Unconventional section headings in computing and robotics research articles
Carmen Soler Monreal, Luz Gil Salom, María Carbonell Olivares · 2006
This paper describes the macro-structure of 28 RAs in computing and robotics through the analysis of section headings and subheadings. Our analysis shows that the IMRD framework is a rhetorical model typically followed by RA writers. But this does not imply that all the RAs have the same organisational characteristics and unified section headings. Authors combine generic and partially generic titles with topic-specific headings, particularly when describing methods and presenting results.