diff --git a/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_citations.rb b/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_citations.rb
index 39c368a..db2f6a7 100644
--- a/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_citations.rb
+++ b/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_citations.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def resolve(**attributes)
             keywords: citation.keywords,
             topics: citation.topics,
             is_open_access: citation.is_open_access,
-            open_access_url: citation.open_access_url
+            open_access_url: citation.open_access_url,
+            abstract: citation.abstract
           )
 
         created_citations << created_citation
diff --git a/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_references.rb b/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_references.rb
index 22d95c2..a2b9b60 100644
--- a/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_references.rb
+++ b/rails/app/graphql/mutations/add_references.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ def resolve(**attributes)
             keywords: reference.keywords,
             topics: reference.topics,
             is_open_access: reference.is_open_access,
-            open_access_url: reference.open_access_url
+            open_access_url: reference.open_access_url,
+            abstract: reference.abstract
           )
 
         created_references << created_reference
diff --git a/react/src/components/graph/nodes/WorkDetails.tsx b/react/src/components/graph/nodes/WorkDetails.tsx
index e4cda63..9234ffd 100644
--- a/react/src/components/graph/nodes/WorkDetails.tsx
+++ b/react/src/components/graph/nodes/WorkDetails.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function WorkDetails({
       >
         <tr className="border border-slate-700">
           <td
-            colSpan={Math.max(authors.length, keywords.length, topics.length)}
+            colSpan={Math.max(authors.length, keywords.length, topics.length) + 1}
           >
             {abstract}
           </td>