IluvitarTheAinur t1_itio97a wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:42 PM

Reply to comment by simiananomaly in [D] Comprehension issues with papers from non-English speakers by Confused_Electron

I disagree, once you are in the field, you look at abstract->figures->conclusions.

Introductions are useful if you are reading a paper outside your field or if you are hunting for citations to write your own paper related to the topic.

So as far as getting citations is concerned, introductions are pretty low priority

simiananomaly t1_itl49eu wrote on October 24, 2022 at 1:27 PM

Right if you know what it's going to be about, abstract and figures on top, agreed (and titles in the ML domain go a long way it seems). We often read papers in a very wide range of domains and applications and well-written intros are a very good parameter to decide what will be read or not, I suppose for people writing overarching reviews it tends to be the case too.