an abstract or summary built from what your document actually says.

See how it works
  • From your own document
  • Word, PDF or pasted text
  • Download as Word or PDF
The Abstract and Summary Writer with a drop zone for your file and a box for your text
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The hardest 250 words

Faithful to your work

Built from your document, so it reports what you did and found.

Fits the brief

Tell it the word limit, structure and audience, or a conference's rules.

Any length of source

From a short paper to a whole thesis.

How it works

  1. 1

    Add your document

    Drop your file or choose it from your Library.

  2. 2

    Say what you need

    A structured abstract, 250 words, for a named journal or conference.

  3. 3

    Check and download

    Check the numbers against your document, then download it.

Ask questions of the paper too

Need to understand a paper rather than summarise your own? Chat with PDF answers with the page cited.

  • Summarise methods and limitations
  • One paper or a whole folder
  • Check the cited page
A paper beside a chat with answers from the document

Built for the way you work

Undergraduate and master's students

Assignments, dissertations and theses, with sources you can open and check before you hand anything in.

PhD candidates

Long chapters, proposals and defences, with your own papers as the evidence and a review before your supervisor sees it.

Researchers and faculty

Manuscripts, grants and reviews, with checked references and reports you can share with co-authors.

Finish your abstract today.

Plans from $10/month

Cancel any time.

Questions

Can it follow a journal's format?

Yes. Tell it the structure and word limit. Check the journal's instructions yourself before you submit.

Should I check the abstract?

Yes. Make sure every number and claim matches your document.