The Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD) Structure¶
Sollaci, L. B., & Pereira, M. G. (2004). The Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD) Structure: A Fifty-Year Survey. 364-371.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Progressive Disclosure
- Scientific writing. Abstract, then introduction, then methods, then full detail — each layer self-contained for a reader who stops there, with affordances down to the next.
This sourceDocuments the standardized abstract-introduction-methods-results-discussion structure of the scientific paper as self-contained, sequentially deepening sections.
- Scientific writing. Abstract, then introduction, then methods, then full detail — each layer self-contained for a reader who stops there, with affordances down to the next.
Domain-specific¶
- Genre
- Scientific publishing runs the same mechanism through IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion), the standardized structure of the empirical research article that became dominant across the biomedical and natural sciences over the twentieth century and is now mandated by most journals
This sourceThe bibliometric survey dating IMRaD's rise in four major medical journals -- a minority structure until the 1970s, effectively the only structure by the 1980s.
Supported in partVerified against a saved copy of the source
“In the 1970s, it reached 80% and, in the 1980s, was the only pattern adopted in original papers.”
- Scientific publishing runs the same mechanism through IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion), the standardized structure of the empirical research article that became dominant across the biomedical and natural sciences over the twentieth century and is now mandated by most journals
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