How to write a great introduction 4 top tips for your academic article

For a great introduction of your academic article, use these 4 top tips and guidelines that will help your process of academic article writing

1. How-to Write a Great
4 Top Tips for Your Academic Article
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2. A great article Introduction helps:
-explain the Authors motivation
to carry out the study
-provide background
informationon the paper
-guide the readers through the
rest of the manuscript
-describe the depth and
challenges of the study.
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3. Context
Presentation
Study Purpose
& Importance
Research Questions
& Methodology
Article
Structure
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4. References and sources can be presented:
- in chronological order;
- grouped by different approaches/theories/models;
- starting from a general framework and working on the
specifics of the topic
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-create a background of the paper,
-explain how it fits in with previous research in the field
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5. Useful phrases:
-‘Recently’; ‘Currently’; ‘Nowadays’
-‘For the last decade, [topic] has been a
prominent research subject because…’;
-‘Since the discovery of…’;
-‘With regard to the inception of… ’
-‘Many authors (references) have
examined [topic] and have aimed to
understand its underlying with
empirical and theoretical studies.’
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6. The purpose of your article can:
- introduce the issues related to the topic of your
analysis with previous studies that would improve knowledge
on the subject,
- create a research space, which your article addresses
and plans to cover.
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-state the reasons why the topic of your article deserves
new research
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7. Useful phrases:
-‘Although, author have explored issues [a]
and [b,] not enough attention has been
provided to the underlying cause of
[topic] ’,
-‘…demonstrated relationship between [a]
and [b], little attention has been paid to…’
-‘Even though there are various articles
that have shown significant results
related to [topic], this research aims to…’
-However’, ‘Nevertheless’, ‘Nonetheless’
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8. Whether your article is theoretical or empirical, your research
paper will have:
- objectives
- questions
- and/or hypotheses.
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-provide a preview of your academic article by relating your
research questions to the methodology used in your study
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9. Useful phrases:
-‘The main research questions of this article
will be focused on the causes and effects of
[topic]. More specifically, we will present the
…’
-‘On the basis of these findings, we will
describe [topic] using [method] as an
analysis technique.’
-‘These objectives will be explored using a
[research design], which involved
[methodolody], and aimed at finding
[outcomes].’
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10. To offer a short presentation of the article’s structure, you can
briefly discuss:
- how many sections you have in your paper
- what is included in each section.
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-in the last paragraph of your Introduction should present a
quick overview of your paper’s structure.
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11. Useful phrases:
-‘This is paper is organized as
follows: section two explores literature
review of [topic], section three
discusses the research design and
methodology, section four presents
the empirical analysis and findings,
section five offers final discussion and
conclusions of the article.’
-‘This study focuses on…’
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12. For more details on writing a valuable Introduction Section
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