<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@MartinEscardo" class="u-url mention">@<span>MartinEscardo</span></a></span> Thanks for this advice; I typically write abstracts in the style you argue against, starting with background and then explaining contributions. I'm wondering, though, how you might recommend writing a transition between the contribution and the background in the suggested order - it seems to me like the information is presented backwards, then? Perhaps I'm just not used to this.</p>