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Good day, I've searched the archives and have tried using

\renewcommand\abstractname{summary}

to change the name of the abstract, but was not successful.

Here's the working example of my code:

\documentclass[preprint,12pt]{elsarticle}

\usepackage{cmbright}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{microtype}

\renewcommand\abstractname{summary}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{lineno}

\journal{Journal Name}

\begin{document}
\begin{frontmatter}

\title{Characterization of a Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Line}
\author{Daniel D.}
\address{State University}

\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}
\end{frontmatter}

\section*{Introduction}

\section*{Results}

\section*{Discussion}

\section*{Experimental Procedures}

Thank you for any help or insight.

Werner
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Danny
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1 Answers1

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Current versions of elsarticle allows you to set the abstract title using \abstracttitle{<title>}. The default is set using \abstracttitle{Abstract}.

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\documentclass[preprint,12pt]{elsarticle}

\journal{Journal Name}
\abstracttitle{Summary}


\begin{document}


\begin{frontmatter}


\title{My title}
\author{My title}
\address{My Address}


\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}


\end{frontmatter}


\end{document}
Werner
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  • Maybe changing Abstract into \abstractname and then doing \renewcommand{\abstractname}{Summary} is even better. – egreg Mar 18 '15 at 23:40
  • I've tried the above MWE on Overleaf, and the abstract is still titled Abstract. Has anyone else encountered this issue and been able to resolve it? – NauticalMile Jan 11 '21 at 18:40
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    @NauticalMile: Use \abstracttitle{Summary}. I've updated my answers, since this is now part of the elsarticle. – Werner Jan 11 '21 at 20:02