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LETTER TO EDITOR |
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Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 221 |
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What to Write in Each Segment of an Original Article?
Himel Mondal1, Shaikat Mondal2, Koushik Saha3
1 Department of Physiology, Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Balasore, Odisha, India 2 Department of Physiology, Kalna SD Hospital, Kalna, West Bengal, India 3 Department of Anatomy, Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Balasore, Odisha, India
Date of Web Publication | 29-Aug-2019 |
Correspondence Address: Dr. Himel Mondal Department of Physiology, Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Balasore, Odisha India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijves.ijves_38_19
How to cite this article: Mondal H, Mondal S, Saha K. What to Write in Each Segment of an Original Article?. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2019;6:221 |
Sir,
The most popular format of the original research article is IMRaD which stands for Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion.[1] For ease of description, we are using a new acronym – IaMRDC which stands for Introduction with aim, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion. Many a time, journal readers read the aim (what authors wanted to find?) and conclusion (what authors found?) of a paper to get an overall view of the research.[2] Hence, we added “Aim” and “Conclusion” in the newly proposed acronym.
In a previous editorial, the art and craft of writing a scientific paper has been discussed.[3] In this article, we are presenting the basic question which should be answered by each segment of a manuscript in a quickly accessible tabular form [Table 1]. It may help a novice writer before, during, and after preparation of an original research article.
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1. | Sollaci LB, Pereira MG. The introduction, methods, results, and discussion (IMRAD) structure: A fifty-year survey. J Med Libr Assoc 2004;92:364-7. |
2. | Subramanyam R. Art of reading a journal article: Methodically and effectively. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2013;17:65-70.  [ PUBMED] [Full text] |
3. | Suresh KR. Art of crafting a scientific paper for IJVES. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2018;5:75-82. [Full text] |
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5. | Mondal H, Mondal S, Mondal S. How to choose title and keywords for manuscript according to medical subject headings. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2018;5:141-4. [Full text] |
[Table 1]
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