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In biology the intro is typically not too long and generally gives just enough info so that even if a person was just browsing the journal they can get enough c
by ramraj07 6y ago
In biology the intro is typically not too long and generally gives just enough info so that even if a person was just browsing the journal they can get enough context about the field and topic and get a list of pre read references they can look back to if needed. The perfect introduction would ideally give you an introduction and a reading list that by itself would bring you up to speed to where the paper is starting from, without any need for second level reference digging!
- sarthakjshetty 6y agoI can attest to this fact. I've noticed often that papers in biology (systems biology in my experience at least) go directly to the point with some amount of context and history leading upto the main results of the paper. This is something that's suprisingly lacking in engineering, where reading a paper or grasping the context usually requires at least some amount of prior learning.