This document outlines the steps to write a research paper, emphasizing the importance of choosing a strong topic and conducting an extensive literature review. It provides a structured format for the paper, including essential sections such as the abstract, methodology, and bibliography. It also highlights the significance of identifying a journal for publication early in the writing process and following the selected journal's referencing style.

1. How to write a research paper
1. Start with a topic
a. A good topic is big head start for writing a new research paper
2. Search Google scholar on the topic
a. Extensive literature review of past research will give you an idea about topic,
issues, and methodology.
3. Do extensive literature review
a. Reviewing past research paper will result into scientific base for your research
4. Execute
a. Only exploration of topic will lead you nowhere, have timeline for each activity
and follow it religiously
5. Begin with end in mind
a. Identify journal for publication in advance, follow the authors’ guide line that
will save your time in editing the final research paper
6. Referencing
a. Follow referencing style of your chosen journal i.e. APA, Chicago etc.
7. Write, Write, and Write
a. Make a written note of everything about your research paper
8. General format of research paper
a. Title
b. Abstract
c. Key Words
d. Introduction
e. Objectives
f. Methodology
g. Discussion

2. h. Conclusion
i. Acknowledgement
j. Bibliography
9. Where I can publish my research paper?
Publishing research paper in multi-disciplinary journal like Indian Journal of Scholarly
Research (www.ijosr.org) will offer you more scope for spreading your research.