Abstrakteissa

Abstrakteissa is an inflected Finnish form meaning “in abstracts,” derived from the adjective abstrakti and used in academic contexts to refer to the plural abstracts of works. It is most commonly encountered in bilingual or international publishing, where discussions about abstracts often occur in Finnish but the actual summaries may be presented in English or in both languages.

In Finnish scholarly writing, the standard term for the summary of a work is tiivistelmä. Abstrakti, and its inflected forms such as abstrakteissa, appear mainly in contexts where the discussion concerns the English-language abstract or the practice of abstracts in journals and conferences that publish bilingual material. The form abstrakteissa specifically designates location or presence “in abstracts.”

Abstracts serve to provide a concise overview of a study, including its purpose, methods, principal results, and conclusions. They help readers quickly assess the relevance of a work and decide whether to read the full text. When Finnish scholars write about abstracts in Finnish-language settings, they typically use tiivistelmä, but in bilingual or English-language contexts they may refer to “the abstract” or use the Finnish term abstrakti in the plural locative form abstrakteissa to indicate the abstracts discussed or found within a set of papers.

Style and conventions around abstracts vary by journal and discipline. Some publications use structured abstracts with explicit headings (Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions); others use unstructured summaries. Length guidelines also differ, but abstracts are generally short enough to convey the essential points without going into detail found in the full article.

See also: abstract, tiivistelmä, bilingual abstracts, academic writing in Finnish.