Research Paper Writing

Definition
Research paper is defined as a document published in an academic journal and encompasses legit, original and logical research or findings and reviews on some existing research.
History
One of the oldest research journals was created in 17th century and named as Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society. Since it was just the beginning, the demonstrations of the analysis and discoveries were dubious or found to be rephrased to create a new topic, which created controversies. This anagram method didn’t work for a long time and around 92% of such cases ended up with a dispute in 17th century. The number of disputes kept decreasing in 18th and 19th century and came down to 33% in 20th century. It has been found that around 50 million research journals articles have been published after this .
Research Publishing in Business Phase
In the era of 1960s and 1970s, commercial publishing became business. It started acquiring some top quality research journals which were previously printed by non-profit academic societies. But due to less demand, commercial publishers lost a little chunk of market when they rose up the prices
Main Sections in a Research Paper
There are seven main sections included in a research paper which includes,
1.Title Page
2.Abstract
3.Method/Procedure
4.Result/Conclusion
5.References
6.Appendixes
7.Table of Figures
1.Title Page
Title page contains a unique topic on which the research is based, it is short yet descriptive. Abbreviations are avoided in title. It also includes author’s name. If the research paper is for some academic purpose, it includes the course name, semester and year.
2.Abstract
It is the part that summarizes the whole research into one paragraph (usually). It majorly includes the purpose of the research, the method used in conducting the research (with the names or the brief description of the methods used), the major findings of the research and discussion section that involves interpretation and future recommendations
3.Method/Procedure
This section describes as what has been the method used for the research, that is how you did it and what you did? It explains strategies, procedures, calculations, scientific methods and equipment’s description. The basic idea behind this is to provide reader a sufficient amount of information that explains the whole research report. Further this part also explains as how the data was gathered, how the analysis carried out and the sample selected for the research.
4.Result/Conclusion
This part incorporates the end point of the result that is the result of the conducted research. In this section, a researcher proves the point and includes weather the hypothesis he stated got accepted or rejected. It also gives some guidelines or recommendations for future research.
5.References
This part includes the list of sources or reference articles used for writing the research report. This could include the websites, articles, books etc. used to gather the relevant information for the research.
6.Appendix
It includes information that has been the side part and not essential but is needed to clarify the information without creating the burden in the body of the research. This part isn’t mandatory and therefore it is hardly found in the research reports. This part includes graphs, raw data, maps or other relevant diagrams.
7.Table of Figures
A table is created which includes the figure numbers in sequence to help readers get better clarity of the research analysis.
Things to Avoid in a Research Report
There are certain things to be avoided in a research report,
•Direct Quotes: It is advised not to use direct quotes in a scholarly technical paper because the research paper should contain the researcher’s own thoughts and findings.
•Verb Tenses: Using wrong verb tenses are common in an academic research paper. These verb tenses includes “We”, “Us” etc.
•Proofreading:Spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, incomplete sentences, irrelevant information and other such errors must be avoided. Proofreading is very much important to make a research paper worth acceptable.
•Formatting: Formatting is one of the essential parts of research report. Academic writers at times don’t pay much attention on format and as a result it creates the uneven format mainly in tables and diagrams. The preview must be checked before printing to avoid such mistakes.

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