Some formatting basics for manuscript

The preparation of a manuscript is of course a mandatory requirement if you are a research scholar.  Understanding the formatting specifications that journals give and understanding them in detail can be a daunting task.  Still, formatting is a very important task as a properly formatted manuscript tends to have a faster acceptance for publication. Sometimes, [...] Read More

Mistakes scholars make at more progressive stages of writing thesis: continued.

In the blog in the previous week we discussed about the mistakes that scholars make at the preliminary stage of thesis writing.  Taking it forward, let's understand the various mistakes that they can probably make at more advanced stages of thesis writing and the ways to eliminate them.  Not going by the action plan: if you so desire to fin[...] Read More

What is the way to create an effective bibliography?

Content writing tips for research papers are easy to find and surely looked for and adopted by researchers and writers but rarely do we find s step by step process to tell you the way to create an effective bibliography. Creating the correct and required bibliography is essential for the paper, especially for its acceptance for publication and similar other co[...] Read More

How to get that perfect grant proposal?

Research is an expensive proposition and researchers are always at shortage of funds so getting a grant for research is something that would elate every researcher and bring some sense of relief in an otherwise challenging research journey.  The way the researcher applies for the funding goes a long way in deciding whether the proposal would get approved or no[...] Read More

Why is it important to demonstrate your research question?

The committee that sits together to assess your research proposal sits with an objective and the objective is to focus on your research question. They want to understand that the question that you have given in your proposal is good/strong/substantive enough to allow you to give a significant contribution to an existing body of literature. As a research schola[...] Read More

Here is how you write your first draft..

After having collected and compiled all the information that you have gathered in an organised fashion, you got to present the information in the form of a paper. Scholars often struggle with writing the first draft, the main challenge with them is to be able to put all the information that has in a single document in a comprehensive and relevant manner. A lot[...] Read More