Q: Which tense should be used in the abstract of a paper?

While writing your abstract, you can use several tenses depending on the subject of your sentence. You can keep in mind the general rules regarding tense usage while you write your Abstract:

You can refer these articles to better understand how you should use tense in scientific writing:

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