The Introduction template presents a common structure used as a way to engage readers of peer-reviewed articles. Of importance, the structure to be presented here is one among many structure that might work, but this is certainly not the only one.
The length of each section in this template is not stipulated, primarily because length will depend on the target journal and what might have been established as socially acceptable within that local scientific community. This means that all four text blocks presented below could be written in a single paragraph or in two pages.
- Significance means the importance of the field as a whole rather than of your research question
- Focus on facts rather than opinions