Typical structural layout of a technical paper

Note: For any technical document (paper/article, report, thesis dissertation), simple and formal language style must be followed.

• Title of the Paper

• Authors and their Affiliations
• Abstract Abstract

  One paragraph. (At most two, if really necessary.) Purpose and theme of the paper. Central idea, breakthrough/achievement. Comment on its utility and value.
  Important: to attract a potential reader with the exact expectation from the complete paper.
  To avoid: flowery details, wrong/exaggerated claims, citations.
  Advice: Write at the end after writing the complete paper and still sharpen/revise twice.

• Keywords
• Nomenclature or List of Symbols (if needed)
• 1 (?) Introduction
• 2 (?) Section
• Section
• Section
• .......
• Section
• 8 (?) Results and Discussion or something similar
• 9 (?) Conclusions
• Acknowledgements (if applicable)
• References
• A Appendix Title
  (if needed)
• B Appendix Title
  (if needed)