This article provides guidelines for readers interested in learning to review research papers formally. The general principles of the review process are covered, as well as possible issues and questions surrounding the content of the sections. The article forms part of a symposium entitled ‘An Introduction to Writing for Publication in Professional Journals’, prepared by the Editorial Board of BJOT.
This article provides guidelines for those wishing to write up a piece of research for publication. By convention, the research article usually follows the IMRAD structure – Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion – and this paper presents an outline for the possible content of each of these sections.
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