IMRaD

The relevance of a structure

The IMRaD structure

IMRAD is an outcome of the evolution of scientific publishing.

Scientific papers in the initial times were descriptive and chronologically written with no clear structure.As scientific writing evolved a structure developed.

Introduction Methods Results and Discussion

A structure or framework for your manuscript will help you:1. To avoid confusion2. Reduce verbosity3. Introduce clarity4. Specificity

- It will ensure that the most important points are covered at the appropriate point in the writing.

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GEneral structure of a research article