Academic Discourse & Genre

So, we've looked at the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits February 2016 Issue as a whole, but now it's time to get a bit more specific.

klimkin "Cactus Reading" 11/24/15 via pixabay. Public Domain.

How many different kinds of genres seem to be published in this particular issue of the journal you selected? 

Based on the articles that I (attempted to) read through, there is only format within the journal that I was able to discern which is shall call the Formal Journal Report. Starting with an Abstract and Introduction, the pieces then move on to the article's main content and then to the data collected and its analysis before ending at conclusions and references.

Identify at least three different genres within the journal issue and describe the significant formal differences between the three genres.

Unfortunately, there is only one type of genre present in the journal, but the formalities within the Formal Journal Report are plenty.

First, each article must start with a short abstract to overview the paper, then move to an introduction to state the theory behind the research being done. Then, the writers move to the content of their piece which often includes tables and graphs of their data. Afterwards, they move to analysis and conclusions that end the paper. Finally, they include a list of references or attributions off of which their research was based.

Now come up with your own definition for each genre (using the name you coined, if you weren't sure what the 'official' name is for the genre). 

Formal Journal Report - A report written to appear in an academic journal with the purpose of informing fellow professionals of work or research completed in the field.