IMRAD Template
Author
Bjorn Jasper Raquel
Last Updated
a year ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Use for formatting papers in IMRAD template
Can be modified as one wishes
Enjoy
\documentclass[ DIV=calc,%
paper=a4,%
fontsize=12pt,%
twocolumn]{scrartcl} % KOMA-article class
\usepackage{lipsum} % Package to create dummy text
\usepackage[english]{babel} % English language/hyphenation
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype} % Better typography
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm} % Math packages
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} % Enable pdflatex
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} % Enabling colors by their 'svgnames'
\usepackage[hang, small,labelfont=bf,up,textfont=it,up]{caption} % Custom captions under/above floats
\usepackage{epstopdf} % Converts .eps to .pdf
\usepackage{subfig} % Subfigures
\usepackage{booktabs} % Nicer tables
\usepackage{fix-cm} % Custom fontsizes
\usepackage{natbib} % Bibliography
\setcitestyle{authoryear,open={(},close={)}} %Citation-related commands
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
filecolor=blue,
urlcolor=blue,
citecolor = blue,
pdftitle={RTU DESS Format},
pdfpagemode=FullScreen,
}
\usepackage{float}
%%% Custom sectioning (sectsty package)
\usepackage{sectsty} % Custom sectioning (see below)
\allsectionsfont{% % Change font of al section commands
\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}% % bch-b-n: CharterBT-Bold font
}
\sectionfont{% % Change font of \section command
\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}% % bch-b-n: CharterBT-Bold font
}
%%% Headers and footers
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Needed to define custom headers/footers
\pagestyle{fancy} % Enabling the custom headers/footers
\usepackage{lastpage}
% Header (empty)
\lhead{}
\chead{}
\rhead{}
% Footer (you may change this to your own needs)
\lfoot{\small \usefont{OT1}{lmr}{c}{n} \textcolor{blue}{Short Research Title}}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{\footnotesize page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}} % "Page 1 of 2"
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\usepackage[font=small,format=plain,labelfont=bf,
textfont=normal,singlelinecheck=false]{caption}
%%% Creating an initial of the very first character of the content
\usepackage{lettrine}
\newcommand{\initial}[1]{%
\lettrine[lines=3,lhang=0.3,nindent=0em]{
\color{DarkBlue}
{\textsf{#1}}}{}}
%%% Title, author and date metadata
\usepackage{titling} % For custom titles
\newcommand{\HorRule}{\color{Black}% % Creating a horizontal rule
\rule{\linewidth}{2pt}%
}
%%begin novalidate
\pretitle{\vspace{-60pt} \begin{flushleft} \HorRule
\fontsize{50}{50} \usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n} \color{DarkBlue} \selectfont
}
\title{Research Title} % Title of your article goes here
\posttitle{\par\end{flushleft}\vskip 0.5em}
\preauthor{\begin{flushleft}
\fontsize{20}{50} \lineskip 0.5em \usefont{OT1}{lmr}{b}{ol} \color{DarkRed}}
\author{Lee Dong Min$^{1, 2,\star}$, Kim Moon Bin$^{1,3}$, Yoon Sanha$^{1,4}$, \newline Kim Myung Jun$^{1,5}$, : Park Jin Woo$^{1,6}$, and Park Min Hyuk$^{1,7}$ } % Author name goes here
\postauthor{\fontsize{15}{10} \usefont{OT1}{lmss}{bx}{ol} \newline \newline \color{Black}
$^{1}$Mercury
\newline $^{2}$Venus
\newline $^{3}$Earth
\newline $^{4}$Mars
\newline $^{5}$Jupiter
\newline $^{6}$Saturn
\newline $^{7}$Neptune
\par\end{flushleft}\HorRule
\fontsize{10}{50} \usefont{OT1}{pmt}{b}{n} \color{black}
$^\star$Corresponding Author: leedongmin@astro.aroha.com}
%%end novalidate
\date{} % No date
%%% Begin document
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{fancy} % Enabling the custom headers/footers for the first page
% The first character should be within \initial{}
\section*{Abstract}
\initial{\textbf{T}}\textbf{his is where you will insert your abstract. Brief summary, important points, interesting results/developments, methods developed/used, research gap being resolved, and outline of the paper must be included in the abstract. Make sure that there is no reference/cited article in your abstract. No more than 250 words should be in this part.}
\section*{Introduction}
\; \; %% '\; \;' is required for indention
\lipsum[20] \citep{Ref1}. %use \citet{} for "Kuo et al. (2022)"
\lipsum[5]
\lipsum[5]
\section*{Methodology}
\; \; %% '\; \;' is required for indention
\lipsum[6]
\begin{itemize}
\item \lipsum[7]
\item \lipsum[7]
\item \lipsum[7]
\end{itemize}
\lipsum[6]
\section*{Results}
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\lipsum[7] (see Table~\ref{Tab1})
\subsection*{Result 1}
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\lipsum[7] (see Figure~\ref{Figure 1})
\begin{table}
\caption{Caption of table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{llr}
\toprule
\multicolumn{2}{c}{Name} \\
\cmidrule(r){1-2}
First name & Last Name & Grade \\
\midrule
John & Doe & $7.5$ \\
Richard & Miles & $2$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\label{Tab1}
\end{table}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{7.png}
\caption{Sphere Mesh}
\label{Figure 1}
\end{figure}
\section*{Discussion}
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\lipsum[7]
\begin{description}
\item[First] \lipsum[30]
\item[Last] \lipsum[30]
\end{description}
\lipsum[3]
According to \citet{Ref1} and \citet{Ref2}, %For multiple citations use ',' in between references
\lipsum[2]
\begin{figure}[H] %'[H]' forces the figure to stay in the relative position of the text it is located
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{13.png}
\caption{Blocks}
\label{Figure 2}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[5](see Figure~\ref{Figure 2,Figure 3})
\section*{Conclusion}
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\lipsum[8]
\lipsum[8]
\lipsum[8]
\section*{Acknowledgments}
\; \; %% '\; \;' is required for indention
\lipsum[1]
\section*{Author Contributions}
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The author did not receive any external help to write this paper/ The authors provided the following contributions: Author 1, Author 2 - Statistical Analysis, Author 3 - Data Visualization, etc.
%% Alphabetical References
%\bibliographystyle{unsrtnat} %No abbreviation of First Name
\bibliographystyle{abbrvnat} %Abbreviation of First Name
\bibliography{references} %% To edit the references copy paste the BibTex citation format in the references.bib file in the left
\section*{Appendices}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure}[H] %'[H]' forces the figure to stay in the relative position of the text it is located
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{catto.png}
\caption{Scary Shark Catto}
\label{Figure 3}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection*{Appendix 1}
\lipsum[1]
\lipsum[1]
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum[2]
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}