has part document part author summary section A part of a document, distinct from the abstract, that describes the significance and broader context of the document content. The author summary is often written in a non-technical manner and is aimed at both scientists and non-scientist readers. Article submission guidelines for PLoS Genetics (http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/s/submission-guidelines) PERSON: Bill Baumgartner The section labelled 'synopsis' in a typical scientific journal article, e.g. in Pendse et al. BMC Genomics. 2013; 14: 136. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608171/) author summary author summary section summary synopsis author summary textual entity