It explains that how to write a research article and how to publish it.

1. SCHOLARLY WRITING AND PUBLISHING
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Dr. R.Sasipriya
Assistant Professor Physical Science
V. O.C. College of Education
Thoothukudi

2. IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH
»Knowledge
»Innovation
»Advancement
»Technology

3. QUALITY OF GOOD RESEARCH
systematic
logical
Empirical
Replicable
Result orientation

4. TYPES OF RESEARCH ARTICLE
Analytical papers
Conceptual papers
Case studies

5. GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE WRITING
Full paper must be follow the guidelines for article writing
File : MS Word
Page setting : 1 inch in all side
Font : Times Roman New
Font Size : 12
Space line : 1.5 or 2.00
Number of pages : 8-10

6. CONTENT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER
Title of the Research paper
» Authors affiliation
» Abstract
» Key words
» Introduction
» Statement of the problem
» Review of literature
» Methodology
» Result and discussion
» Findings
» Suggestions and recommendations
» References

7. TITLE OF THE RESEARCH PAPER
It must be attractive and simple
It focus the whole theme of the paper
It should be in bold and capital letter

8. AUTHORS AFFILIATION WITH FULL ADDRESS
Author and co author should mention their
Name
Designation
Affiliation
Address
Phone number
Mail id

9. ABSTRACT
It is the birds eye view of the article
It must cover all part of the paper
It should be 150-200 words

10. KEY WORDS
Major words/ terminology used in the paper
It must be 3-5 words

11. BODY OF THE ARTICLE
• Introduction
• Statement of the problem
• Review of literature
• Methodology
• Result and discussion
• Findings
• Suggestions and recommendations
• References

12. Publication of Research Work
• Text book
• Research article
• Monographs
• Edited volume
• Conference proceedings
• Research reports

13. ISBN AND ISSN
• The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is
a unique International Publisher’s Identifier
number, which is meant for monograph
publications.
• ISBN is the thirteen-digit number, which replaces
the handling of long bibliographic descriptive
records.
• ISBN is known throughout the world as a short and
clear machine-readable identification number,
which marks any book unmistakably.
• ISBN is a machine readable in the form of 13-digit
i.e. Book land EAN Bar Code.

15. • Each ISBN consists of 5 elements with each section being
separated by spaces or hyphens.
Prefix element EAN– currently this can only be either 978
or 979. It is always 3 digits in length
Registration group element – this identifies the particular
country, geographical region, or language area participating in
the ISBN system.
Registrant element - this identifies the particular publisher
or imprint. This may be up to 7 digits in length
Publication element – this identifies the particular edition
and format of a specific title. This may be up to 6 digits in length
Check digit – this is always the final single digit that
mathematically validates the rest of the number. It is calculated
using a Modulus 10 system with alternate weights of 1 and 3.
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17. ISSN
• An ISSN is an 8-digit code used to identify
newspapers, journals, magazines and periodicals
of all kinds and on all media–print and
electronic.
• The ISSN system was first drafted as an
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) international standard in 1971 and
published as ISO 3297 in 1975.
• The ISSN system refers to two types print ISSN
(p-ISSN) and electronic ISSN (e-ISSN).

19. TYPES OF JOURNALS
Journal with ISSN
National International

20. MODE OF PUBLICATION
PRINT ONLINE
PAID
OPEN ACCESS

21. UGC –CARE LIST JOURNALS
• UGC list of journals has been replaced by UGC-CARE
list w.e.f 14-06-2019.
• The UGC-CARE List has only TWO groups, instead of
the original FOUR groups to simplify the search
process. These are NOT hierarchic or ranked groups.
UGC-CARE List Group I
Journals found qualified through UGC-CARE
protocols
• UGC-CARE List Group II
Journals indexed in globally recognised databases
Web of Science & Scopus

22. EVALUATION OF THE JOURNAL
•Citation
•Index
•Abstracting
•Impact factor
•DOI

23. IMPACT FACTOR
• The impact factor is a measure of the frequency
with which the average article in a journal has
been cited in a particular year.
• Journal Quality Factor
• Global Impact Factor
• Cosmos Impact Factor
• Global Science Citation Impact Factor
• Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
• International Research Journal Impact Factor

24. IMPACT FACTOR CALCULATION
• A = total cites in 1992/2019
• B = 2019 cites to articles published in
2017-18(this is a subset of A)
• C = number of articles published in
2017-18
• D = B/C = 2019 impact factor

25. TOP IMPACT FACTOR AGENCIES
• Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters)
• Elsevier Impact Factor
• COSMO Impact Factor
• Eurasian Scientific Journal Index
• Global Impact Factor
• Scientific Impact Factor
• International Research Journal Impact Factor
• Journal Impact Factor
• Research Impact Factor
• Universal Impact Factor

26. ABSTRACTING
• Listing of Journals in various database websites
• CITEFACTOR
• COSMOS
• DAIJ
• DOAJ
• Eurasian Scientific Journal Index
• III Factor
• IIJIF
• IRJIF
• JIF
• Journal inex.net
• OAJI
• SIS

28. JOURNAL INDEXING
• Indexation of a journal is considered a reflection of its
quality.
• Indexed journals are considered to be of higher scientific
quality as compared to non-indexed journals.
• journal listing and indexing service to the online and
academic publishers for their journal ranking, impact,
higher acceptability, and excellence worldwide.
• It is a digital network with online journals for the
introduction of the national and international journals
towards readers, article authors, academics and
publishers by increasing the internet coverage and
presence of open access journals.

29. FAMOUS INDEX
• Google scholar
• Scopus
• PubMed
• EBSCO
• EMBASE
• DOAJ
• ISI Indexing
• SCIE
• SCIMAGOJR
• OAJI
• IJIFACTOR
• Index Copernicus
• Open J Gate
• BASE
• SSRN
• Ulrich’s International
Periodical Directory

30. MAJOR CITATION INDEX SERVICES
• General-purpose, subscription-based academic citation
indexes include:
• Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics (previously the
Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson
Reuters)
• Scopus by Elsevier, available online only, which similarly
combines subject searching with citation browsing and
tracking in the sciences and social sciences.
• In addition, CiteSeer and Google Scholar are freely available
online.
• Several open-access, subject-specific citation indexing services
also exist, such as:
• INSPIRE-HEP which covers high energy physics,
• PubMed, which covers life sciences and biomedical topics, and
• Astrophysics Data System which covers astronomy and
physics.

31. INDEX
• H.Index
• Developed by Jorge E.Hirsch
• Productivity & impact of the article
• G.Index
• Developed by Leo Egghe
• scientific productivity
• I-10 index
• Cited 10 times a particular articles

32. DOI
• A digital object identifier (DOI) is a type of
persistent identifier used to uniquely identify
objects. The DOI system is particularly used
for electronic documents such as journal
articles.
•CrossRef
•DataCite
•OECD iLibrary,
•mEDRA

33. CITATION
• A citation is a reference to a published or
unpublished source
• A "citation" is the way you tell your readers that
certain material in your work came from another
source.
• Citations have several important purposes: to
uphold intellectual honesty ,to attribute prior or
unoriginal work and ideas to the correct sources.

34. CITATION STYLE
• There are many different ways of citing resources
from your research. The citation style sometimes
depends on the academic discipline involved. For
example:
• APA (American Psychological Association) is used
by Education, Psychology, and Sciences
• MLA (Modern Language Association) style is used
by the Humanities
• Chicago/Turabian style is generally used by
Business, History, and the Fine Arts

36. CITATION SOFTWARE
• 1. RefWorks
• 2. Zotero
• 3. EndNote
• 4. Mendeley
• 5. Citationsy

37. POPULAR CITATION SITES
Bibliographic reference of the article
–Google Scholar
–Academic
–Slide share
–Linked in
–Research Gate
–Scribd
–Mentally

38. Academic- Share Research
• Academia.edu is an American commercial
social networking website for academics.
• The website allows its users to create a profile,
upload their work(s), and select areas of
interest.
• Then the user can browse the networks of
people with similar interests.
• As of October 2019, Academia.edu claims just
over 99 million users.

39. Researchgate- Find and Share Research
• ResearchGate is a European commercial social
networking site for scientists and researchers to
share papers, ask and answer questions, and find
collaborators.
• According to a 2014 study by Nature and a 2016
article in Times Higher Education,
• it is the largest academic social network in terms of
active users, although other services have more
registered users, and a 2015–2016 survey suggests
that almost as many academics have Google Scholar
profiles

40. LinkedIn
• LinkedIn is an American business and
employment-oriented service that operates via
websites and mobile apps.
• LinkedIn allows members (both workers and
employers) to create profiles and
"connections" to each other in an online social
network which may represent real-world
professional relationships.
• Members can invite anyone (whether an
existing member or not) to become a
connection

41. SlideShare- Discover. Share. Learn
• SlideShare is an American hosting service for professional
content including presentations, infographics, documents, and
videos. Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint,
Word, PDF, or OpenDocument format .
• Launched on October 4, 2006, the website is considered to be
similar to YouTube, but for slideshows. It was acquired by
LinkedIn in 2012.
• The website gets an estimated 80 million unique visitors a
month, and has about 38 million registered users.
• Some of the notable users of SlideShare include The White
House, NASA, World Economic Forum, State of Utah, O'Reilly
Media, Hewlett Packard and IBM.

42. NEW MANTRA
• Publish or perish – old concept
• Publish and popularize –new concept
• Number of publication is not a matter
• Number of citations only matter
• To Increase citation – upload your articles in
various database.
• Always think about open access journals
• Upload your articles in institutional website also.

43. Thank you