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IMRAD

In scientific writing, IMRAD or IMRaD (/ˈɪmræd/) (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) is a common organizational structure for the format of a document. IMRaD is the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type.

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IMRAD

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples53
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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IMRAD

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related to Heading style variations · 21
IMRAD → Abstract, Aim, Conclusion, Conclusions, Discussion, IaMRDC, In, Introduction, Many, Materials, Methods, Objective, Results, Some, Summary, The, This, TOC, Usually, Web
related to As the standard format of academic journals · 14
IMRAD → Although, American Psychological Association, APA, Biomedical Journals, For, International Committee, Manuscripts Submitted, Many, Medical Journal Editors, The, The APA, The IMRAD, Uniform Requirements, Vancouver
related to Caveats · 9
IMRAD → In, Medawar, Medawar's, Nobel, Peter Medawar, The, While, World Medical Association, XIXth General Assembly
related to Abstract considerations · 5
IMRAD → AIMRAD, Consequently, In, Such, The
related to Benefits · 3
IMRAD → But, It, The IMRAD
is a · 1
IMRAD → most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type

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IMRADis amost prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type0.90text
IMRADrelated to Abstract considerationsIn0.60section
IMRADrelated to Abstract considerationsThe0.60section
IMRADrelated to Abstract considerationsConsequently0.60section
IMRADrelated to Abstract considerationsSuch0.60section
IMRADrelated to Abstract considerationsAIMRAD0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsThe IMRAD0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsThe0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsAlthough0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsMany0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsFor0.60section
IMRADrelated to As the standard format of academic journalsUniform Requirements0.60section

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