Does "attracted wide attention" sound formal (and in a scholar's way)?

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[Abstract] As a result of a series of thallium poisoning events, the rare element thallium has attracted wide attention. For nearly a decade, the mechanisms of thallium poisoning and treatment measures have become hot research topics. Preliminary results showed...

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@oristarA,

I wouldn't expect to see that in a scientific abstract.

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Thank you.

Would anyone like to recommend a formal one?

How about "is widely concerned"?

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@oristarA,

I'm a traditionalist about abstracts. I prefer to see openers like : the purpose of the study was ...

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Probably means:

has received much attention (from the scientific community).

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@ehBeth,

What has "attracted wide attention" got to do with "the purpose of the study was ", Beth?

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@PUNKEY,

PUNKEY wrote:

Probably means:

has received much attention (from the scientific community).

My intuition tells me that the word attention is too colloquial to be used in academic articles.

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@oristarA,

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My intuition tells me that the word attention is too colloquial to be used in academic articles.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

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My intuition tells me that the word attention is too colloquial to be used in academic articles.

Google Scholar
"attention"
About 4,450,000 results

Good job.
Thank you JTT.

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