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How long should the plain language summary be? If the plain language summary should be about 400 words, would it be another 400 words for the abstract?

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How long should the plain language summary be? If the plain language summary should be about 400 words, would it be another 400 words for the abstract?

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A. It used to be a few lines only, with a word count of 150, but they have now given more space and importance to it. The plain language summary is different from the abstract as it is to be in language understood by the general public. However, the content is likely to be very similar.