IMRaD
What the letter "I" stands for in IMRaD.
What is introduction?
The very first section you should read to quickly see if a paper is relevant to you.
What is the Abstract?
What to do when you run into a long string of math on your first read of a paper.
What is 'skip it'?
A typical abstract is usually this long.
You should understand most of a paper for it to be useful.
What is false?
The short summary of a paper written at the top.
What is the Abstract?
You should always read a scientific paper straight through from start to finish, and skip over difficult parts.
What is False?
A usefull tool you can use to help understand unknown scientific words.
What is an AI?
The opening sentence or two of an abstract is written to give the reader this.
What is the background/context?
The first things you should read on a graph before looking at lines or points.
What is the axis labels and caption?
Where authors explain what their findings actually mean and its implications on the field.
What is Discussion?
The section you should read right after the Abstract.
What is the Introduction?
What you should focus on when looking at a formula before the actual math.
What are the variables? (what ideas are being linked in an equation)
If you read an abstract and can't understand a single sentence after looking up the main words,you should do this.
What is pick a different paper?
The main goal for someone reading their first few research papers.
What is "understanding the big idea"?
The section with data, graphs, and discoveries without speculating.
What is Results?
Instead of reading every line of text in the Results section, you should start by looking at these.
What are Figues (i.e., graphs or tables)
Why new readers should avoid papers that are mostly theoretical.
What is mostly challenging math?
Typically the middle part of an abstract states what the researchers did and...
What is 'what they found'?
A good way way to prompt an AI when a paragraph is too dense.
What is "Explain this like I am in X grade"?
The section that explains how researchers set up their experiment or collect data.
What is Methods?
This section should almost always be saved for last.
What is Methods?
The reason paper reading feels easier the more you do it, even if you don't understand exactly.
What is repeated exposure?
Placed right under the abstract, a short list of 4 to 6 terms or words.
What are keywords?
The site where most astronomy and physics papers are uploaded before or right after peer review.
What is ArXiv?