| Member | Description |
|---|
Abstract | A concise summary of the article’s purpose, methods, key results, and conclusions. |
Summary | A short, often technical summary such as an author or executive summary. |
NonTechnicalSummary | Non-technical summary written for general audiences, explaining the research’s significance and real-world implications without specialized terminology. |
Highlights | Bullet-point summary of key findings or contributions (also called Key Points in some journals). |
Introduction | Establishes context, prior work, and the research question or objectives. |
Background | Extended context and theoretical foundation, providing deeper background than typically found in the Introduction. |
RelatedWork | Survey or comparison of closely related prior work (common in CS/ML). |
Materials | Details on materials, datasets, organisms, hardware, or reagents used. |
Methods | Procedures, algorithms, and analysis methods sufficient for reproducibility. |
ExperimentalDesign | Detailed description of experimental design, including apparatus, parameters, conditions, and protocols. |
StatisticalAnalysis | Detailed description of statistical methods, including model specifications, power/sample-size calculations, and analysis decisions. |
Cases | Case reports or case-series descriptions, often in clinical research. |
Results | Objective presentation of findings without extensive interpretation. |
Discussion | Interpretation of results, implications, and relation to prior work. |
Limitations | Known constraints or threats to validity affecting interpretation or generalizability. |
Conclusions | Final takeaways, recommendations, and wrap-up of the study’s contribution. |
FutureWork | Suggested directions, next steps, or open problems for subsequent research. |
References | Bibliographic list of works cited in the document. |
Acknowledgements | Recognition of non-author contributions such as assistance, facilities, or feedback. |
Declarations | General declarations section that may contain or encompass various types of formal statements required by journals, including funding, competing interests, ethics, consent, and other compliance declarations. |
Funding | Sources of financial support, grant numbers, and funding acknowledgments. |
CompetingInterests | Declarations of conflicts or competing interests by the authors. |
Ethics | Ethical approvals, IRB/IEC statements, animal welfare, or ethical compliance. |
ConsentStatements | Statements confirming informed consent was obtained from participants, patients, or for publication of identifying information. |
AuthorContributions | Specific roles and contributions of each author (e.g., CRediT taxonomy). |
DataAvailability | Statement describing where and how the underlying data can be accessed. |
CodeAvailability | Statement describing where and how to access analysis code, software, or computational notebooks used in the research. |
Reproducibility | Comprehensive statement on reproducibility and openness, covering availability of data, code, materials, and protocols. |
Abbreviations | List of abbreviations used in the document and their definitions. |
Nomenclature | Glossary, symbols, or notation used throughout the document. |
Preregistration | Statement or link to study preregistration, including hypotheses and analysis plans registered before data collection. |
SupplementaryMaterials | Additional figures, tables, data, or methods that support the main text. |
Appendix | Ancillary material such as derivations, proofs, or extended details. |
Main | The main body of content when a document is not subdivided into standard sections. |
Header | Front matter at the top of a page or section (e.g., running titles). |
Footer | Foot matter at the bottom of a page or section (e.g., footers, disclaimers). |
Iteration | A section representing an iteration of a ForBlock. |
