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Writing & Editing
Research Papers

Mak Pandit
mak@technowrites.com

In this presentation

• What is a Research Paper
• Who writes them and why
• Contents & Structure of Research Papers
• Writing Guidelines
• Writing Process
• Review Guidelines
• Publishing Trends
• QAs

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Types of Papers

• Research paper
• Case report
• Concept paper
• Review article
• Survey paper
• Species paper
• Technical paper
• and so on…


What is a Research Paper

• Paper that publishes scholarly content based on research
performed by an individual or group
• Research Papers are important as they
– Claim ownership of content and technological/scientific
developments
– Publish information in public domain
– Capture information in knowledgebase
– Provide authors contact details
– Serve as a reference in future


Research Paper Statistics

Ref: http://solgelnanophotonics.blogspot.in/2012/01/top-40-countries-by-number-of-research.html

Sample Research Papers

• A look at samples


Structure of Research Paper

• Title • Acknowledgements
• Authors • Endnotes & Footnotes
• Abstract • Cross-references
• Keywords • Citations
• Introduction
• Content
• Methodology
• Details
• Discussion
• Conclusion

Writing Process

• Follow the writing guidelines
• Put together the content
• Compose the paper
• Define keywords
• Review content
• Update
• Publish (one or more formats)


IEEE Research Paper Template

Research Paper Template for A4 Page Size
First Author1, Second Author2, Third Author3
1
First-Author Department, University, Country
2
Second-Author Department, University, Country
3
Third-Author Department, University, Country

Abstract— This document gives formatting instructions for
TABLE I
authors preparing papers for publication in the proceedings of FONT SIZES FOR PAPERS
CAMA. The authors must follow the instructions given in the
document for the papers to be published. You can use this Font Appearance (in Time New Roman or Times)
document as both an instruction set and as a template into which Size Regular Bold Italic
you can type your own text. 8 Table caption (in Reference item
Small Caps), (partial)
Figure caption,
Keywords— Include at least 5 keywords or phrases
Reference item
9 Author email address Abstract Abstract heading
I. INTRODUCTION
(in Courier), body (also in Bold)
This document is a template. An electronic copy can be Cell in a table
downloaded from the conference website. For questions on 10 Level-1 heading (in Level-2 heading,
paper guidelines, please contact the conference publications Small Caps), Level-3 heading,
committee as indicated on the conference website. Paragraph Author affiliation
Information about final paper submission is available from the 12 Author name
conference website. 24 Title

II. PAGE LAYOUT All title and author details must be in single-column format
An easy way to comply with the conference paper and must be centered.
formatting requirements is to use this document as a template Every word in a title must be capitalized except for short
and simply type your text into it. minor words such as “a”, “an”, “and”, “as”, “at”, “by”, “for”,
“from”, “if”, “in”, “into”, “on”, “or”, “of”, “the”, “to”, “with”.
A. Page Layout Author details must not show any professional title (e.g.
Your paper must use a page size corresponding to A4 Managing Director), any academic title (e.g. Dr.) or any
which is 210mm (8.27") wide and 297mm (11.69") long. The membership of any professional organization (e.g. Senior
margins must be set as follows: Member IEEE).
• Top = 19mm (0.75") To avoid confusion, the family name must be written as the
• Bottom = 43mm (1.69") last part of each author name (e.g. John A.K. Smith).
• Left = Right = 14.32mm (0.56") Each affiliation must include, at the very least, the name of
Your paper must be in two column format with a space of the company and the name of the country where the author is
4.22mm (0.17") between columns. based (e.g. Causal Productions Pty Ltd, Australia).
Email address is compulsory for the corresponding author.
III. PAGE STYLE
C. Section Headings
All paragraphs must be indented. All paragraphs must be
No more than 3 levels of headings should be used. All
justified, i.e. both left-justified and right-justified.
headings must be in 10pt font. Every word in a heading must
A. Text Font of Entire Document be capitalized except for short minor words as listed in
Section III-B.
The entire document should be in Times New Roman or
Times font. Type 3 fonts must not be used. Other font types 1) Level-1 Heading: A level-1 heading must be in Small
may be used if needed for special purposes. Caps, centered and numbered using uppercase Roman
Recommended font sizes are shown in Table 1. numerals. For example, see heading “III. Page Style” of this
document. The two level-1 headings which must not be
B. Title and Author Details numbered are “Acknowledgment” and “References”.
Title must be in 24 pt Regular font. Author name must be
2) Level-2 Heading: A level-2 heading must be in Italic,
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in 11 pt Regular font. Author affiliation must be in 10 pt Italic.
left-justified and numbered using an uppercase alphabetic
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Email address must be in 9 pt Courier Regular font.

MLA Style Guide for Research
Paper

• A look at the PDF document of the Modern Language
Association Style Guide


Review Guidelines

• Does it follow the template
• Does it follow the style guide
• Author list & contact details
• Captions inserted
• Spelling & Grammar Check (Grammarly a good tool)
• Units mentioned
• Citations mentioned
• Plagiarism


Citation Standards

Popular Styles
• American Psychological Association (APA) Style
• Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) Style
• Modern Language Association (MLA) Style

Note
• Citations could be of papers, websites, personal interview,
YouTube, other online resource
• For online resources mention the date you accessed the
site

Peer Review

• Done by another scholar
• Blind review
• Ensures quality content
• Checks for plagiarism


Publishing Formats

• Popular formats
– doc
– html
– pdf
– epub
• More than one formats may be used
• epubs may be published ahead of the printed copy to claim
intellectual rights


For more information

• IEEE Web Site
http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/index.html
• STC Scientific Communication SIG http://scicomsig.org/
• Step by Step Guide for MLA Style Papers
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/mla-style-papers/


Acknowledgements

• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_papers
• Number of Research Papers published by countries
http://solgelnanophotonics.blogspot.in/2012/01/top-40-
countries-by-number-of-research.html
• MLA Guidelines
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
• APA Style Guide http://www.apa.org


Handy tools

• Reference Generators
• Harvard reference generator
http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/
• MLA Reference Generator http://citationproducer.com/mla-
citation/cite/book.html
• Plagiarism Checker http://www.neilstoolbox.com/plagiarism-
tester/
• Plagiarism Checker paid tools Viper, Copyscape,
Grammarly, Plagscan
• Reference sites Google Scholar, Google Patents

Course on Coursera


Thank you!

• Mak Pandit
• mak@technowrites.com


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