Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">The introduction, methods, results, and discussion (IMRaD structure) is a structure used by many journals and publishers in its publications since the early twentieth century. This research aims to survey and analyze some prestigious Open Access journals in the field of educational science in the world and in Vietnam on the use of IMRaD structure in presenting research results. We selected 05 open journals with the highest IF in the 2018 Scopus list and 05 prestigious journals in this field in Vietnam to conduct analysis of the articles in the latest 03 issues of these journals. The results of the survey of manuscript draft requirements and the frequency of articles written according to the IMRaD structure of the above journals show that: the IMRaD structure is commonly used in the articles in the field of Educational science in the world. However, in Vietnam, there is no journal that fully meets the contents compared to the basic IMRaD structure. The analysis of the content of articles published in journals in Vietnam shows that the weakest point of the researches is that the research methodology section is almost absent. Finally, we propose some solutions to improve scientific editing in Educational science journals in Vietnam to meet international publishing standards.</p>
Highlights
The first scientific journals appeared in the 17th century
The results of the survey of manuscript draft requirements and the frequency of articles written according to the IMRaD structure of the above journals show that: the IMRaD structure is commonly used in the articles in the field of Educational science in the world
Previous research has confirmed that IMRaD has dominated scientific journals since the second half of the twentieth century (Wu, 2011) because the IMRaD structure eliminates unnecessary details and helps scientific papers be presented in a way that is more understandable to readers (Day, 1989; Sollaci & Pereira, 2004)
Summary
The first scientific journals appeared in the 17th century. At that time, articles were published mainly as descriptive letters and stories structured in chronological order. Previous research has confirmed that IMRaD has dominated scientific journals since the second half of the twentieth century (Wu, 2011) because the IMRaD structure eliminates unnecessary details and helps scientific papers be presented in a way that is more understandable to readers (Day, 1989; Sollaci & Pereira, 2004). The IMRaD structure is considered to be a simple framework for scientists to write their scientific papers. It prevents unnecessary duplication, saving print space and reading time.
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