One small suggested addendum: 1.5) read the last paragraph or two of the intro. Most good papers spend these paragraphs laying out their study and their expecte

One small suggested addendum: 1.5) read the last paragraph or two of the intro. Most good papers spend these paragraphs laying out their study and their expected and alternate hypotheses. It's a quick way to go from the floaty higher order topics covered in the abstract and discussion and drill into exactly what the scope of the paper actually is.