Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Course Workbook

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Writing the Introduction Section

Overview Writing a scientific article can be a daunting task, even for experienced writers. However, understanding the standard format of research articles can help. This format is known as IMRAD, for the following parts of a scientific article: the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. The other 2 main parts of an article are the title and the abstract. Breaking your paper into these parts and writing each separately can make writing the paper easier. The Introduction is the first section of the body of a scientific article: Introduction: Why did you do the study? What was your hypothesis or purpose? Methods: What did you do? Results: What did you find? Discussion: What do your findings mean?

Topics to be covered in this chapter include  Purpose and general structure of the Introduction  Parts of the Introduction  Verb tenses  Tailoring the Introduction to your audience

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