diff --git a/public/js/citationSheetParse.js b/public/js/citationSheetParse.js
index e2a5dc775c4c848d84e613755afc5fb88b74638e..f7970f74f88fe34de19e5023a68f324030a042ef 100644
--- a/public/js/citationSheetParse.js
+++ b/public/js/citationSheetParse.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ xmlHttpRequest.onload = function (e) {
                 "project":"",
                 "reviewed":"",
                 "open":""
+                "abstract":""  // Add abstract here 
 
             },
             "links": {
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ xmlHttpRequest.onload = function (e) {
         item["links"].url = jsonOutput[i].URL ? jsonOutput[i].URL : ""
         item["links"].demo = jsonOutput[i].Demo ? jsonOutput[i].Demo : ""
 
+        // add abstract to the item object
+        var abstract =jsonOutput[i].abstract ? jsonOutput[i].abstract : "";
+        item["item"].abstract=abstract ;
+
 
         var month = "";
         if (jsonOutput[i].Date != undefined){