Academic Project Writing and Presentation are very important skills in the world of higher education and research. Also, it is an essential tool that assists students and researchers to communicate effectively to the academic community and beyond. This slide (article) involves several key elements such as how to publish academic research in reputable journals, the consequences of publishing in a predatory journal, steps towards journal publication, journal databases, how to present research findings, types of plagiarism, paraphrasing tools, and lots more. This well-written article ensures that your academic work is well-researched, well-documented, and professionally presented, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in your area of study.

1. ACADEMIC PROJECT WRITING
AND PRESENTATION
*PUBLICATION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN REPUTABLE JOURNALS
*ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING RESEARCH FINDINGS
*PLAGIARISM
By Dr. Chinenye Onyeabor

2. 1. PUBLICATION OF
ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN
REPUTABLE JOURNALS

3. JOURNAL TYPES
• Institutional Journal
• Association “
• Independent “
• High Impact “
• Low Impact “
• Predatory “

4. CONSEQUENCIES OF PUBLISHING IN PREDATORY
JOURNALS
• Lack of Credibility
• Limited Visibility and Impact
• Wasted Resources
• Ethical Concerns
• To avoid publishing in such journals, Publish in journals indexed with
• *Scopus *Thomson Reuters (now known as Claviate Analytics),
Scimago, Elsevier, Springer, Science Direct etc.

5. JOURNAL DATABASES
Valuable resources that provide access to wide range of journals ranging
from sciences, engineering, humanities and others.
• PubMed: Biomedical research, biotechnology etc.
• IEEE Xplore: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science etc.
• ACM Digital Library: Association for Computing Machinery provides
access to wealth of research in Computer Science and Information
Technology
• Science Direct: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Scopus: Covers almost all fields
• Web of Science: Basically for STEM

6. JOURNAL DATABASES
• Google Scholar: Web search engine specifically designed for academic and
scholarly content. It houses journals, conference papers, dissertation and
books.
• ResearchGate: This is a social networking platform for researchers. It gives
researchers the opportunity to share their publications, ask and answer
questions and collaborate with peers.
• Both google scholar and researchgate are not comprehensive data base like
scopus or web of science because it can be dependent on the authors
upload.
• You can open account for yourself on any of these two if you have
published any work.
• https://scholar.google.com
• https://www.researchgate.net

7. IMPORTANT IDENTIFICATIONS
• ISBN= International Standard Book number. It is a unique identifier
assigned to books and book web publishers
• ISSN= International Standard Serial Number. It is a unique code
assigned to serial published journals
• DOI= Digital Object Identifier
• ORCID= Open Researcher and Contributor Identification. It is a unique
identifier for researchers and authors. It serves as a personal digital
identifier that distinguishes and connects them to their scholarly
work which help in discoverability and visibility of authors and their
works- let’s create one https://oracid.org/signin

8. EXAMPLE OF IDENTIFICATIONS
• ISBN: 978-3-16-148410-0
• ISSN:
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dome.12082
• ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-0977
https://orcid.org/009-0001-0368-0596

9. STEPS TOWARDS JOURNAL PUBLICATION
• Select appropriate journal: Also consider cost, factor, alignment with the
interest of the journal and the likes
• Prepare the manuscript: follow the journal problem guideline
• Submit
• Peer review: the submitted manuscript undergoes a peer process for
quality, validity and significant
• Reviewer feedback
• Effect correction and reverse
• Resubmission
• Acceptance/Payment if needed or rejection

10. 2. RESEARCH
PRESENTATION
STRUCTURE

11. HOW TO PRESENT RESEARCH FINDINGS
• Abstract: Concise summary of the entire work with a clear overview of research objective, methodology, key findings and conclusion.
• Introduction: Background information, knowledge gap. Research aim and objective, research questions
• Materials and Methods: Describe the experimental design, data collection process, and analysis techniques employed in the study.
• Result: the results section presents the key findings of the research. It should be organized in a logical manner following the same order as presented in the methodology. Use tables, graphs or charts to present the data/result in a concise and visually appealing way.

12. HOW TO PRESENT RESEARCH FINDINGS
• Discussion: Researchers interpret and analyze the results in the context of
existing literature. Start by restating the research objectives or research
questions. Compare and contrast the results with previous studies and
explain any discrepancies or similarities. Identify the implications and
significance of the finding and discuss the limitations of the study. Consider
alternative explanations or interpretations and offer suggestions for future
research . The discussion should be focused, coherent, and build a logical
argument based on the evidence presented in the results section.
• Conclusion: This provides a concise summary of the main findings and their
implications. It should directly address the research objectives or research
questions stated in the introduction. Summarize the key findings and their
significance in relation to the broader field of study.

13. 3. PLAGIARISM

14. PLAGRARISM
• Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and
passing them off or using them as one’s own. Similar words to
plagiarism are copying, infringement of copyright, piracy theft,
stealing, poaching, cribbing. It is a serious ethical offense in academic
and research writing. It undermines the integrity of the research
process and violates the principles of intellectual honesty and
originality.

15. PLAGRARISM
(Types of Plagiarism)
• 1. Direct Plagiarism: it is the verbatim copying of another persons work without proper
citation.
-Clone: means to copy everything word to word
-Copy: means to copy up to 90-95% of the original work
2. Self Plagiarism: This occurs when a researcher reuses their own previously published
work without proper acknowledgement or citation. Although researchers can build upon
their previous work but it is essential to indicate reused content and provide appropriate
references.
-Recycle: Borrow generously from the writer’s previous work without citation
3. Paraphrasing Plagiarism: Rewording someone else work without citation
- Remix: Typical paraphrasing without citation
- Find and Replace: Changing key words and phrases but the major essence of the
work is retained without citation

16. PLAGRARISM
(Types of Plagiarism)
4. Mosaic Plagiarism: This is also known as mashup or patchwriting. This
involves combining copied text with slight modifications and original
content.
- Mashup: Mixed copied materials from multiple sources without
citation
- Hybrid: Combining perfectly cited sources with copied passages
without citation.
5. Data Plagiarism: This occurs when researchers presents someone else
ideas or concept as their own without proper acknowledgement.
- Aggregator: Simply put, theft of ideas
6. Data Plagiarism: This refers to wrongful use of someone else research data
without permission or proper citation

17. PARAPHRASING TOOLS & PLAGIARISM CHECKERS
• Text.Cortex
• QuilBot.AI
•Plagiarism Checkers
• www.grammarly.com
• www.duplichecker.com
• www.copyspy.org
• www.smallseotools.com

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