Figure 3

Distribution of sections in OA articles. This figure shows the distribution of 17 different pre-selected sections present in OA articles (INTRO: Introduction & Background, CONCL: Conclusion & Future Work, CASE: Case Report, SUPPL: Supplementary Data, KEYWORDS: Keyword, ABBR: Abbreviation, METHODS: Materials & Methods, AUTH_CON: Author Contribution, COMP_INT: Competing Interest, ACK: Acknowledgement & Funding, REF: References, FIG: Figures, TABLE: Tables, APPENDIX: Appendix, RESULTS: Results, DISCUSSION: Discussion, OTHER: Other). The results show that at least one of the typical IMRAD section types (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion) are found in 68-80% of articles.