IMRAD is an acronym for I ntroduction, M ethods, R esults a nd D iscussion. Scientific papers are typically structured in this order ref name Oslo citeweb url http www.uio.no studier emner hf imk MEVIT4725 h04 resources imrad.xml title The IMRaD outline publisher University of Oslo date 2005 03 07 accessdate 2008 10 22 ref Introduction why was the study undertaken? What was the tested hypothesis or the purpose of the research? Methods when, where, and how was the study done? What materials were used or who was included in the study groups patients, etc. ? Results what did the study find? and Discussion was the tested hypothesis true? What might it mean and why does it matter? How does it fit in with what other researchers have found? What are the perspectives of future research? Many scientific journals now prefer the IMRAD structure. ref name Oslo ref citeweb url http www.wisc.edu writing Handbook ScienceReport.html title uw madison writing center writer s handbook publisher Writing Center ... Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. This so called IMRAD structure is not an arbitrary .... General Principles publisher ICJME accessdate 2010 03 08 ref blockquote The IMRAD structure has ... of four of the major english language biomedical journals Sollaci & Pereira 2004 report that The IMRAD ..., results, and discussion IMRAD structure a fifty year survey publisher J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 July 92 3 364 371 accessdate 2010 08 19 ref Even though the IMRAD structure originates in the empirical sciences, it now appears in academic journals in many academic disciplines disciplines . The IMRAD ... title The IMRAD Research Paper Format publisher Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere accessdate 2008 10 22 ref The IMRAD structure has proved successful because it facilitates ... part of the article. There is a strong recent trend toward requiring abstracts structured on the IMRAD ... and scientific writing ja IMRAD fi IMRD rakenne ... more details
Mergeto Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals date April 2010 The Vancouver guidelines in full Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication are a set of principles drawn up by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors to give guidance to authors and medical journal s in the presentation of medical research and the criteria for Collaborative writing authorship of articles. History A small group of medical journal editors met in Vancouver , British Columbia , in 1978 to establish guidelines for the format of manuscripts submitted to their journals. These were first published in 1979. The group became known as the Vancouver Group and later expanded to form the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ICMJE , which meets annually. The guidelines have been revised a number of times the current revision As of 2006 lc on dates from 2005. The guidelines The Uniform Requirements are published on http www.icmje.org the ICMJE s website . See also Medical ethics Medical research IMRAD Categories Category Medical ethics Category Medical research Category Codes of conduct sci stub med org stub ... more details
the IMRAD pattern especially original research , but sometimes other article types , structured abstract style is the norm. The A of abstract may be added to IMRAD yielding AIMRAD . Abstracts that comprise .... They are often appropriate for review article s that don t follow the IMRAD pattern within their bodies ... more details
cleanup restructure date June 2009 Listcruft date June 2009 otheruses Image Hurt Report cover page.png 220px thumb Example of a front page of a report Written reports are documents which present focused, salient content to a specific audience. Reports are often used to display the result of an experiment, investigation, or inquiry. The audience may be public or private, an individual or the public in general. Reports are used in government, business, education, science, and other fields. Reports often use persuasive elements, such as graphics, images, voice, or specialized vocabulary in order to persuade that specific audience to undertake an action. One of the most common formats for presenting reports is IMRAD Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. This structure is standard for the genre because it mirrors the traditional publication of scientific research and summons the ethos and credibility of that discipline. Reports are not required to follow this pattern, and may use alternative patterns like the problem solution format. Additional elements often used to persuade readers include headings to indicate topics, to more complex formats including charts, tables, figures, pictures, tables of contents, abstracts, summaries, appendices, footnotes, hyperlinks, and references. Some examples of reports are scientific reports, recommendation reports, white papers , annual reports , auditor s reports, workplace reports, census reports, trip reports, progress reports, investigative reports, budget reports, policy reports, demographic reports, credit reports , appraisal reports, inspection reports, military reports, bound reports, etc. Enterprise Client reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. ref Moeller, Robert 2007 . COSO Enterprise Risk ... more details
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