how to write a research paper

How to write a Research paper

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1. Role of Papers

2. Analysis of audience

3. Analysis of kind of paper

4. Defining Goals

5. Structuring Papers

6. The Process

7. Style

Index:

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1. Role of Papers

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“I have got the idea but I cannot express it”

1. Role of Papers

This is nonsense

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1. Role of Papers

Role of parts of Papers:

• support the process of expressing an idea

• show your result

• relate to existing scientific work

• enable readers to learn / continue their work

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2. Analysis of audience

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2. Analysis of audience

“First I’ll write the paper and then I’ll publish it”

This is nonsense

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Depends on the audience:

• Age

• Scholarship

• Background

• Scientific Community

2. Analysis of audience

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3. Analysis of kind of papers

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1. TechRep

2. Workshop Paper

3. Top Conference

4. Journal

5. Invited Talks

3. Analysis of kind of papers

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Kind of publications

• archival publications

• not archival publications

• ISBN/ISSN publications

3. Analysis of kind of papers

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It’s the writer’s business to makethe reader’s life as easy as possible

2. Analysis of kind of papers

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2. Analysis of kind of papers

A Paper must be:

• Self-Explanatory

• Self-Contained

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4. Defining Goals

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4. Defining Goals

The process from Analysis to Synthesis

Until you have written a paper, the research is not finished

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4. Defining Goals

One paper one message

Ask yourself:

• What is your goal? (a new technique, a new experimentation)

• What did you try to do?

• What have you done?

• How did you do this?

• What is the core idea?texilaconference.org

Message = Core Idea = Goal

• A goal may be a sub-goal of another goal

• A goal may be a prerequisite for another goal

4. Defining Goals

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5. Structuring Papers

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5. Structuring Papers

After defining your goal,

you can start working

on the structure of the paper

5.1 Coarse Grained

5.2 Fine Grained

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Do the Writing according to the following Sequence

1. Tentative Title A

2. Write your Main Idea D

3. Write Introduction C

4. Write Conclusions E

5. Finalize the Title A

6. Write the Abstract B

5. Structuring Papers

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A

B

C

D

E

F

1. Title

2. Abstract

3. Introduction

4. Work out of main idea

5. Details of main idea

6. Conclusions

7. Appendixes

5. Structuring Papers

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