Scientific Writing - Research Article

 

Significant sections of the Research Article

How to write an Abstract?

The abstract section is very important for the scientific paper because it represents all the contents briefly of a paper and the reader will decide whether or not to read the whole article. This is written by summarizing the introduction section. It has to briefly include the problem, method, findings, and conclusion usually in the factual or past tense.

How to write an Introduction?

Start with a broad overview of the research scope. You have to provide a general background of the field or topic. Then you write a literature survey about the topic. It does a critical analysis of the existing research on a specific topic. The next step is explaining a problem statement or research gaps. Then you can be writing research objectives to provide the solution to the given problem statement or research gaps. Finally write scope and limitations that explain how the limitations may have affected your results and why they are important to consider when interpreting the findings based on the limitations of your study, suggest areas for future research that could address the limitations, and build on your findings. The following figure shows the discussed steps to write an introduction to a scientific research article.

How do write Method or Methodology?

This is the process you are going to improve as the solution for the problem statement or research gaps.  As the summary, you have to include site description, Experimental design, Procedure, Sampling, Data collection and analysis, Statically analysis, etc.

How to write Results?

You can present your findings according to the objectives. Follow a logical sequence based on the table and figures of findings to answer the problem or hypothesis. Figures should have a brief discerption while providing sufficient information to the reader.

How to write a Discussion?

This describes what your results mean in the context of what was already known about the subject. This comparison conveys past experiments or the general truth of desired topic area. You can indicate how the results related to expectations and to the literature previously cited. Then you can use the experience gathered while doing the research and explain the knowledge scientific manner.

How to write a Conclusion?

In this chapter, you can state the answers to the research problems, a summary of the findings, Significance of the research. Then you can provide recommendations on the practical applications of your outcomes. Then provide an outline of the future development of further studies of the results of research.