Guidelines to write a research article

1. RESEARCH ARTICLE
WRITING
NAME : PRIYANKA V
AFFILIATION : M S RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
APPLICATION NO : ac899e75eb5611e98b8b93af198de856
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2. TOPICS COVERED
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
• References
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3. ABSTRACT
• Should be around 300-350 words
• Establishes the core idea of the research
• Single paragraph
• No figures, graphs, etc
• Keywords
Does not include words in the title
Key terminology in the research
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4. INTRODUCTION
• Aim : Stating the problem and the means to solve the problem
• Extends up to a page
• Contains information regarding the following subheadings but not directly used
o Background/Rationale
o Statement of the problem
o Objectives of the research
o Scope
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5. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Literature consulted to understand and investigate the project
• Connects other works to your work
• Answers all the existing questions in the field
• Summary is critical
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6. MATERIALS AND METHODS
• Answers two important questions
o How was the data collected?
o How was the data analysed?
• Each method would have its own literature, procedure, result and conclusion
involved involved
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7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• Purpose of collecting the data
• Analysis of the results
• Pictorial representation of data- figures, graphs, tables, etc.
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8. CONCLUSION
• Explains what was learned from this research
• What is to be discovered further?
• Evaluation
• Applications, benefits of the research
• Recomendations
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9. REFERENCES
• Systematic representation of all the sources being quoted or paraphrased
• This is giving due credit to the source of information for using someone else’s
idea
• Similar font and format must be maintained throughout
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10. REFERENCES
• file:///C:/Users/dhari/Desktop/journals%20and%20notes/8%20Week%20Guidelin
es.pdf
• http://expertjournals.com/how-to-write-a-research-methodology-for-your-
academic-article/
• https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/literature-reviews/
• https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/results
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11. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Academic Writing course on
swayam.gov.in by By Dr Ajay Semalty, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central
University) Srinagar Garhwal (Uttarakhand) for giving me this wonderful
opportunity to make this presentation.
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