diff --git a/public/js/add_paper.js b/public/js/add_paper.js
index c9c1caaf6b0e816a54beeb2d35adc27f54b3c362..c1681cbb18bb428e7b1e30d8a485706af1b420b6 100644
--- a/public/js/add_paper.js
+++ b/public/js/add_paper.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ var item_id = 0
 function addpaper(item) {
   var new_row = document.getElementById("cont_paper")
 
+ 
+
   if (item === undefined) {
 
   } else {
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ function addpaper(item) {
 
     authors = authors.substring(0, authors.length - 2);
     last_item = item
+
+    // check if abstract is available in the item object 
+    var abstract = item.item.abtract ? '<p>' + item.item.abstract + '</p>' : '' ;
+
     var PDF_HTML = ''
 
     var PDF_HTML = item.links.pdf != "" ? `<a type="button" href="${item.links.pdf}" class="btn btn-outline-success btn-circle" target="_blank">  <i class="far fa-file-pdf"> </i></a>  PDF ` : ""
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ function addpaper(item) {
       keywords +
       '</small>' +
       '</h5>' +
+      abstract + // Include the abstract here 
       doi +
       '<br>' +
       PDF_HTML + ' ' +
@@ -84,4 +91,4 @@ function addpaper(item) {
       '</div>'
 
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}