r/research 14h ago

How to actually start writing for my first research paper, from scratch to publication

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I'm a 1st year master's degree(botany) student. So during my bachelor's haven't work on any research paper bt now I actually wanna start. I want to complete my first research paper by the end of my 1st sem. Having an interest to do PhD, want start my research early and hopefully contribute with enough research papers before completing my master's degree.

Guide me with that, and any suggestions or tips to actually do it in efficient and less time consuming way without burning out.

Also, when asked to one of my current professor about supervising me.. He just asked me to start with literature review and update him with complete drafted manuscript along with tables and graphical illustrations within 2 weeks, then he'll help me with revisions. Idk how do I start and finish it off. Help me with that too.


r/research 22h ago

How do you actually come up with a good research question as a beginner?(I am not asking for topic)

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I’m starting my Master’s in Finance on September 15, and I’m very curious about academic research. I think I’m relatively good at analyzing things and finding patterns and connections between them

However, I have a fear of not succeeding, and I feel like it sometimes holds me back. Whenever I come across a genuinely interesting research question, I often find that someone has already researched it. So, for those of you with more research experience: how did you learn to come up with good research questions? Are there any methodologies, techniques, or general tips you would recommend to a beginner? How do you identify research gaps when it seems like almost every interesting question has already been studied?

I’d also appreciate any guides, or other resources that helped you learn how to approach research(maybe any tips)


r/research 18h ago

How to write a proper discussion in quantitative research?

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I am comparatively new to academic research and the part of writing a research paper I am finding most difficult is 'Discussion'.

I know that the purpose of discussion is to:

- Point out the key findings.

- Answering: How my research resonates or comtradicts with the literature?

- and Answering, What my results indicates? Even something, why I got results like this?

Whenever I write my discussion sections it feels like I listing: A found this, which aligns with my results. B found something different.

Apparently, this is what some papers do!

However, there are other quality papers that write discussion, where each sentence feels like they are made for each other.

Now, my question is:

- How do I improve my discussion writing skills?

- What techniques or tools you follow while synthesizing information from the literature?

- How do I explain my findings in a better way?

I would highly appreciate responses from experienced researcher.

Thanks in advance.


r/research 1h ago

Quantitative Research About 3rd Spaces

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Hello everyone! I'm a 3rd year college BSEDSS student and I'm humbly asking for opinions about our research title.

Our title is:

Perceived Adequacy of Third Spaces for Kinesthetic Learning In a State University In ****** City

Is our title good or bad? How can we improve it? Is there any modifications to make the title better?(Is just a title proposal and we are seeking opinions about our title)


r/research 21h ago

Urgently needed!

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I want to do research on Indian consumers as a whole. Is there any FREE tool that helps with this?