Perceptions of scientific research literature and strategies for reading papers depend on academic career stage.

However, there were highly significant differences in the frequencies of academics at different career stages describing the Methods, Results and Discussion sections as easy to read (Methods χ 2 (4) = 59.6, P < 0.001**; Figures χ 2 (4) = 23.6, P <0.001**; Results χ 2 (4) = 16.0, P = 0.003**; Discussion χ 2 (4) = 9.9, P = 0.041*).

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