How to write a research paper?

A paper is a structure for planning, organizing and conducting your research in progress

• You must present your work
  • If people don’t know about it, they won’t adopt it
  • Increase probability of adoption
• Unambiguous writing requires clear thinking
  • Muddled writing is a sign of muddled thought
• Be kind to your readers
  • Good writing can be a joy; bad writing is agony

Title and Attribution

• Title should
  • Be meaningful
  • Be clear and concise
  • Grab reader’s attention
• Attribution should have
  • The names of the authors, with all initials
  • The Institute or organization, with full address
  • The date

Abstract of the paper

• A ‘stand alone’ condensed version of the paper
  • One sentence for each motive/contributions, approach/method, key results, conclusion, advantages
  • Don’t exceed 3 sentences on any of those
• Encourage reader to read the paper

About 250 words written in present/simple past tense

Keywords

• For use in title and abstract for enhanced search engine optimization
• Should be
  • Logical
  • Applicable
  • Specific
  • Searchable

Introduction

• Motivation and Background (1 paragraph)
• Overview of the paper and contributions:
  • Objectives, Hypothesis (1-2 Paragraphs)
• Summary
• Provide context and encourage reader to read the paper
• What you are doing that must not have been done before

Related work

• Goals
  • Explain precisely how your research work is unique
  • Outline your perspective on the field
• Do
  • Point out both advantages and disadvantages of related work
• Do not
  • Include irrelevant references

Methodology

• Problem formulation and the approaches used to solve the problem
• Explain what is especially different about your method
• Give sufficient detail that the reader can grasp what you did

Results

• Present the output of the experiments or proposed model
  • Demonstrate that you solved the problem or made significant advances
• Report your results in clear and concise manner
  • Use graphs, figures and tables wherever possible
  • Present data in a form other people can use
• Interpret the results
  • Why your research offers a new solution?