Research Paper - Format to present your research

Research Paper is used for exploring and identifying scientific, technical & social issues. Research paper is a intellectual  property owned by author therefore it is very important to have a proper, planned and sound research process for your paper. So let us see step wise format of research paper.

Flow Chart of Research Paper

Step 1: The first step to start a research is to define the Title of your paper. The title of paper should be of zero ambiguity. The title of paper should be well defined to address the problem and should be easy for others to understand when read.

Step 2: In step 2 you should define the abstract of your research paper. Abstract is nothing but the summary of your research defining the root gaps on topic and ways to overcome them. Also keywords should be highlighted.

Step 3: In step 3 you should define the introduction of your paper. Introduce your research topic in three sub step format

1. Global - Introduce your research topic with reference to work done on your topic at international level.
2. National - Introduce your research topic with reference to work done on your topic at National level.
3. Local - Introduce your research topic with reference to work done on your topic at local level.

Step 4: In this step you have to define the objective of your research paper. This is the most important step in your research paper where you state or define the gaps/problems you are working on in this research.

Step 5: In this step you have to define the Literature Review  of your paper. Literature Review is the process of analyzing the past research on your  research topic basically through various research paper, articles etc on your research topic. Basically Literature Review helps us to know about what all things and gaps been worked out in world on our research topic in past. Also introduce you to various other gaps on your research. However this is the very first step before making a research paper.

Step 6: In this step you define the methodology you adopted to conduct your research. Generally first step in methodology is Data Collection and second is the Data Analysis.

The data collection can be done in 4 ways -

1. Collection of Primary Data
2. Observation Method
3. Interview method - (i) Telephonic Interview (ii) Personal Interview 
4. Collection of data through Questionnaire.

This step is also known as Research Design step where you categorized your research design in four sub research designs -

1. Sample Design
2. Observational Design
3. Operational Design 
4. Statistical Design

Step 7: In this step you conduct various experiments in your research to do various sort of analysis to obtain the required results. This results helps you to get a brief clarification of validity of your assumptions made at the start

Step 8: In this step you conclude your research. In this step it is mandatory to conclude the research based on the objectives you have mentioned earlier on the basis of the results obtained in step 7. If the objectives of research are not concluded then that research becomes pointless.

Step 9: This is the last step of your research where you have to provide the References. References is about the data you have used in your research which was already been published by other authors in past. Giving references is generally citing the papers, articles etc you have used in your research paper from internet. If you fail to cite the research paper you have used then it will be detected in plagiarism report and also may get subjected to copy right act. Therefore it is very important to cite the data you have used.