Anatomy of A Research Report:
Structuring and Phrasing Scientific Communications
Utilized by students, Anatomy of a Research Report guides clear, coherent, authoritative oral and written presentations such as progress reports, research plans, posters, communications, articles, literature reviews, lectures, job talks, proposals, fellowship applications, dissertations, fundraising pitches, outreach classes, Science Slam gigs, letters of recommendation, newspaper columns, and radio shows.
For advisors, Anatomy of a Research Report organizes introduction to a research project for incoming students, and, for more advanced group members, provides signposts pointing a way through presentations ahead. Similarly, students may use ARR to steer though commentary on each others' research reports before these reports reach the advisor. Advisors may use Anatomy of a Research Report as a corrective checklist for student products.
“Littera Scripta Manet”
“The Written Word Abides”
Introduction
Introduction Terminology
Methods
Methods Terminology
Results
Results Terminology
Discussion
Discussion Terminology
Gallery
International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics Anatomy of a Research Report class, ETH, Zurich Switzerland, 2025. Credit: Donald Hilvert