“Congratulations! She is so adorable. God bless her, mwah! If you need anything, just tell me. Take care”, divine words from a stranger neighbour to Danish. Danish’s usual response is a thank you with a wide smile that makes her eyes wrinkle. She doesn’t know
There was a time when only the number of research publications mattered. Then, came the period where the number of citations too mattered. Now, ‘mentions’ and ‘uses’ also matter. The publishing landscape keeps changing along with the ever-changing digital applications, tools and social media. Most
The first draft of your article is ready, but you are not sure if the journal you choose will publish your article or not. I am sure that you have referred to many research articles to understand how they organize the sections and wondered how
Have you been told to publish articles on the UGC CARE List? OR You have already published articles, but your university is not accepting them for thesis submission or job application as they are not published on UGC CARE list. Many researchers often wonder what
Plagiarism is copying somebody else’s ideas and writings and presenting them as yours. It is essential and a good practice to respect and acknowledge others’ ideas and works through correct and complete citations. Respecting and acknowledging others’ works maintain your academic and research integrity. If
Research methodology provides the scientific framework of your research process. It evaluates the quality and validity of your research study. While it seems straightforward to write the methodology section, it can be tricky as one element is connected to another, and you need to explain
As beginners in academic writing, many of us wondered how to select and review articles and produce the review as a full research paper. Many of us are unaware of a systematic way of conducting and writing systematic review and meta-analysis papers. You must have
Journals ask you to write five to six keywords for the article that you submit to them. It is possible that you have selected a few keywords without keeping in mind the importance of the keywords. If yes, let’s see how your keywords impact your
Which journal are you looking for publishing your article? Have you checked the scope of the journal? Does it focus on empirical article or theoretical discussion or both? Does it match with the scope of your article? If yes, what is the journal’s status in
Case studies are reports of research conducted with individuals, groups, communities or institutions or issues or events. It focuses on a single case or a small number of cases: a case may be an individual, a small group (although it is consisting of many individuals,