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What the author thinks their findings mean, and any possible issues. Who wrote the article, usually affiliated with university, hospital, or research institution. Usually long, and very briefly summarizes the article's contents. Summary of all the research the authors read before doing their own research, who has done related studies, what previous research has not covered, and what this new research contributes to the conversation. How the authors did the research, and detailed enough for others to recreate the work. List of works cited in the article. Usually long list, including articles, books, and other resources. Summary of why the research was done, methods used, what the author thinks it adds to research in the field, and a summary of the conclusion. Summarizes the results and how it relates to other works in the field. Introduces the research, thesis, and why the research is important. Where the author discusses their findings, and often contains lots of tables, charts, and graphs of data. Abstract Title Introduction Results Methods Authors References Conclusion Literature Review Discussion
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Author contribution Competing interests Nature expects its authors to begin each Letters report with a 200-word introduction. The paragraph must be written clearly using language tailored to many scientific disciplines. The paragraph must follow a very specific format. Read the description that the expected components highlight and label each component with the associated number. Start with a 2-3 sentence basic introduction to the field. Then, one-sentence statement about the main conclusions starting with 'Here we' or equivalent phrase. Next, it is clear that 2-3 sentences putting the main findings into general field words, how the results described in the paper have moved the field forward. Even though Nature does not follow the standard lab report format for their "Letters" submissions, these sections are still present but in a different format. The article: label, with the associated number, begins the following sections: Main body (Results and Discussion combined), Summary paragraph, References. Nature publishes much of its material online. Nature does not even include the Materials section in the hard copy of Letters. Instead, these and other materials are included as "Extended data". This material is also included in the PDF "Supplementary information" which you can access through the associated number. The links for these items: Online Content, Extended data, Supplemental data.
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