Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion (5-10 minutes max) is usually the first readthrough for an academic paper (I typically read them in 3 readthroughs).
If I can't get the key value of the paper from that first readthrough the paper is usually not very good.
Writing a good paper is actully hard and the typical formats exist for a reason. If you review say 20 papers/day during your initial research phase it's more valuable to have clear structure and an abstract than to have "easy to understand" language with lofty examples.
So basically...good papers do provide the simplest explanation possible. In fact it's something you very actively try to do when writing a paper. Or in other words: I think you just want more papers to be good (there's a lot of unreadable crap that seems pseudosmart but ask most academics and they'll tell you they strive for easy to understand).
If I can't get the key value of the paper from that first readthrough the paper is usually not very good. Writing a good paper is actully hard and the typical formats exist for a reason. If you review say 20 papers/day during your initial research phase it's more valuable to have clear structure and an abstract than to have "easy to understand" language with lofty examples.
So basically...good papers do provide the simplest explanation possible. In fact it's something you very actively try to do when writing a paper. Or in other words: I think you just want more papers to be good (there's a lot of unreadable crap that seems pseudosmart but ask most academics and they'll tell you they strive for easy to understand).