Imrad Usage in Latvian Language Research Papers

Abstract

Within the scientific discourse it is commonplace to write articles based on the IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). This structure is typical for the natural sciences (STEM) but scientists in other disciplines are also often required to use it. This paper looks at scientific texts in Latvian published from 2008 to 2018. The basis for this research project is a corpus of 758 scientific articles from natural sciences, engineering and technology, social sciences, humanities and arts. The aim is to show in which disciplines IMRAD is a dominant structure for texts written in Latvian and what wording authors use. It could be concluded that in the structure of Latvian scientific texts have a significant variation in the use of IMRAD and there are different wording versions used, it aligns to previous research about scientific text structure in other languages and cultures. Not all Latvian scientific texts adhere to the IMRAD structure and there are deviations based on the discipline.

Investigating the Implementation of IMRaD Structure in Abstracts of Undergraduate Students' Theses

“…This supports the assertion that providing students with sufficient guidance on appropriate abstract structure is imperative (Moerdisuroso & Kherid, 2020). It also highlights the need for tailored support in different faculties, as emphasized by Dubova et al (2020), Oriokot et al (2011, and others who stress the importance of recognizing and addressing disciplinespecific challenges.…”

“…Specifically for abstract writing, IMRaD has been widely used; it enables readers to quickly understand the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of a research study. Additionally, IMRaD has been used as a norm for abstract structure in academic journals, particularly those in the social sciences (Dubova et al, 2020). However, the extent to which undergraduate students implement IMRaD structure in their thesis abstracts remains unclear Considering the significance of abstracts in research papers and the importance of IMRaD as a framework for organizing information, it is imperative to examine the frequency with which undergraduate students are incorporating the IMRaD structure in their thesis abstracts.…”

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“…El caso contrario es el de los investigadores filipinos. Poseen como mayor debilidad escribir en su propio idioma esta dimensión (Echanique y Portillo, 2020), al igual que los investigadores de Ciencias Sociales de Letonia (Duvoba et al, 2020). Esta dificultad puede originarse por la escasa experiencia investigativa que poseen como las fuentes lo señalan (Duvoba et al, 2020;Echanique y Portillo, 2020).…”

“…No todos los investigadores tienen las mismas competencias para escribir artículos científicos dentro de sus propias disciplinas (Perković Paloš et al, 2022), a pesar de conocer los criterios de escritura (Gil Calderón, 2024;Giraldo-Giraldo, 2020), mientras algunos lo hacen bastante bien (Alzahrani, 2020;Bajwa et al, 2020;Perković Paloš et al, 2022;Ramírez-Castañeda, 2020;Zein et al, 2023), otros redactan con amplias oportunidades de mejora (Echanique y Portillo, 2020;Duvoba et al, 2020;Ganga-Contreras et al, 2022;Trinh et al, 2020).…”

Possibility of Determining Argumentation in Social Science Articles: The Case of Latvian

“…The influence of the factors mentioned in the publications of Latvian scientific articles can be observed in the widespread application of the IMRaD structure, not only in natural science and its related fields but also in social sciences and even in the humanities. In these disciplines and their subbranches, there is a relatively large diversity in terms of article macrostructure, which is often determined by external factors like publication conditions, and sub-branch traditions (Dubova, Egle, Proveja, 2020). The topic for this article was determined for several reasons:…”