1.
Writing a Research Paper for an
International Journal
How to Hit the Bulls Eye in all sections of a
Manuscript?
Pre-publication, Planning & Dissemination
Your takeaway ?
By the end of the session you will be able to
write a predraft of your manuscript.

2.
Lets Start with the Prerequisite- Choosing the
right Journal

3.
Journal Search Tools
1.Elsevier. Elsevier Journal Finder
https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
2.Web of science – Master Journal List
https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
3. Springer. Springer Journal Suggester
https://journalsuggester.springer.com/
4. Schimago
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php
Edanz. Edanz Journal Selector
JANE. Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)
Scimago. Journal and Country Ranking

4.
Planning stage- Reading Strategies

5.
Top Most Reasons for Manuscript Rejection
• The manuscript does not follow the IMRaD
structure?
• Language and grammar are not up to the mark .
• References are Incomplete or out of date.
• Plagiarism has been detected in the manuscript.

6.
Lets follow the chunking principle

7.
Various Sections of a Research Paper

8.
Criteria for selecting a Topic.
• The topic has key words
• Should be declarative- Use Verbs
• It has the potential to be published in top journals
in your field.
• It exactly specifies what my research is?
• It is clear without any jargons and abbreviation?
• It is feasible.
• There is enough data to carry out the research.

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Sample Topics
• Go to google scholar and type tentative topics
https://scholar.google.com/
Samples
Imagery in Robert Frost's out, out poem
The effectiveness of online and blended learning: A meta-
analysis of the empirical literature
Activity- Frame your Research Topic.

10.
Key Words
• Labels of the Manuscript.
• Used by indexing and abstracting services.
• Should be specific.
• Use only established abbreviations.
Example
The Influence of French Symbolism on Modern
American Poetry
Activity: Write three to four key words related to your
area of Research

11.
Lets Move to IMRaD Format
• I- Introduction
Pre requisites to write the Introduction.

12.
Formulating Research Questions
• Take a broad research topic, use Wh questions to narrow down.

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Research Problem
• What research has already been done?
• Have any solutions been proposed?
• What are the current debates about the problem, and what
do you think is missing from them?
• What will be the consequences if the problem is not
resolved?
• Whose will benefit from resolving the problem (e.g. the
management of an organization or future researchers)?

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Sample Research Problem
• The Influence of French Symbolism on Modern
American Poetry
Many studies have reported on French Symbolism in
general. Previous studies have also reported on the
influence of symbolism in American Poems. So far there
are no studies on French symbols in modern American
Poetry.
• Activity: Frame a Research problem related to your
Study.( After Ample Literature Review)

15.
Introduction
• Provide a brief background to the readers.
• State the Research Problem?
• State the Research question. Justify why it is important.
• State one primary objective (Use Specific action verbs)
• What other studies are published on the topic?
• Identify Existing solutions and limitations.(Does it advance
the Knowledge in your field)
• State what your work is trying to achieve.(Significance)

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Introduction Activity
• https://new.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/mind-mapping/
• Go to the action plan worksheet

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Work sheet-Review of Literature
• Check List for searching relevant literature
• Is your topic broad enough to find sufficient literature?
• Is your selection of resources narrow and focussed?
• Did you use concept mapping to focus on specific research themes?
• Have you decided your research questions before the literary search?
• Did you use the right key terms from the research for identifying
resources?
• Are your resources recent and up to date?
• Have you understood when to stop your review?
• Have you identified seminal works related to your research?

18.
Theoretical Grounding

19.
Difference between Introduction and Review
Back Ground Literature Review
Where does it appear in
the research paper?
In the first part of the Introduction section After the background in the
introduction section.
What does it present The context of the study A Critical Analysis of existing
literature
What is its Purpose? To highlight the significance of the study To evaluate the progress of
knowledge in the research area.
What does it do? Introduces the topic in context and
explains how it leads up to the research
problem.
Help identify the gaps in the
literature
What does it involve? Introduces the broad area of research and
narrows it down to the problem at hand
Shows what research has been
done on the topic.
What is its length? Is short and concise Is Lengthy and detailed

20.
Methods
• Identify a suitable method for your
research?(Qualitative,Quantitative,mixed
methods)

21.
Quantitative

22.
Activity
• What kind of research methods are you going to use?
• Why do you think that it would be best suited to the kind
of research you are undertaking?

23.
Results/ Analysis
• Include data of Primary Importance
• Keep results of same type together
• Highlight main findings
• Report unexpected findings
• Provide statistical analysis
• Include graphs and figures

24.
Results Worksheet
Write an Introductory Paragraph for your study
Restate your research questions and hypothesis
Present the results of each research question with appropriate subtitles
Present your tables with respect to the research questions
Write an explanation for the tables ( Report only important values)
Present your figures
Describe the overall trends
Support or contrast your results with reference to previous studies

25.
Discussion

26.
Discussion
• What was the answer to your research question?
• What did you find?
• What are the areas of potential research?
• Discuss the strength and weakness of your
approach/methodology
• Discuss the results in context to other studies.
• Be objective.
• Suggest future studies
• Explain how your work advances present state of
knowledge.

27.
Differences between Results and Discussion
Results Discussion
The section answers the question what about your
research
The section answers the question So what about your
research
Describes the results of the experiments completed Summarises and interprets the significance of the
main findings
States the results but does not interpret them Interprets the results but does not restate the results.
Includes the data which will be relevant to the
discussion section
Does not introduce any new results and does not
make any statements that your results can not
support
Uses the simple past tense Uses both the past and present tense as required
You can include non-textual elements such as tables
figures and images
Use only text although you can refer to non textual
elements.

28.
How to Write an Abstract
• Background – 1 Sentence
• Aim-1 sentence
• Research Gap- 1 sentence
• Methods-1 sentence
• Result-1 sentence
• Conclusion about the significance of your work.
• Implications

29.
References
• Ensure that you have fully absorbed the material you are referencing.
• Do not use too many or too little references.
• Avoid excessive citations from the same Journal or the same region.
• Use a reference Management tool.

30.
Manuscript Submission Letter
Why you should care about writing a powerful cover letter
What you should include in it
How you should structure it

31.
Responding to reviewers comments
• In Peer Review the editor may ask for changes in terms of clarity ,
length and focus.
• Let the editor know what you have done and what you have not done
• Respond to each comment raised.
• Different colour to clarify revised text.
• If you have disagreement , disagree politely.
• The responses will go the referees for a second look.
• If rejected good communicate to another Journal

32.
Cover Letter Sample
Dear Editor,
I am writing to submit our manuscript entitled, ["Title"] for consideration
as a [Journal Name][Article Type].
[One to two sentence "pitch" that summarizes the study design, where
applicable, your research question, your major findings, and the
conclusion.]
The authors confirms that this manuscript has not been previously
published and is not currently under consideration by any other journal

33.
Researchers Toolkit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyikBzqdNLs

34.
References
• https://pubrica.com/academy/2019/07/26/how-to-select-the-right-
journal-for-publication/
• https://sscc.libguides.com/c.php?g=18253&p=102734
• https://www.equator-network.org/toolkits/